Children

[stoutfellow]

Today was not a particularly good day at work, varying between tedious and seriously upsetting. Teaching my Math History class improved my mood a good bit. On the way home, I stopped at Shop'n'Save to replenish the larder. As I was selecting bread, a child behind me murmured to his mother, "He looks like Sanny Claus!" She tried to hush him, but I just grinned and said, "It's better than being called Wolfman!"

I was smiling for the next while.

Comments

[mmegaera]

Awww...

Your beard must be quite a bit more white than it was the last time I saw you.

[stoutfellow]

Hmmm. :looks in mirror: Yeah, it's mostly white now; my mustache, and the parts of the beard directly below the corners of my mouth are still dark, but the rest has gone gray. But I think it was the general conformation of hair and beard, plus my stocky figure (accentuated by a heavy jacket), that caught his attention.

(Have you ever actually seen my beard?)

[mmegaera]

ISTR you having one at NASFIC in Seattle. Am I wrong?

[stoutfellow]

That was in September '05; I usually don't start growing my beard until late October.