Raymond Raposa

[via: Asthmatic Kitty Records]

Today's Beard of the Day belongs to Raymond Raposa, also known as the psychedelic folk act Castanets. I was running errands with a friend this afternoon and after Castanets came up on his Ipod; he talked about his beard for nearly 20 minutes. After consulting Google, I was clearly not disappointed. Also seen here and here and here.

Dmitri Mendeleev

[via: nndb.com]
Dmitri Mendeleev, founder of the Periodic table.
Dude, whatever. He looks straight up homeless.
I wouldn't mess with him though, that is a pretty badass beard.

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is the perfect example that not all beards look good. While he is extremely gorgeous in the left picture, he looks awful and homeless and gross in the picture on the right due to his beard.

Alexi Lalas

[via: lagalaxy.theoffside.com]

I was channel surfing today and happened to come across some ESPN newscasters discussing Alexi Lalas' beard back in the 90's. While doing some research I didn't even recognize him! I'm used to seeing the clean-shaven Lalas at press conferences for the LA Galaxy. Anyway, the people attending must have been surprised that security didn't remove the homeless man running around on the pitch.

Joaquin Phoenix

[via: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

[Letterman] "How is that---the beard?"
[Phoenix] "In what way?"
[Letterman] "Well is it comfortable? Is it itchy? Are you pleased with it?"
[Phoenix] "I'm okay with it, but now you're making me feel weird about it."
Check out the full interview here.