How to grow (and maintain) a beard

Beards. Many of us want one, but not all of us can have one. It's a bitter truth to reckon with, says this particular writer — a supremely jealous non-beard-haver whose facial hair just doesn't want to connect or get even remotely thick. Alas, those of us who are cursed with an inability to grow a set of face locks will continue to live vicariously through the luscious scruff of everyone else.
Our follicly-blessed friends are lucky — the presence of a good beard has the potential to