How to grow a beard: Stop shaving. Deceptively simple. Because casual acquaintances will make jokes about forgetting to shave, and family members will give you worried looks, and you'll get the general impression that people think you're training to be a hobo. And it'll itch. Beard growing is a mental endurance sport!

You can get some powerful morale support in the form of the films "Gods and Generals" and "Gettysburg". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Good for both beards and mustaches.