after a hiatus, 2005 was the year of the thom beard comeback. and come back it did. in 2005 the beard was back and it was a bit longer on the chin.

from 2003-2004, his beard wasn't very noticeable. cut very short, a bit of stubble if you looked close.

at the beginning of 2006, we're back to a length of beard similar to 2000-2001. however sometimes it looks as short as 2003-2004.

at some moments in 2006, he had a longer beard..

then, in august 2006 we have a colossal event in theard history only matched by the 2001 sideburns: the goatee. at first i thought it was weird and a bit ugly. but now i am full of appreciation for the thoatee.

sometimes in august it looks like a full beard because it grows out a bit