I stopped shaving 9 years ago - didn't seem like there was any point. Stopped having my hair hacked off 6 years ago - once again, didn't seem to be any point.

Prior to that, I was probably spending $100-$120 a year on haircuts and $60 or so on shaving products. I now have a good pair of scissors that keep my hair in control and a $30 beard trimmer that's going strong for nearly a decade. I've saved probably 50 hours a year by not shaving and occaasionally trimming (do that a few minutes once a week for the parts of the face I still like hair-limited and every couple weeks I spend 10 minutes trimming) and 6 hours a year getting my hair cut.

I've saved approx. $1,100 so far. And figuring that my awake time is worth an average of $10 an hour, total it all up and I'm looking at a grand total of about $5,500 over the past 9 years that I've been able to use for things.

So why does much of mainstream America consider me odd?