Ian Gowen is rather boring person. This is his rather boring blog. In 2009 he received
his Bachelor's degree in computer and information science at the
University of Oregon, and now he is employed as a Software Engineer at Google in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also made Earl Grey, a free Tumblr theme.
Palmer wore a full beard when he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1830 and was abused for it and told he “should be prosecuted for wearing such a monstrosity.” One day a minister refused him communion, so he took a drink of the communion wine himself. A few days later, a group of men seized him and tried to shave his beard. He cut two of them with a knife while preventing them from shaving him. … Palmer died in 1875, by which time beards had become widely fashionable. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in North Leominster and his grave marker bears a portrait of him bearded with the inscription “Persecuted for Wearing the Beard”.