Neckbeards, in general, spark interest because they don't conform to normal grooming trends and haven't been in the public eye since Henry David Thoreau penned "Civil Disobedience," says Louis Giersch, a non-neckbearded man who runs a Web site dedicated to them. Giersch ranks the neckbeard's re-emergence as the most important advancement in facial hair since General Ambrose Burnside wore friendly mutton chops on the Civil War battlefield... more ›