Rev. Jacob Bahrman

"He was an exceptionally cheerful and sociable fellow, kind to the point of simplicity. However, this simplicity concealed both depth and dignity. The best of hes friends understood that; everyone loved him. His appearance was expressive -- tall, thin, blonde-haired, always badly shaved. He could be violent on occasion, and was reputed to be a very strong man. Once, at night, in company, he knocked down a six-and-a-half-foot keeper of the peace with one blow. he could drink ad infinitum, or he could not drink at all; he could be impossibly mischievous, or he could not be mischievous at all. He was always remarkable in that no setbacks ever confounded him, and no bad circumstances seemed able to crush him. He could make his lodging even on a rooftop, suffer hellish hunger and extreme cold. He was very poor, and supported himself decidedly on his own, alone, getting money by work of one sort or another. He knew an endless number of sources to draw from -- by means of working, of course. Once he went a whole winter without heating his room, asserting that he even found it more pleasant, because one sleeps better in the cold." - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment 1881. I feel as though i can relate to this character, it's true, I find unheated rooms in the winter to be far more pleasant and I am able to sleep much better in them. And I am poorly shaved. Always. I hate shaving.