This month Travel Write Sing is partnering up with Clothing Arts to present: The Great Bearded Giveaway. Two creative readers will win either a pair of Pick-Pocket Proof Adventure Travel Pants ($110) or a Clothing Arts’ Ultimate Travel Shirt ($70).
When you travel, you want to eat ice cream, not to have your wallet and iPhone stolen. That’s why Clothing Arts designs garments that do the work of protection for you (so that you can pay attention to that triple scoop waffle cone dripping onto Parisian soil).
When I’m on the road, I rock these same Pick-pocket Proof Pants and is it any wonder that fellow travelers frequently assume that Indiana Jones is a true story based on my life?
To enter, simply submit an original meme of photographer Ray Conway from a photo provided in this post, or by staking him on his Facebook.
If you don’t know who Ray Conway is, then it is going to be difficult convey him in words. Words, a bearskin rug, an ample supply of whiskey, and a flint hatchet—maybe, if we were in a dimly-lit cave, could begin to tell the curious case of human being that Mr. Conway inhabits.
Here’s a picture of Ray Conway at three months:
Ray has Congenital Beard Syndrome (CBS), a rare genetic condition in which, despite shaving every night, every morning Ray wakes up with a new beard. Ray and I were roommates in 2011 and I was never quite sure if the man was wearing a beard or if a beard had grown a man.
Some day, Ray’s beards are wild, like an over-caffeinated marmot being taunted by a badger:
Other times, they are silly, like a miniature pony running for congress in a halter-top.
Sometimes, long after Ray has gone to bed, Ray’s beard makes a fire by the beach and contemplates old times:
Last year I made a smattering of Ray Conway memes in observance of Movember:
On a recent trip to Boston, I crossed paths with Ray and found out that his mother thought these memes were the most wonderful thing to have ever happened in her life. Knowing what a struggle it must have been for Mrs. Conway to raise a baby with a beard, I’ve decided to support her by bringing more Ray Conway memes into her life.
So dear reader, get creative, get memeing, and how’s about winning some raging travel gear?
How You Can Win Travel Gear With The Great Bearded Giveaway
- Chose a Ray Conway Picture from one of the photos of him below.
- Create an Original Caption and convert the photo into a meme using either MS Word or an online meme generator such as Meme Generator.
- Email one meme with the subject, “The Great Bearded Giveaway” to my address below between now and July 5, 2014 (One entry per reader).
- On July 15th, 2014 all the memes sent my way will be posted on the site and readers will decide which meme most tickles their bearded fancy, which will determine our winners.
Below is a smattering of Ray Conway photos to choose from (one meme per entry per person).
Happy Trails,
-LMA
