For years now, The Bearded Man has been building up a tolerance to ever-spicier foods. Some time ago, he was embarrassed by the fact that even a little Tabasco would send him running for some water or milk. One day, he looked himself in the mirror and said: "Enough is enough! How can you have a beard so burly and still be just a little wimp at heart??" With that, he spent the next year upping his tolerance. He began with Serranos, then, while in Europe, he graduated to Madame Jeanettes. Boy did those set his heart racing and his mouth ablaze! Yet he continued his quest. He was determined to know if there wasn't more to life. Before long, he was eating raw Bhut Jolokias, and putting himself through unimaginable pain. As the peppers got hotter, he lost all control, but something odd happened: he started hallucinating. Body tingling all over, he came into contact with a spiritual presence more powerful than himself. These days, he eats Carolina Reapers for breakfast, and he credits Julius Abel's "I Wanna Know" for igniting the spark that led him on his quest to know what mysteries are waiting on the other side of life's coin...
