Jon's Experiment

Since I've gone back to work in the last few weeks, and Jon still hasn't started classes, he's been spending a lot of time at home by himself with James. He's been a fantastic daddy, and I love coming home and hearing about all of their adventures. But, I secretly think that all that time alone with a baby has made him a little more bored than usual at times. For several weeks he decided to start experimenting with a new look. This is how my Jon typically looks:

(isn't he handsome!)

But for several weeks, this is the Jon I've come home to:

Now, I always swore that I wouldn't let my husband grow facial hair, because honestly the thought of kissing that .... But, I'm not going to get into how my personal biases changed and/or stayed the same throughout this experiment, because I'm really curious to get others' opinions about this experiment (don't worry, I'm not going to ask how you'd feel about kissing that face!) Really, the whole point of the "experiment" is that Jon has always wondered if having facial hair would make him look older. He wonders that because someday in the hopefully not too far distant future he will be applying for professorships, and he has this idea that looking older will make him a more likely candidate for a job. So, the question is this (okay, there's actually more than one):
1. Does Jon look older with facial hair?
2. Do you think he's more likely to get hired as a professor with or without the facial hair?

I realize this is a very scientific experiment, not to mention an extremely relevant issue for everyone :) ... but, I'd love to see the polling data all the same, so chime in with your opinion (you can leave a comment, or just cast your vote on the sidebar).

p.s. I think that Jon's influence is wearing off on James, because this is how he did himself up at our recent day at the beach...

(either he can't wait to grow his own beard, or sand tastes much better than I realize!)