Everyone’s celebrating Darwin’s, but today is also Lincoln’s birthday. We usually celebrate his and Washington’s birthdays on Presidents’ Day by purchasing cars and mattresses. But since the economy is in the shitter, I’ve decided to celebrate in another way:

I mentioned this plan to BFW reader Mike many months ago, and he went all out:

He even went to work like this, AND he’s in the UK, where Lincoln is about as relevant as Scooby Doo.
If you’d like to join the fun this Presidents’ Day weekend, send me your photos our post them to the Lookin’ Like Lincoln group on Flickr. I’ll be posting the best ones here below a jump.
Matt Bors presents Lumberjack Lincoln:


February 12th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
omg I wanna do this too!!!!!! (& I LOVE how you took the picture in your pajama pants!!)
February 12th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
It wouldn’t be blogging if I wasn’t wearing pajama pants.
February 12th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Hey its all looking good…
We should do this Every 200 years! Whos in?
February 12th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Looks like these guys have us beat. Who’s up for forming a Founding Fathers Gang This July 4th?