My boldest prediction yet!

2006 will mark the subtle, but sure, Return of the Mustache!

Okay, maybe it's all the Hercule Poirot I've been watching lately, or the recent World Mustache Championships, but there seems to be some kind of mustache meme going around. I think the world's most reviled form of facial hair might be on the verge of a comeback! First, adorable George Eads of CSI sported one (if only for a short time, before succumbing to fan outrage).

Then there's Jack Black, with a snappy 'stache at the premieres of King Kong.

Not just for porn stars anymore.

I know I've seen a recent picture of Val Kilmer with one, but I can't find a picture of it anywhere online.

Even Earl is getting in on the act! (I know, I know. His is scraggly and mainly for white-trash value. But still, the earlstache adds a little zest to Jason Lee's otherwise unremarkable face.)

I hear New York hipsters are sporting mustaches, if only for irony's sake. Their king, American Apparel founder Dov Charney, has a righteous Jewstache.

I heart Jews!

Of course, mustaches only really work on very confident, really manly men. For such a man, the mustache will never go out of style. Cases in point: Tom Selleck and my dad, who both actually look weird without a mustache.

And where would Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, or the aforementioned M. Poirot be without their iconic mustaches?

I'm not saying I'm just dying for N.O. to start growing a mustache or anything... I'm just saying maybe it's time the world gave it another look. And maybe it's time we all got a freaking break from scraggly goatees and hideous soul patches.

Don't you wish you had a pencil-thin mustache? Then you could solve some mysteries, too.