That's been my summer haircut for years, it was only this last summer that the beard was there. I did notice that when I shaved my head, I had a lot less trouble with contentious customers.
I'm jealous. I think I'm about a month behind you beard wise... Although it's still far too cold to shave where I am, so I wouldn't be able to take the same picture for a month or so anyway. I've never shaved my head when I had a beard though because my sister said that I would look like wooly willy.