By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of Movember, the annual month long mustachioed fiasco where men all over the world grow mustaches in order to raise funds and awareness for men’s health – specifically prostate cancer. Well, my friends. This year’s about to blow it all out of the water.
This year a team has been assembled the likes of which has never before been seen on this planet. Doug French has used his booming voice and considerable swagger to herd a group of dads from all over the map into the same arena, charged with using their social media skillz to compete against one another for social good. And things are already getting dirty.
Today is the official first day of Movember, but some of these other bastards have already started raising money. (Note: It’s Movember, not Moctober.) So I’m starting from a disadvantage here. So I need you to do me a favor.
Hustle on over to my Movember page, and give a donation, will you? It doesn’t have to be a large one, and it’s for a good cause. Namely, me winning, and shaming these other guys into submission.
Do it for my upper lip. Because, friends, my mustache is going to look sad. I mean, really pathetic and wispy. Some of these guys can grow lip hair faster than Tom Selleck. So in this competition, consider me the underdog.
Seriously. Donate. (And thanks in advance.)
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Hey Caleb, two years ago, I took an Axelson Center workshop on “Writing for the Web” from you… in early- to mid-November. It was my first year doing Movember, and you and I talked a bit about the trade-off of looking ridiculous for a month for a good cause. Glad to see you are joining the pack this year, and good luck in the competition. (If it makes you feel any better, my friend who does it with me probably already looks like Rollie Fingers while I’ll be lucky to make it past the stage of newly-pubescent teenager.)
Hey Mike – of course, I have fond memories of that. Great workshop. Can’t believe that was only two years ago – time flies!
Yes, I was finally talked into joining by Doug. Resisted joining for a while because of how wispy and disgusting my mustache would be. But it’s for a good cause, so I decided to suck it up and do it.