Movember.....
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poltr1This afternoon at work, we had a kick-off meeting for our participation in Movember. Movember is an activity where men grow mustaches raise awareness (and funds) for prostate and testicular cancer research. It started in Australia several years ago.
After the kick-off meeting, I had a "before" picture taken. I will be uploading it to my personal "Mo Bro" page at http://mobro.co/jimpoltrone as soon as I receive it. For the next 30 days, I will grow -- or attempt to grow -- a mustache. If you wish to donate to the cause, you may do so at this page.
My father had prostate cancer in 1991. Thankfully, they were able to detect it early, and treat it in a timely manner. My father survived (until 2009), but other men are not so
fortunate. Frank Zappa, Dan Fogelberg, Bill Bixby, and Timothy Leary all passed away a few years of diagnosis. Brian Piccolo passed away from testicular cancer.
We will have another meeting at the beginning of December to tabulate our results.
After the kick-off meeting, I had a "before" picture taken. I will be uploading it to my personal "Mo Bro" page at http://mobro.co/jimpoltrone as soon as I receive it. For the next 30 days, I will grow -- or attempt to grow -- a mustache. If you wish to donate to the cause, you may do so at this page.
My father had prostate cancer in 1991. Thankfully, they were able to detect it early, and treat it in a timely manner. My father survived (until 2009), but other men are not so
fortunate. Frank Zappa, Dan Fogelberg, Bill Bixby, and Timothy Leary all passed away a few years of diagnosis. Brian Piccolo passed away from testicular cancer.
We will have another meeting at the beginning of December to tabulate our results.
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Date: 2012-11-02 02:24 am (UTC)Or maybe Groucho Marks?
Interesting experiment and a good cause.
Good Luck.
GHR