Everyone has their reasons to grow a mo in Movember.
It may be in honour of a family member or to support a friend; perhaps they want to raise money for cancer research.
My reason to grow a moustache this month: complete and total curiosity.
Sure I think all those other reasons are great, but I am totally curious to see what might happen if I actually don't shave my upper lip for a month.
I am hesitant to say if I don't shave my "moustache" for a month because I am fairly certain that whatever is left after a month will not resemble an actual moustache.
I don't know why, but I couldn't grow a decent moustache to save my life. In fact I have given up on facial hair entirely.
It's not a family thing. My dad can grow a beard by holding his breath and farting (I've actually seen him do it). Me? I get weird patches of hair on the lower portion of my cheeks and along my jaw line. None of it is uniform and could ever be mistaken for a beard of any sort. I can't even grow one of the chinstrap type beards that some of the douchier members of our society are fond of.
My chin is weird too. I get patches on the side but nothing on the front. It kind of looks like a horseshoe. I actually got brave once and decided to try a goatee. It was a horrible disaster and I am happy there are no pictures of it.
The only place where I can grow a decent amount of hair is one is on my throat area. Unfortunately the throatee went out with Sanford and Son. I'm not really sure I wanted to try the Redd Foxx look anyway.
I've never even tried to waste my time growing a moustache before, really, there was no point to it. A couple of years ago I was in the hospital and didn't shave for something like 12 days. I had a small patch of microscopic hairs on each side of my nose but nothing in the area directly underneath. I'm not gonna lie, it's odd looking.
Even though I am certain that by the end of November I will look even goofier than normal, in the interest of science I am willing to subject my upper lip to the great Mo experiment of 2012.
The Estevan Mercury actually has a Movember team which you can contribute to if you were so inclined.
Apparently we have three other members - reporter Jordan Baker, general manager Brant Kersey and sales manager Cindy Beaulieu. Ya, I'm not exactly sure what she's doing there either but she might be able to grow a better moustache than me. I thought sports editor Josh Lewis might join the team, but we can't tell if he's started shaving yet.
The Mercury team is called Team Estevan and if you want to contribute to our team please do. This is the link: ca.movember.com
I haven't signed up personally just because I don't want to tarnish our team with whatever sprouts up this month so please just donate to the Estevan Mercury or the team as whole.
If you don't want to donate to us, please throw some money towards anyone else you may know who is participating this month. It all goes to a great cause.
The hits just keep on coming for the NHL.
Their latest single, sure to be a smash hit with fans, is cancelling the Winter Classic, the one event that actually got them some attention in the United States.
As a hockey fan, this news pisses me off on so many levels. It is truly a great event, no matter which teams are playing. It's a celebration of the sport and something that so many people look forward to each year.
It was also very important to the Michigan economy, which, as you have likely heard, isn't exactly in great shape right now. This event alone would have pumped millions into the state.
I wonder if these clowns - I've moved passed the point of who is to blame, I think they are all clowns - realize the impact they are having on the sport, the people that would have benefited from the Winter Classic or the thousands of people whose jobs rely on the games taking place.
Apparently the two sides were to meet Tuesday and there was some optimism that they might get closer to making a deal. Sad part is I'm not sure the majority of hockey fans care.
