Movember

Well hello there!

Welcome back for another installment of Adventures Aloft. Admittedly, I have not flown this week yet. This blog is about a whole different kind of adventure. It's about growing a mustache!

Now, under normal circumstances, no decent, self-respecting man with healthy mind would consider polluting his face with a dirty mustache.

But tough times call for timely measures (is that how it goes?). The mustache you see above has been growing on my face since the first of November. It's for a great cause - to raise awareness and money for prostate cancer research.

You may be asking yourself "self, what does a mustache have to do with prostate cancer?". Well... it has nothing to do with prostate cancer, really. But, according to one website, the little chia-pets being grown on mens' faces around the world during the month of November is actually their ribbon (similar to the pink breast cancer ribbons).

The story goes something like this: a long long time ago, in a land far far away. A few good men got together for some tea, when during conversation, they decided to support prostate cancer. They brainstormed for ideas of how to show their support and raise awareness for prostate cancer, when one of the geniuses fathomed it would be a good idea to wear a ribbon on their upper lip.

So, the first year of the Movember initiative, the men pinned a brown ribbon to their faces. Turns out that was an awful idea. Not only did the men garner pierced upper lips, but they looked like idiots, and in turn, they were directly responsible for the crash of the world economy a couple of years back.

They eventually decided to grow mustaches to replace the ribbons on their faces. Now, growing mustaches didn't rid them of their idiotic look, but it also didn't cause any harm to the economy.

A few years later, we seem to have a global movement afoot. And I'm glad to be a part of it. I've been personally touched by prostate cancer (thankfully not on my prostate, but a close family member is fighting what looks to be a losing battle). One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. This is a big problem that deserves a lot of attention, and that's why I'm doing my part.

I'm not here to nag you about how you should do your part and donate and/or raise awareness for this cause, I'm just here to nag you about how you should do your part and donate and/or raise awareness for this cause.

I'm not exactly sure who and why visits this blog. But I have looked at this blog's statistics, and it looks like this blog has garnered a good amount of traffic since its inception. People have visited this blog from as far away as Japan, so it would be pretty cool if we could come together for this good cause.

Thank you, please go HERE if you wish to donate.
If you wish to read more about Movember, please click HERE.
Up for a little bit of a humorous take on Movember? Click HERE.

Thank you!