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So my terrifying Halloween costume was part of an overall larger scheme. I've decided to join Movember Canada. As of today, minus the majority of the rub-on tats and body paint, I am now clean-shaven and very pasty.

Movember Canada is raising awareness and funds for prostate cancer by having people sponsor men who are willing to shave themselves and look like idiots and then attempt to grow facial hair during the month of November. On one hand, it's a fun way to finally lose the crunch beard, which had gone totally out of control. On the other hand, I have family members who have had prostate cancer, and if me looking like an idiot (because really, shaving has really confirmed that I do not have a face that begs to be clean-shaven) can get some people to donate money to a good cause, then I am down with that.

BioWare set this up, so it's a bunch of Bio-geeks in on it together. I figure that most people reading this blog know somebody who has died of cancer. If you'd like to donate, here's one way to help make that less likely to happen again. You can make donations at my page.

Thanks.

(And I think I'm going for Wyatt-Earp-style handlebars, but if somebody wants to drop a hundred bucks and suggest something more embarrassing, I am down with that.)