Naked

Now that I have your attention.

So, today is November 1st, and that means one thing: clean shaved men from all walks of life.  Just as the weather starts to get cooler/cold, men this morning woke up and, if like me, immediately began to shave their face blankets all in the name of male cancer awareness...in particularly prostate cancer.  November is quickly becoming known as "Movember," with "Mo" being short for moustache.  Together, "MoBros" and "MoSistas" celebrate the men in their lives by raising money to help battle the cancers that commonly affect men.  The "MoBros" start the month off with a freshly shaved face and throughout the month, track the progress (or in this writer's case, lack of) of their moustaches.

This year, I was particularly inspired by several factors.  One, is my Godson.  He's had a rough go in his early life and recently I found out he was being tested for leukemia as he just has not been gaining weight the way he should.  Another inspriation came from a buddy off twitter that in the last few months has been given a clean bill of health as one who's taken cancer and beat it into submission.  It's so awesome to read his updates and to hear that he continues to remain healthy.  In all, 33,000 men will lose the battle to prostate cancer and 8,300 will pass away from testicular cancer.  Gentlemen, this is way to high!  And until a cure can be found, our only defense is a good offense...GET. TESTED.

The Dallas Stars have taken part in Movember for several years now.  The great Eric Nystrom (@enystrom23) is detailing his upper-lip's journey via YouTube and others such as Steve Ott, Mark Fistric and Krys Barch (@krysbarch) can be found on the team's page: http://us.movember.com/mospace/808736/.  I'd like to see the Stars Fan's page be just as successful (and perhaps out earn the pros).  If you're interested in donating or joining the team, you can link to it directly from my Movember page: http://mobro.co/TonyJar34