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October 30, 2008

Movember is about 36 hours away. To prepare, I shaved last night the beard I had accidentally grown during the second half of October. (Really, who has time to think about shaving?) My mismatched mustache joined the chin whiskers in the sink this morning.

During Movember, when men around the world raise money for prostate cancer research by growing furry upper lips, I’ll post pictures marking my development every few days. Hopefully some of you will join me, and if you send in your pictures, I’ll post those too.

To register for Movember or start your own facial fundraiser, click here. If you’re not a man or at least on the Italian side of my family, you can still get involved by being a mo’ sista.

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