September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. There might be some confusion about that because there are two competing movements, both of which happen in November: No Shave November, where men go the whole month without shaving (manscaping is allowed); and MOvember, where men grow only a mustache.
I’m going to participate in No Shave November. I choose that over the mustache thing because last time I grew a mustache I was strip-searched at the Atlanta Airport, having been profiled as a drug smuggler (I’m not). All you men out there, let me challenge you to participate in No Shave November, as well, and to finish the month by posting pictures of your manly beards and donating money in support of the fight against prostate cancer. (Shameless plug: since we at the UAB Medical-Russell Medical Cancer Center are working to expand our prostate cancer treatment offerings, you could make those donations to the Russell Medical Foundation … just sayin.’)
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