We are strange, and that’s why the ladies love us!

Seriously though, the reason that I grow my hair and beard out when I want to push myself towards something is that it is a really good motivator.  I can tie a string to my finger, but those fall off and get lost.  I could write myself a note, but I lose my todo lists and I keep those in our Project Management software.  The main reason is that it is always there, it is right up front, “in my face” (haha).

Recently I grew my beard out until we “launched” something at work. It was a fun way for myself and friends to continually be reminded that I haven’t launched anything yet. My beard was awesome.  Some (like my wife) would say gross, but I am sticking with awesome. I actually grew all of my “above the neck” hair out longer than it has ever been during the part of my life where I was paying attention to such silliness.

I have grown my facial hair out for another reason in the past, Movember. This is an awesome organization that raises money for research to fight Prostate Cancer. I have done this in the past two years, and this is where I got my idea for growing hair/beard for our product launch.

The product that we launched was 1TrackFind, a site for keeping track of music and artists that you want to remember to listen to later.  We have been working on it for a couple months, deciding what feature to put in and what features to leave out for now.  All this work grew me a mighty beard, and today I got to shave it all off – well most of it.

I included pictures of my beard shedding, just for fun.

I am back in Denver and in full swing for the party on Friday.  I do not know how to say it any louder or more annoyingly, PLEASE RSVP for the love of all that is good in this world, PLEASE RSVP.

We need your name on the RSVP list if you are coming.  This will help us to know how many people are coming and whether I am letting down our sponsors (Mike’s Hard Lemonade Co and The Rackhouse Pub).  I personally promised a ton of people and I need your help in making that happen. SO PLEASE RSVP NOW!!

Movember Links:

• RSVP for the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub

• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.
• Metal Mustache Movember Team Press Release

I don't know if you can tell, but I am worn out!

I am sorry to say there are not a ton of Movember updates for today.  I went to KC on black Friday to get my new truck, replace some parts & do maintenance, and then today I drove the whole day away from KC to Denver.  Basically, I did zero amount of work on anything pertaining to computers, the internet or Movember (other than grow my beard) this weekend.  I am crashing pretty quickly so it is off to bed for me.  I have to get up and be a programmer in the morning, so sleep is imperative.

Day 27 – A haircut, but no shave

November 27th, 2009 § 0

I decided that both growing my beard and my hair out was a bad idea. I had entirely too much hair atop my head, so one had to go. I gave myself a haircut.

Please RSVP for the party we are holding on Dec 4th, there will be over $1500 in prizes available!

Movember Links:

• RSVP for the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub

• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.
• Metal Mustache Movember Team Press Release

I decided that both growing my beard and my hair out was a bad idea. I had entirely too much hair atop my head, so one had to go. I gave myself a haircut.

Please RSVP for the party we are holding on Dec 4th, there will be over $1500 in prizes available!

Movember Links:

• RSVP for the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub

• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.
• Metal Mustache Movember Team Press Release

I am helping to organize a party for Dec 4th to benefit The Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.  Both of these charities are aimed at ridding the world of Prostate Cancer, or at least demote it to the level of the common cold.

The party will be at The Rackhouse Pub on Kalamath and Alameda in Denver, CO.  We already have a ton of prizes lined up (see the eventbrite page) and some great people coming. Since the event is to celebrate the Mo (Mustache or Moustache if you’re english) we are going to be having some barbers come and clean up our No Shave November Beards into Awesome Metal Mustaches.  We’re going to leave it up to he barber to decide what they will look like, should be fun!

In order to continue to get great prizes, sponsorship and to keep my sanity I really need you to RSVP ASAP if you are going.  There is a core group of people who have been working hard to make sure that this event is big and lots of fun, so please show your support for the cause and these people by hitting the RSVP button and reserving a spot for our party on your calendar. Plus, all you have to do is show up, drink some beer, and enjoy all the mustachioed goodness of a Movember party!

The beard so far

Important No Shave November/Movember Links:

• RSVP for the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub
• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.

It is day 16, one day past halfway through No Shave November.  The Movember Team is now 32 members strong and we have raised $245 so far.  If you are interested in going to the event, check out the link below. There will be some awesome prizes including indoor skydiving!

Important No Shave November/Movember Links:

• RSVP for the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub
• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.

On a support call, check out that beard though!

Some interesting things I have worked on recently:

• Twitter User of The Week: @Nylons
• Slide Show of designs for pivoting buildings in Dubai
• Embedding a YouTube video into WordPress

Well, it’s halfway through the month and my beard is, well… not grown in as much as I would like. Oh well.

Yesterday was a good day for getting things ready for the Metal Mustache Party.  I got a great location lined up and some great prizes for the raffle as well.

The wall hanging over my left shoulder (right side) is from Japan. Melissa got it for me while she was there for work.

Important Team Metal Mustache Links:

• Go to the Party on Dec 4th at The Rackhouse Pub
• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate money to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers.  The profits are being donated.

Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor.

Well, so in my efforts to plan this event to raise some money I had two things happen yesterday, one good and one possibly not good.  The possibly not good one first, its possible that the location I found for the party may not be able to have us.  They have promised me a definite answer today by 3pm. The good news is that I talked with Eric at The LoHi Steakbar, who very kindly donated a $50 gift certificate to raffle off at the party.

I am going tonight to another business to hopefully get some more items to give away or raffle.

If you are interested in going to the party, even though I don’t know where it will be, you can go the Metal Mustache Event Page and get some tickets. I will continue to post updates here on my blog and on the event page as I find things out.

Beard o' the day

Links:

• Check out all my #nsn pics on Facebook
• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Cancer is serious about you. Return the favor. T-shirts and stickers, profits are being donated.

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The team is 30 people strong!  The party is being planned and things are moving along nicely.  Oh, and my beard is starting to look like a real beard…Finally.

Links:

• Check out all my #nsn pics on Facebook
• Join the Metal Mustache Team
• Donate to the Metal Mustache Team to benefit The Lance Armstrong Foundation

Sorry this is being published late!

Day 4 has brought a bit of stubble, finally.  I am not sure if I super-shaved or what!?  Usually, I grow beard faster than this, but I guess I have been channeling my inner pre-pubescent self.  Weird…

Day 4

So a few quick notes.

If you want to participate in the Movember.com team, please go here http://us.movember.com/register/51412 to sign up.

If you would like to donate (PLEASE DO!) you can go to my Movember.com donate page here: http://us.movember.com/mospace/271708

It looks like the party on the 30th is going to happen! As of right now, I have secured a location but there are a few other details that need to be ironed out, so it is still top secret. I hope to release more info by next Tuesday.

We are really going to kick this thing off soon, so if you want to help out or just go to the party please tell me!!