
I know it's special holiday today. One where you'll be dressing up, going door to door, and gorging your faces on treats (my age demographic is 6-11 right?) but there's a new holiday event in town. It lasts a whoooole month and there's no crappy pink ribbons associated with it. No, I love you breast cancer month you and your ribbons! But: Men's Health (and I'm not talking about the magazine) needs to get a lil' press.
Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a month long charity event to raise awareness for men's health. You register your team you raise some funds and all that awareness 'noise' for man health. You know man deseases of the balls, the prostate, and the wang? To quote the website "men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is five years less than women (presently 77 compared to 82). Of the 15 leading causes of death among Canadians, men lead women in 14 of the causes. Men are 30% more likely to get cancer, than women, and 55% more likely to die from it. Men's suicide rate is four times higher than that of women." There's an obvious answer: society says real men don't go in for testing. Luckily though society also says real men grow moustaches and men believeing in health and growing moustaches? Well that's just good for everyone. Except Hitler and Stalin...or rather, the people they killed.
Hilariously they have re-appropriated the word "mo" formerly short for "homo", now short for moustache. But hells, they can have it if some dollars are going to be raised to stop cancer. Especially if in the process some guys think: I need to go in for a check-up. So grow a mo', support a mo', or just be mo' aware of your health.
Fiiine it's halloween and who would I be if I didn't give you what you wanted? No, not candy. Some kick-ass spooky music videos:
Peaches and Iggy Pop fight Zombies in KICK IT
CSS are in a Bloody Dress-up Battle in ALALA
And click here for a classic.
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