November is done so Movember is done and my upper lip has now returned to its normally shorn status.
I am profoundly grateful for the contributions to be my page and our entire MVO Movember team. Thank you for your patience during my flood of posts about growing facial hair.
We’ll return our attention to things voiceover promptly.
This morning I had my semi-annual dental visit and teeth cleaning. Since it’s been several years since I’ve had a mustache, I had forgotten how strange it feels to have a hairy upper lip while getting my teeth cleaned. It was a slightly strange experience, but not all together unpleasant. Since it’s November 30th today, here is my final Movember mustache photo update:
I’ve gone back to the full-face photo for today, as you can see. Also, with this being the last day of our Movember campaign, I’m pleased to say I did reach my goal of $400 and the MVO Movember team got to $1841. Thank you very much for your support through this month.
We’ll return to writing about voiceover topics in the coming days. I promise.
With only one day left in November 2015, this is one of my very last Movember posts. That might represent a very good piece of news. I imagine you might very well be tired of seeing photos of my upper lip, like this one from yesterday:
I tried a slightly different angle for the two photos I’m posting today, concentrating right on the mustache itself as much as possible. Here is today’s version:
With all the ridiculous “selfie” shots, my hope has been to raise as much money as possible for the Movember efforts to battle prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. That has gone pretty well. I’ve raised my goal from it’s original $100, 3 times now. First to $200. Then to $300 and now to $400. In fact we’re closing in on that goal, too. There are just $15 needed to push through that barrier. I would be grateful for your help either on my page or on the page of our entire MVO Movember team.
Whether you are tired of the photos or not, I am grateful you have stayed with me. And thank you for your support!
With only 3 days left in the month, here is how my Movember mustache stands:
Certainly not the most impressive showing, but it’s what it is … the best that I can do in 27 days. Regardless of the level of hair on my upper lip, I am very grateful for the contributions made to the Movember cause whether through my page or through the MVO Movember team page.
Have a safe and healthy weekend and thank you for your support!
Like many people who live in the USA, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I suppose it has a lot to do with the simplicity of the day. There’s no pressure to find the right gifts, no worrying about spending too much or not enough and all the rest that goes with the Christmas holiday or other December celebrations. You just have to show up, maybe bringing along something to contribute to the feast, and remember to be grateful.
For my part, along with a host of blessings in my life and family, I am grateful to be able to take part in the Movember event this year, and especially to the many who have contributed. Here is my upper lip on day 25:
Once again my goal has been reached and exceeded. This time it was $300. And our MVO Movember team as a whole has raised $1250!
Speaking of Thanksgiving Day, I’m pretty sure I got all of the turkey gravy out of my mustache before I took this shot:
I’m so grateful for your support in the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues! May the rest of your weekend continue to be filled with a spirit of gratitude.
My wife Cinda and I had wings for dinner today, taking advance of a special day at one of our favorite restaurants. This reminded me that having a mustache while eating these tasty little delicacies includes an extra challenge. I used up at least two entire napkins wiping my upper lip as Cinda and I powered our way together through our basket of wings. But it was very much worth the effort, both for the delicious food and the lovely company. Here’s the Movember upper lip after washing my face to clean all of the remaining evidence away:
As of today I am just 9 dollars short of my revised goal of $300 for this Movember project, raising funds to fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. I hope someone will step up to help me get over that milestone. And as always, if you’d rather donate to our entire MVO Movember team, please do so.
Thank you for your support.
Here is the view of my Movember mustache yesterday, November 22nd:
And today, November 23rd:
I realize most of your are reading this post on November 24th, because of how late in the day I am posting this; but that’s the way it is sometimes. Please help the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues through either my Movember page or through our MVO Movember team page.
And thank you for your support.
Do you ever take a moment to think about how fragile is the thread on which your (my) voiceover business hangs? By using that metaphor I am not trying to imply that everything is about to collapse on you, but here’s reality. Any one of us could wake up tomorrow unable to speak. We could be involved in an accident that takes away our ability to see. Or walk. Thousands upon thousands of people, some of whom we know personally, are fighting cancer or heart disease or a myriad of other challenges.
I don’t mean for this post to be such a downer. I simply want to encourage you to take a moment to feel the fear as Seth Godin reminds us in his post this morning.
By taking a moment to feel that fear, we can turn our attention to the important matters that are buried in the everyday flurry of our lives.
Here’s an example, I was thinking over the weekend about a former client. Someone with whom I worked on a regular basis for several years. I did a search in my email archives and discovered to my shame that I haven’t connected with this guy in 3 years. So, I reached out to him with an email this weekend. Just checking to see if all is well with him.
Staying in touch with clients you value and who value you, this is one of the most important things we do. Yet, in the hustle of daily activity it’s easy to let something like that slip. For 3 years!
Now, is this fellow going to become a client again? I have no idea. But, what’s important is to stay in touch unless and until we’re told to “go away and don’t bother me again.”
As I’m writing this post, I’m also remembering another potential client who asked me to touch base with him once a month because he’s confident he’ll have something for me, but needs a reminder so when that opportunity is ready he’ll remember to reach out to me.
Take a few minutes to feel the fear that is holding you back, the fear that is buried in the busyness of life. And then turn your attention to the important matters that come to mind as a result. And have a great week!
Three weeks in to the Movember 2015 experience and things are starting to take shape:
I mentioned earlier in the month that my father is currently battling prostate cancer. When he told me several months ago that he had been diagnosed he said that his doctor had given him pretty good news because his tumor is slow growing. My Dad is 84 now and when I talk with him he sounds good and says he mostly feels good.
Needless to say, all of this has brought home to me how important it is to continue the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues so I hope you’ll contribute to the Movember campaign. If you prefer to give to our entire MVO Movember team, please do that instead.
And thank you for your support.
The last couple of days have been filled with lots of little activities that always take more time than was planned; thus we’re combining the Movember posts for these 2 days. Here is the day 19 photo:
My daughter Karen and I were talking yesterday about the fact that my mustache doesn’t look all that full. We both agreed it’s largely because there are enough grey hairs in there that it makes my upper lip still look more like I need a good wash than it does like a full-fledged mustache. I look forward to the end of the month when we’ll see if it’s become something more visible or not.
Meanwhile, here is today’s Movember photo:
The angle and the lighting don’t help all that much.
While my wife Cinda and I were at the bank making a deposit today, she commented again that she’s not a big fan of the mustache because of how prickly it makes my upper lip. But she’s with me in support of the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues and thus the goal of this whole enterprise.
By the way, I did increase my personal fund-raising goal to $300, since we’ve smashed through the $100 and $200 goals set earlier. Remember, you’re always welcome to continue to the entire MVO Movember team, if you would rather do so.
And always, thank you for your support!
This morning my youngest son Brian and I, with some help from my wife Cinda, raked all the leaves from our front yard down to the edge of the street that runs in front of our house. We then made a long windrow of those leaves about 4 feet wide so that next Tuesday a truck with a huge vacuum hose can drive by and remove all those leaves from our property. It feels good to get something important completed, which is how we all felt when we wrapped things up just about lunch time.
The month of November is over half-finished, but Movember continues all the way until the 30th of this month. Here is today’s photo:
The upper lip just keeps getting more fuzzy by the day. It’s still not the most robust mustache ever seen, but it is what it is. The best that I can manage in my efforts to help fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. Thanks to some generous contributions I have again passed my goal (originally $100, updated to $200) so I think I’m going to raise it to $300 today.
I encourage you to contribute to the entire Male Voice Over Movember team, if that is your preference. Whatever you choose, including doing nothing if that’s what you’d rather, thank you for your support.
How about this? A post about something other than Movember! I received a very nice note from Cromerty York a few days ago, asking if I would be willing to add her blog to my blogroll. I have done that very thing today.
Several years ago when our our younger two sons were little, I grew a mustache. With my Movember mustache is starting to resemble an actual mustache and not just look like I forgot to wash my face, I’m remembering some things. In particular I remember needing to brush out my mustache multiple times each day, making sure it stayed in place and didn’t accumulate various bits of this and that. Here is today’s photo:
I had originally set out to personally raise $100 for the Movember cause, but thanks to several generous friends who have contributed to our entire MVO Movember team I have raised my goal to $200. As I am writing this post, I am currently $4 short of that updated goal. I am confident that we’ll get over that number in the next few days. Who knows? I may have to raise my goal again?
And as always, thank you for your support in the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues.
Yesterday was one of those days where every time I started to sit down to write my Movember update blog post, something would come up to distract me so I didn’t get this photo posted:
I really was a very full day, full to a small amount of travel, taking part in our church service (I love the Sundays when I get to be the lay reader of the lessons of the day) and then various family moments plus a nap to partially make up for a very short night.
Now it must be said, the short night was totally worth it. Cinda and I drove up to Cleveland for the food show and to visit with our friend Yeni Alvarez. We also got to meet her husband Mark DiCarlo for the first time. It was such a fun afternoon and evening and ended well after midnight. Then we had to be up very early in the morning to make our drive back home. Thus, the Sunday afternoon nap was very welcome.
But that was yesterday. Today I decided to try something different and took a shot of my face using the mirror. I think it came out okay and with a pretty good look at how things are developing on my upper lip.
I am very grateful to everyone who has contributed to this Movember campaign to fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. If you would rather contribute to the entire MVO Movember team, that’s fine too.
And thank you for your support.
As I make this post this morning, I know that later today Cinda and I are going to get to hang out with fellow Faffcon alumnus Yeni Alvarez; something to which we are both very much looking forward.
Meanwhile, the upper lip continues to grow:
I’m growing this mustache as part of the Movember effort to fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. I’m a member of the MVO Movember group, so if you’d rather you can give to the group as a whole.
Either way, thank you for your support!
One of the things I do every day to keep my voice in tip-top shape is to drink a cup of throat coat tea, whether I feel like it or not. This morning as I was sipping my tea, I remembered why I don’t normally have a mustache. Here, by the way, is the shot for day 13:
Having my mustache dip into my tea is a minor inconvenience, nothing like the major challenges a lot of men are dealing with.
What we’re doing with Movember is to help fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. I hope you’ll click through on my Movember link and contribute what you can. If you’d rather give to our entire MVO Movember group, you’re welcome to do that instead.
And thank you for your support.
My wife Cinda said to me a couple of days ago: “I can’t wait for December 1st.” It turns out that while she supports my taking part in Movember, she’s not so enthusiastic about kissing me when my mustache is at this prickly stage.
We can certainly use your help in the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. Click through on the Movember link to make a contribution today.
Or, if you’d like, support our entire MVO Movember team.
Whatever the case, thank you for your support!
As I start my post for today I want to say a hearty “thank you” to all who serve on this Veterans Day. Four of my high school classmates died in Vietnam in the early 1970s. My draft status was deferred because I went to college right after graduating and by the time I finished college the draft had been cancelled so I never served; but I am deeply grateful to all those who stand in harms way on behalf of our freedom.
Here is the latest Movember update photo:
Yesterday my daughter Karen came up to me and looked carefully at my upper lip. She said from across the room it looked like my upper lip was dirty so she wanted to check to see what exactly was going on. Meanwhile, I am also very grateful for everyone who joins the fight against prostate cancer through this Movember campaign. If you like, you can also contribute to our MVO Movember team.
Here is my day 10 photo for Movember:
The lighting is a little strange on this one because I took it in my man cave in the basement, but I think you can see that the upper lip is starting to fill in a bit. I am very grateful for all of the contributions that have been made thus far to help fight prostate cancer and other men’s health issues.
I am doing this in conjunction with my friends in the MVO team. This includes Brad Veneble, Peter O’Connell and joining us recently Fran McClellan and Dustin Ebaugh.
Thank you for your support.
I’ve seen photos of some of the guys taking part in Movember and they look like they’ve been growing their mustaches for 3 weeks even though it’s only been a week and 2 days. Maybe some started early. I don’t know. All I can do is grow mine at the rate it grows. Here’s today’s update:
Please join me in the fight against prostate cancer and other men’s health issues through Movember.