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30 November 2008

Movember: Day 30

Movember: Day 30
Movember: Day 30
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Last day today!

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29 November 2008

Movember: Day 29

Movember: Day 29
Movember: Day 29
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

I'll be sad to see it go on Monday.

Maybe I'll keep it for Decembeard!

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28 November 2008

Movember: Day 28

Movember: Day 28
Movember: Day 28
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Last shave of Movember.

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27 November 2008

Movember: Day 27

Movember: Day 27
Movember: Day 27
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

I think it might need another trim...

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26 November 2008

Movember: Day 26

Movember: Day 26
Movember: Day 26
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Only five days of the mo' left now...

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25 November 2008

Movember: Day 25

Movember: Day 25
Movember: Day 25
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

I really am running out of things to say.

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24 November 2008

Movember: Day 24

Movember: Day 24
Movember: Day 24
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

This time next week, it'll be gone...

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23 November 2008

Movember: Day 23

Movember: Day 23
Movember: Day 23
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

We're on the home straight now...

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22 November 2008

Movember: Day 22

Movember: Day 22
Movember: Day 22
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Been lazy with the shaving this week.

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21 November 2008

Movember: Day 21

Movember: Day 21
Movember: Day 21
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

We've now raised over £1000!

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20 November 2008

Movember: Day 20

Movember: Day 20
Movember: Day 20
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Full of a cold. Didn't get much sleep.

But... The Mo' Must Go On!

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19 November 2008

Movember: Day 19

Movember: Day 19
Movember: Day 19
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Another smile, requested by my niece.

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18 November 2008

Movember: Interlude II

Here’s some more Movember-inspired photoshop fun courtesy of Chris Ayton. Chris is going to be my best man at our wedding next year. I hope he takes a little more time, care and attention organising my stag do and writing his speech than he did on these pieces of art...

What I would look like if it wasn’t for the accursed ginger gene
What I would look like if it wasn’t for the accursed ginger gene

Wanted
What I would look like with a better, thicker moustache (and some weird skin graft on my chin and neck apparently...)

Can you do any better? Grab one of my Movember photos from Flickr and do your worst!

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Movember: Day 18

Movember: Day 18
Movember: Day 18
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

It's tickling my lips when I talk now.

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17 November 2008

Movember: Day 17

Movember: Day 17
Movember: Day 17
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

It's getting in the way when I eat now.

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16 November 2008

Movember: Day 16

Movember: Day 16
Movember: Day 16
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

I had to shampoo it this morning!

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15 November 2008

Movember: Day 15

Movember: Day 15
Movember: Day 15
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Nearly forgot to take a picture today.

Time for another shave tomorrow...

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14 November 2008

Movember: Day 14

Movember: Day 14
Movember: Day 14
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Our boiler's stopped working today.

But I've got my mo' to keep me warm.

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13 November 2008

Movember: Day 13

Movember: Day 13
Movember: Day 13
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

The Team has now raised over £700!

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12 November 2008

Movember: Interlude

I’m interrupting the broadcast of my daily Movember progress photos to bring you this picture, created by Google Blogoscoped’s Philipp Lenssen:

Tony Knows Best

Heh. I thought it was pretty damn funny before I even realised it was based on this, which was the title card used for an American TV show featuring Hulk Hogan:

Hogan Knows Best

And just last night, Dave spent probably no more than ten minutes creating this in Photoshop:

Tony Hogan

Cheers Philipp and Dave!

Does anyone else wants to create a Movember-inspired picture of me and my mo’?

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Movember: Day 12

Movember: Day 12
Movember: Day 12
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Apparently, with this mo' I look like:

Any more suggestions?

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11 November 2008

Movember: Day 11

Movember: Day 11
Movember: Day 11
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Someone told me to smile. So I did.

Any more requests?

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10 November 2008

Movember: Day 10

Movember: Day 10
Movember: Day 10
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Had another shave today. Check it out!

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9 November 2008

Movember: Day 9

Movember: Day 9
Movember: Day 9
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

I'm running out of things to write now...

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8 November 2008

Movember: Day 8

Movember: Day 8
Movember: Day 8
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Looking a bit more ginger today...

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7 November 2008

Movember: Day 7

Movember: Day 7
Movember: Day 7
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Team SDL has now raised over £500.

Thanks for all the donations so far!

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6 November 2008

Movember: Day 6

Movember: Day 6
Movember: Day 6
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

If you look closely, you might see it...

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5 November 2008

Movember: Day 5

Movember: Day 5
Movember: Day 5
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

The mo' is slowly starting to show...

Not ready for a shave just yet though.

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4 November 2008

Movember: Day 4

Movember: Day 4
Movember: Day 4
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Managed to squeeze out more stubble.

Might have another shave tomorrow.

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3 November 2008

Movember: Day 3

Movember: Day 3
Movember: Day 3
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Looking a bit tired this morning.

The stubble is starting to show though.

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2 November 2008

Movember: Day 2

Movember: Day 2
Movember: Day 2
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

No, it's not the same photo as yesterday. Yes, I'm wearing the same t-shirt. No point shaving at all today really. This is like watching grass grow...

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1 November 2008

Movember: Day 1

Movember: Day 1
Movember: Day 1
Originally uploaded by Tony Ruscoe

Nice clean shave. Ready for the mo' to grow!

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Movember: Moustache Month

I hate shaving but I’ve got a clean shaven face today because during Movember (the month formerly known as November) I will be growing and grooming a moustache – also known as a mo’ or a ‘tache – to raise money and awareness about male health issues. I’ve also somehow managed to convince around twelve other men from work to do the same thing.

I’ll be trying to post a photo to my blog every day so that you can keep track of my progress. Ironically, I’m actually going to try and shave more often than my usual once-per-week so that my ‘tache is more prominent but we’ll have to see how much that rips my face and neck to shreds.

If you want to donate, there are a few different ways to do it:The Prostate Cancer Charity

  1. Donate to me – Your donation will be registered against my name [View my Mo Space]

  2. Donate to Team SDL – Your donation will be divided equally between everyone in my team

  3. Email me – If you want to make an offline donation, I’ll let you know how you can do that

All donations are made directly to the The Prostate Cancer Charity who are using the funds to create awareness, fund research, increase support resources and networks for those men who suffer from prostate cancer.

Sadly, a lot of men at work apparently aren’t allowed to help raise awareness of male health issues because their wives and girlfriends are so selfish that they refuse to be kissed by a man with a moustache for just one month, even though it would help raise money and increase awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. Pathetic. I wonder if those same wives and girlfriends would still kiss their men if they had testicular cancer.

Others are too worried about what they’ll look like or how they might get a bit embarrassed walking around with a bit of facial hair. I wonder if these men would get embarrassed when the doctor has to shove his finger up their arse because they need their prostate gland examining in case they’ve got prostate cancer.

If you want to know more about Movember, try the following links:

Otherwise, watch this space for photos of my mo’ – and please donate some money!

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October

I can believe it’s been almost two months since my last post to this blog. And yet you’re still reading it. I guess I should’ve really posted this last night so that I didn’t have yet another month on my blog without any posts. Oh well.

Anyway, here’s what was keeping me so busy in October that I couldn’t find the time to post. And I’m actually going to try and keep it short for once:

The Mighty Boosh – Monday 6th October 2008

Saw these live at Sheffield City Hall. We had excellent front row seats thanks to Chris going to buy tickets early on the morning they were released. I didn’t watch series one or two of their TV series show when it was on BBC Three. I remember watching about five minutes, thinking it was a bit mental, and then turning over to watch something else. After seeing them do a bit of live stuff on TV another time, Suzy bought me the DVD box set of series one and two and from then on I was hooked. Series three was really good, so I was looking forward to finally seeing them live. Although this was obviously an expensive production, it still had that raw home-made-fancy-dress-costume feel to it like the Mighty Boosh TV series had. I enjoyed it.

Michael McIntyre – Wednesday 8th October 2008

Saw him live at Sheffield Lyceum. We had cheap seats up on the balcony thanks to Chris not going to buy tickets early on the morning they were released. I’ve always thought he was funny on BBC Two’s Mock the Week but wasn’t sure what he’d be like doing stand-up. I was pleasantly surprised that he was actually really funny and did a lot of those jokes where he’d keep coming back to them later. I enjoyed it.

Vampire Weekend – Wednesday 22nd October 2008

Saw these live at Carling Academy Sheffield. We were standing for this gig thanks to nobody called Chris going to buy the tickets. Despite having not heard all the album, I thought they were really good. I’ve downloaded it now and actually think they might have been better live than recorded. Nevertheless... I enjoyed it.

Apart from all that, Suzy and I have also been to a few wedding fairs, we’ve been busy decorating our new house, we went to try out the fixed price lunch menu at Loch Fyne (really good food for just £11 per person) and I’ve been reviewing yet another book for O’Reilly.

So there you have it. A very busy but enjoyable October.

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