I'm Famous!

I am a little late on getting this news to you but I have just been bogged down with my fortune and fame. I am so bogged down I am just posting what I sent out to all the members of the Moustache March Mailing List. What's that you say? You're not on the mailing list? Well get on it now. Any ways on to the good stuff:

Yesterday I was on the local news for the American Cancer Society event. "Out and About" with Drew Carney did several segments for the 5-7am news. They actually posted most of the video here. You will also notice they used my mermaid picture for the link to the article here.

My true moment of glory, along with my dog's, didn't make the website cut, so I posted a poor video of my TV copy on youtube here.

I am really excited to attend the celebration event tonight with the ACS crew. Should be good times and hopefully I can score some sweet prizes and get my 'stache shaved by a proffessional barber!

Sorry for all the heres here...

Taking in the Arts

For those of you in the know, you will realize this is a picture of me next to a poster from the hottest thing from Broadway, Wicked. Each March I like to take in some theater, last year it was an adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Several months ago my wife was proactive and secured us some seats for Wicked's limited engagement in Portland. I think all of the shows have since sold out.

Now for those of you that have no clue what I am talking about, Wicked is the story of Oz from the Wicked Witch of the West's perspective. Now this is a musical, but I happen to be fond of the genre, yes I enjoyed Evita. It actually is a pretty fun story and a pretty entertaining show. Makes you take a good look at the perspectives you have in your own life.

So for all of you that think my March is only filled with beer, babes, bars and 'staches, maybe this will show you that there can be, and is more to Moustache March.

Ken - By Request Only

Now this guy is the type of inspiration I use each year for Moustache March. Ken's By Request Only album, released in 1976, has been recently been listed on the worst album covers of all time via several sites and email Fwds (I received a variation of this today, with the subject "I thought you would like this").

Now the great thing about this is the fact that in 1976 this album made perfect sense. My parents have several variations of the "cross fade" picture and that suit was hot stuff. More importantly his hair, sideburns and moustache were hot. Now I wish I had a head of hair like Ken's because I would shoot for his exact look. Needless to say I am stuck with a much thinner head of hair, but the moustache, that is why I grow one every March, so that I can honor a better time, when an album cover like this one makes sense.

SNL is Great Again

I was just sitting here this evening watching last week's episode of SNL with host Tracey Morgan thinking about how SNL has been pretty funny this season. Towards the end they played one of my new favorites, the Gas Right Strips (Hulu Link) commercial. It is a classic that takes me back to such greats as Dissing Your Dog or Oops I Crapped My Pants.

Now I don't know that I am ready to say that this is the best cast ever but there are some greats and some great variety as well. The popularity of Andy Samberg's digital shorts has helped a lot as well as Kristen Wiig keep it real, real funny that is, for the ladies.

Any ways this a pretty random post but it allowed me to put up a great picture of Fred Armisen with a Moustache. And if you are anything like Yetep and refuse(/don't have a DVR) to watch SNL and don't think Hulu is very cool maybe, just maybe, you will check it out and realize that there is some good humor to be had...

Mmmm...California

Where the beer flows like wine and the women flock like the salmon of the Capistrano, or something like that. I got the chance to take my Moustache down to Southern California this past week. It was a pleasant change from the cold, dreary Portland weather. We actually were out in Indio east of Palm Springs. It was nice, hot and dry. There was a pool near that had a lazy river in it. If you are not familiar with a lazy river it is basically a short man made river that goes in a circle so you sit on your raft and never have to walk back to the start.

The trip also gave me a chance to try out my new Pentax Optio W60 waterproof digital camera. I was pretty impressed with the results. I have some pics over at Flickr and a video on Youtube. This is the same camera I used down at the Dixie but this was it's first trip under water.

Besides insane amounts of time at the pool, I did manage to do a few other things, most importantly a rare visit to In N Out, so good, went for the 4x4 animal style!

I did see some pretty strong Moustaches while down there but didn't get much of a chance to promote the cause although I did sell a couple shirts and can cozies! Any ways, now I am back in Portland, quickly losing my tan, and being hailed on as I walked my dog this afternoon...