Awareness. Something we all need. We need to be aware to learn, to grow, to change, and to survive. We do this as individuals with our work and with our relationships, but some potential problems are too big to be seen and/or solved by any one person. It is in these circumstances that awareness requires a collaborative effort, in the case of cancer, for example.
We must be aware as individuals of our own health. We must be educated enough to, at the least, know where to go for testing and what to do for treatment, which is one place collaboration comes into play. Read the rest of this entry »
The face that landed Han in frozen carbonite
Happy Movember! What’s this Movember you say? Well, rumor has it that in 1999 a group of Australian men from Adelaide decided to dedicate one month annually to the fine art of growing facial hair.
Since 2004, Movember has been used as a mechanism to raise funds for men’s health. Whereas pictures of breasts flooded our twitter streams during October, November is all about the mustache. This landmark of manhood was especially popular during the late 70’s and early 80’s, but throughout history humanity has witnessed some wicked facial hair waxing.
Math Teacher?
Since we were cave people, we’ve used all sorts of tools to trim our reckless facial hair (mostly for ladies I’d guess) including stone razors. (See how desperate we are to keep ourselves clean for our women and rank in society?) Turns out some women have such a strong affinity for the mustache that they try to grow their own. Yes, it’s true that ladies are able to grow facial hair (haven’t you ever heard of the bearded lady?). FRida Kahlo would often depict herself with facial hair in her art, though this is generally not practiced in Western cultures (thus the freak show effect it has on people).
Fun fact: there is actually a “World Beard and Mustache Championship” with several sub categories of judgment. Some of the more interesting ones include:
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