{"id":1615,"date":"2010-10-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2010-10-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T12:00:00","slug":"ot-movember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/ot-movember\/","title":{"rendered":"OT: Movember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lord help me and eternal hell on Graeme Pitt for badgering me into this<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Movember I&#8217;ve decided to donate my face to raising<br \/>\nawareness about prostate cancer.\u00a0 My donation and commitment is the<br \/>\ngrowth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know<br \/>\nwill generate conversation, much laughter and ritual abuse. As I\u2019m sure<br \/>\nyou can imagine, the thought of growing a pitiful imitation of a<br \/>\nmoustache fills me with horror and there is every prospect that I will<br \/>\nchicken out at some stage unless sponsorship commitments mean I have too<br \/>\n much to lose. However, in the spirit of full disclosure, I plan to<br \/>\nshave it off on Monday 29th Movember at the UKOUG conference in<br \/>\nBirmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. One<br \/>\n man dies every hour from the disease in the UK. I&#8217;m asking you to<br \/>\nsupport my efforts by making a donation to The Prostate Cancer Charity.<br \/>\nTo help, you can either: <br \/>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click this link <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movember.com\/donate\/your-details\/member_id\/763450\/\">http:\/\/uk.movember.com\/donate\/your-details\/member_id\/763450\/<\/a><br \/>\n and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account . Or,<br \/>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n Send cheques and CAF vouchers (made payable to &#8216;The Prostate Cancer<br \/>\nCharity Re Movember&#8217;) directly to The Prostate Cancer Charity, First<br \/>\nFloor, Cambridge House, Cambridge Grove, London W6 0LE. Be sure to<br \/>\ninclude the person&#8217;s name on the back of the cheque.<\/p>\n<p>The Prostate<br \/>\n Cancer Charity will use the money raised by Movember for the<br \/>\ndevelopment of programs related to awareness, public education,<br \/>\nadvocacy, support of those affected, and research into the prevention,<br \/>\ndetection, treatment and cure of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>For more<br \/>\ndetails on the impact Movember is having please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.movemberfoundation.com\/research-and-programs\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/uk.movemberfoundation.com\/research-and-programs<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Thank<br \/>\nyou in advance for helping me to support men&#8217;s health and putting me<br \/>\nthrough a month of miserable embarrassment. <\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Doug<br \/>\nBurns<\/p>\n<p>P.S. How on earth did I allow myself to be talked into<br \/>\nthis?<br \/>P.P.S. Perhaps I could run a marathon instead?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord help me and eternal hell on Graeme Pitt for badgering me into this &#8230; &#8220;This Movember I&#8217;ve decided to donate my face to raising awareness about prostate cancer.\u00a0 My donation and commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, much laughter and ritual&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/ot-movember\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OT: Movember<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1656,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/movember\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":0},"title":"Movember","date":"November 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"So it's that time of year again, when perfectly reasonable people decide to deliberately make fools of themselves for a good month and a good cause ....It's Movember, the month formerly known as November, now dedicated to growing moustaches and raising awareness and funds for men's health; specifically prostate and\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 2 comments","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1619,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/27\/ot-penultimate-movember-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":1},"title":"OT: Penultimate Movember Update","date":"November 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I have less than 48 hours to go. 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