Out of the Fires of Mordor

Back in 2009, I grew a mustache for a production of Albert Herring at the University of Michigan which inadvertently gave one of my students a panic attack. After that I made a vow:

[N]ow I realize that this mustache is actually very dangerous and has the potential to unleash much pain and psychological anguish on the world, like Pandora's Box or The One Ring... [I]t must be destroyed (possibly in the fires of Mordor, although that sounds like a lot of work) before it has a chance to harm anyone else.

Well, the mustache is back again, and hopefully this time I can harness its powers for good rather than evil. I am a member of Yahoo!'s Movember team. Movember is an organization that was founded in Australia to help raise money for cancer prevention:
 
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I had a beard in October (which turned into a goatee for Halloween), but according to the Movember rules I had to start November 1st clean-shaven. Here's the 'stache on day eight:

So as you can see, this 'stache rocks a lot harder than my previous 'staches. And that's only after eight days - I can't wait to see how awesome it will be by the end of the month.

If you would like to donate to the Movember cause in my name, you may do so on my Movember profile page: http://mobro.co/opticwalrus