Thursday, 29 October 2009

Last Year's Main Mo!

As I said in my first Movember post, pictures of Gofer were coming.  So here is his mo is in all it's Village People style glory:



That, I'm sure you'll agree, is a quality mo!  I know, he mascara-ed it, but blonde hair really doesn't show up well in photos!

Some thing else to keep you entertained, it's the Movember UK promo clip, courtesy of YouTube:



Awesome.

Keep your eyes peeled for the pre-Movember photo, coming soon!  It will of course be added to my Mo Space!  I do have a promised donation, so I have officially raised some money for looking silly - many thanks to Sarah for her pledge!

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

My Small Part in "Changing the Face of Men's Health"!

A very small minority of you will know by now of my crazy plan... I going to grow a moustache!

But this isn't some whim, as I have had them many times before with various goatee beards and long ginger manes!  I am taking part in Movember, the world's biggest moustache growing, money raising campaign.  In it's third year in the UK, it was brought to my knowledge by Gofer last year.  He grew one and coloured it in with mascara at the end of the month so people could see it (picture to follow!)... but he did it for fun!

Now while it is all a bit of fun, I thought I'd try raising a little money too, even if only spare change!  I have set up a team with the official website partner called the Surrey and Devon Movember Collective!


Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in blokes, a fact that scares me a great deal.  35,000 men get it each year, and plenty of them die from it.  Even Andrew Lloyd Webber has it, so the rich and famous are just as likely to get it!  The charity involved is The Prostate Cancer Charity, and info on the event is on the website.

To join my collective of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas (who can just support the Mo Bros, not necessarily grow one themselves!) click on this link to the Surrey and Devon Movember Collective - even if you're not actually in Surrey or Devon!  I was under pressure to come up with a name...!

The style of moustache, I have not decided.  Possibly a big handlebar type, which will see me banned from all intimate relations from Phee for the entire month?  Probably a good start, but when the dry spell gets too long I may make it a bit less ridiculous and tidy it up nicely!  I've never gone that long without shaving it off, so we'll see... the world is my moustache shaping oyster!

If you're feeling generous, donating is easy... just follow the links on my page and donate using your debit/credit card or PayPal.  Or you can pay by cheque, made payable to "The Prostate Cancer Charity - Movember", and I shall forward it to the right place (with my Movember number, 54513, on the back).  PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY!

With your help, I might be able to help "change the face of men's health"... whilst looking exceptionally cool!  Or stupid.

Friday, 16 October 2009

Wave Goodbye to the Personal Life!

It's Autumn.  And that can only mean one thing:

FOOTBALL MANAGER has a new release!

Football Manager 2010 isn't actually released in full, boxed form until the 30th October, but they have released the demo versions.  I had my first little play last night, after working out how to update Milla's DirectX without an internet connection!

The feature I'm most looking forward to using, the new database editor, I have to wait for.  But the other significant improvements have been to the backroom staff advice and the tactics.  The backroom staff now give you advice on almost everything!  As Arsenal, I'm pretty sure their advice is pretty on the money too!  When I have a go as Exeter City, I'm sure I shouldn't rely on it as much!

The tactics module is very different.  Gone are the sliders.  In are the different type of playing for every position.  In are the touchline shouts.  It's now so much more important to play the more extended highlights, to make sure you team is doing as you say!  I only got round to playing one match last night, a 3-0 win over my own reserve side!

Arsenal are not as strong as they have been.  Disappointingly so!  Vermaelen is so much better in real life!  I'm sure the "wonderkid lists" will be all over the internet in the next few days/weeks... I try to resist them, but I do end up creating a list of good talented youngsters to develop at Arsenal.  No money for big name signings for me!

Look out for updates when the full game is out... I intend to create the top two divisions of the Pentigarnian League with the new editor.  That's a league me and my mate Ratty made up years ago at school!

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Blog Updates.

I have taken the not-too-radical step of adding a couple of new gizmos to the blog.

Firstly, there is the Followers gizmo.  This shows blog readers who actually reads the blog regularly.  More importantly, it shows me!  It's always nice to know I'm not just sprouting my (often over-opinionated) bollocks to myself!
It also allows you to keep track of any updates to it!  Woo for you too!  Although a select few of you have been selected to receive updates anyway - I'm so good to you.

The second one is the Commentators gizmo.  I added this mainly to try to encourage feedback.  Yeah, yeah, I know it's not a competition!  But hey, anything that encourages people to interact!

Gotta love the widgets!