We’re now halfway into Movember and the staches are starting to take shape. I’ve been keeping up with Mo Bro James, who’s been updating folks on the status of his Mo via Twitter. James hails from Austin, Texas and is growing a stache of the “strongman” style. He drinks whiskey to help it grow: “whiskey is miracle grow for Mos. Makes hair stand up and try to leap of the face… “.

So far, his team, Magical MOments has raised $2,046.33. Click the link to donate. Keep up the good work, James!

With the festivities of Halloween over, that means today is Movember 1st. Day One of Movember. Commence your upper lip facial hair growing now.

More Movember madness: T-shirt slanger PalmerCash is donating $10 from every mustache-themed t-shirt they sell in the month of Movember. This one on the right will set you back $22.97, but, mind you, almost half of that is going to the Movember Foundation and ultimately to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Lance Armstrong Foundation.

This is my favorite pick from their selection because it highlights the dual preconceptions that people have of men with ’staches. Are they gentlemen? Are they criminals?

Whenever I have a moustache there are always two camps… those who think it makes me look like a gentleman, and those who make me think it looks like a criminal.

To be honest, it makes me look like both.

More Ts after the jump.

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Australian restaurant, MYO, is helping out the Movember Foundation. Check out this ad featuring a mustache made from bacon. Mmmmmmmmmm….. bacon.

Enjoy a My Way Breakfast Deal and we’ll donate $1 to the Movember Foundation.

Movember is the month formerly known as November where Mo Bros (men) grow Mos (mustaches) for the Movember foundation which donates its proceeds to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. You grow a mustache in November for charity and also to raise awareness for men’s health. You can participate as part of a team or as an individual. At the end of the month Movember hosts Gala Partés in  Aspen, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. You can be sure I’ll be attending the San Francisco gala.

The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia.  The guys behind it joked about 80s fashion and decided it was time to bring the moustache back.  In order to justify their Mos (Australian slang for moustache), they used their new looks to raise money for prostate cancer research… never dreaming that facial hair would ultimately lead to a global movement that would get men talking about a taboo subject – their health.

What if you already have a ’stache?

If you already have a Moustache you can do a ‘reverse Movember’ and have people donate to you to shave it off.  Alternatively, you could shave off your moustache at the start of Movember and then re-grow your Mo throughout the month…. Maybe it’s time to try a new Mo style?