Under the bus...

Everyone has been thrown under the bus... just right now, CK threw me under the bus... Who would want to read this and why would they want to read this, well that is beyond me. CK, I know that you read this because it is your job, but about half my blogs are not assignments... So to know that someone out there reads this 'for fun' well that is just flattering. Thank you. This totally made up for you disrespecting the stache... ;-)

On to a more serious note... the mustache..the tache...the soupstrainer... facial hair, above the upper lip. I read an article last week discussing the rise, boom, and fall of the mustache. The main thoughts from this article (by the Boston Globe) were basically that the mustache survived WWII (Hitler's infamous 'toothbrush' mustache) to boom into the seventies, and then to be defamed by cheesy eighties porno. The likes of Ron Jeremy ruined this unique way for a man to wear his testosterone on his face. My favorite part of this article is when the author went around to barber shops, inquiring about any mustached clientele. When prompted with the question, "why are there no more mustaches?" a Russian barber replies with his heavy accent, "because there are no more real men." Here in North East Texas, you look around and can see a considerable amount of lip whiskers. When compared to that Boston barber shop, 7/200 or so clients had mustaches. On a recent trip to the store, 4/10 men who were able to grow a stache, had one. And I'm talking about a true, bonafide mustache, not goatees, beards, etc... Upon further examination, I noticed that the men were either A) Cowboys... urban or rural, but all drive trucks... B) Mexican (Also in trucks)... What conclusions can we draw from our data? 1) That Texas has a greater percentage of real men then anywhere else in the Nation... 2) Although a pick-up is not necessary for a mustache, it is the vehicle of choice for those with mouth brows...

My prediction... it's coming back... This article is one of two I have read in the past month alone... about the stache... I have seen several A-list actors on the big screen, with mustaches that measure at least 3 feet across...with more to come.. George Clooney's movie is coming out and that salt and pepper mustache looks fantastic! As many of my friends heard via text.. the instant I saw it, There was a new Budweiser commercial.... first played during the world series i believe....with just some guys hanging out... one of which.. has a stache... (Now this commercial may have actually hurt the cause.. because this guy looks like douche... wearing a V-neck sweater with an undershirt... kinda chubby.. looks like Roy from the office... but with an adolescent stache...) Why they didn't get someone with a pair to wear it with pride, i don't know... I'm not in casting.. but either way, it was a nationally televised mustache during the ef-ing world series... Just you watch... me and ray called it, the mustache, whether you like it or not, is making a comeback. I predict that 2010 will be the year of the mustache.