Mo

I kept it til the weekend, but the mo' has to go.

Never heard of Movember* when we lived Stateside, but I figured I'd give it a try this year.  Realized I kinda liked the Van Dyke when I had it, but remembered that wifey was in the opposite camp.

*For those who haven't heard of it yet, Movember is a "moustache-growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men's health issues, and specifically protate cancer (from www.movember.com).

In other news, I turned 40 this week.  Finally it sunk in.  The occasion was an all-staff meeting on Tuesday where I was supposed to speak briefly on a new project in our agency and decided to open with a joke.  It never occurred to me that over half the audience wouldn't get a joke about the Lone Ranger and Tonto, since most were under 30 and about a quarter of the crowd were first-generation Canadians (ie not apt to get a dated pop-culture reference). 

Tight pants and fringes?  You'd think it was the 70's.

In case you're curious, the joke is about LR and T being chased by a pack of angry Indians (I had to explain that I meant North American Indians, not the local kind, which you'd think would have clued me in as to how badly the joke was going to land).  They come to the edge of a cliff and LR says, "Well, old friend, it looks like we've reached the end of the road," to which T replies, "What you mean 'we', Kimosabe?". 

And then silence.  A couple of chuckles at most.  From almost 200 people. 

It was only when I made the tie-in with my subject by saying "Partnerships can be tricky" that the crowd roared.  Thankfully my other one-liners got more consistent laughs, but for 5 minutes of amateur stand-up, it was painful.  It wasn't on my bucket list, but let's just say I'm glad I did it and I'll check it off and move on.

BTW on a completely different subject, who doesn't love James Spader as Robert California on The Office this season? 

They may have kept the series alive a little while longer after Steve Carell's departure.  Hilarious episode this past week about RC's wife getting a job at Dunder-Mifflin.  Surprising that they still find scenarios like misunderstanding-but-trying-to-please-a-demanding-boss for us to relate to after 7 seasons.

And now, the moustache song: