Men-
Once again the calendar has struck March.

March is a time of flux: your left foot is in winter and your right foot is in spring. The wind is at your back and the sun is on your face. The ground thaws yet the snow still flies. Cabin fever grips your psyche, yet summer loving is nipping at your nose. It’s not really beard season, but you can’t go clean shaven because we still could get some significant weather.
This makes it the perfect time for growing moustaches …

But the modern moustache man can’t go it alone. That is why we have the Moustache Support Group – to provide a web of moustache safety. The moustache group does important things: like drink beer and eat cheese in the company of other men with moustaches.

Our first Moustache Support Group meeting is Thursday at 530 pm at Novare Res. Please come if you would like. We will have razors and combs available. And, as always, we will moustache experts on hand for those men growing staches for the first time. We can help you with those awkward stares from women who used to just smile at you (if she is staring at your stache, brother, you didn’t want her anyway), with the increase in nods from truckers (nod back, amigo) and we can prepare you for any relentless ribbing you may get from “the public” by insulting your facial hair even more vigorously then thought possible.

Hope to see you at Novare on Thursday evening men.
Yours in facial hair,
Bean Sprouts

Men- Another great March is just about done and this year’s Stache Pag was the best so far…

Besides the earth-shattering applause and tightly packed quarters, there was little to complain about after last Saturday’s Stache Pag… Here are the pics to prove it:

(Photographs by Jess LeClair. Please visit her full gallery of the Stache Pag here)

We even got a bit of press in the local media. Check that stuff out here:

http://mainebuzz.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-moustache-madness.html

http://www.mainetoday.com/photoalbum.html?id=5883

http://www.mainetoday.com/blogs/shannon/040496.html

Great job getting the word out about Moustache Awareness men.

See you next year!

A time when our reserves of strength and good humor-so depleted by the dark cold days of december, january and february- begin to replenish. The promise of summer seems almost believable, from here. We are laughing more in
March: at the dog yawning, at miraculous basketball plays, and, of course, at moustaches.
Yes, everyone laughs at the moustaches. But I’m wondering, what’s the big joke?
Men of a certain age and standing here in Portland are living in constant fear. They’re scared of wearing moustaches because of a stigma. One friend told me he was having second thoughts about rocking his stache because, “I’m starting a new job and I want people to take me seriously as a professional.” Others have also expressed worry about
whether their stache would have ill effects in other parts of their lives.
This is an outrage. When did a moustache become a symbol for amatuerism? How can we stand idly by and tolerate these threats to our freedoms? How can we allow these pervasive stigmas against moustachioed-men? We, and our moustaches, must make a stand.
I propose our first action be a decisive one: beers.

If you gentlemen will allow me to be so presumptuous as to call the
first meeting of the 2009 edition of the Moustache Support Group, then
I say it is to be held this coming Friday at Novare Res in Portland at
5 p.m.

In solidarity with the moustachioed, Eric, the proprietor, has
gracioulsy agreed to give us a 15% off our bar tab.

So, please bring your moustache and I hope to see you this Friday.
We have big things to discuss.
Yours in facial hair,
Nick “Bean Sprouts” Callanan

Ever vist Mendocino County?

They have some interesting things going on there and not all of it has to do with moustaches.

Marijuana is the cornerstone industry in Mendocino County. with millions pumped into the local economy. It could be like this in Maine, but with moustaches instead of marijuana. Think about it!

And also, one final announcement for Moustache Support Group members: Guys, here’s an insider consumer tip from our pharmacy expert Uni-brow Brian: “be sure to check this list to see if you have a condition eligible for prescription marijuana. It might be just the thing to cure what ails you.” Let’s have a good meeting this week!