I’m a fool.  Ever since the Phillies clinched the National League East title, I hadn’t shaved.  Despite the patchiness of my facial hair, which looks like it belongs to a 12-year-old, I’m a firm believer in the “playoff beard” as a good luck charm, and grow one every time one of Philadelphia’s teams gets to the postseason.  This year was no different, but last night, I had to attend a Halloween party dressed as Dwight Schrute, which meant I had to leave the Phils to their own devices, and shave it all off.  While I’m not too worried about the Phillies, and the costume was eerily accurate, I have learned that I missed out on a great facial hair opportunity; my mustache could have earned me a cameo in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption.

Rockstar is a sponsor of Movember, a month-long campaign that uses mustaches to raise awareness of men’s health problems, specifically prostate cancer, and is offering a cameo in their upcoming western game to one lucky mustachioed individual.  Contestants only need to grow a mustache, starting from a bald upper lip, during the month of November, and send their pictures to Rockstar.  The owner of the best mustache of the lot will be inserted into the game, along with their soup strainer.

Admittedly, no matter how many months they gave me, I couldn't come close to growing anything that would garner any respect in the Old West, but still.  It would have been nice to try.