Slog - Comments on All About My Mustache http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache I used to look like this. Now I look like this. I know, it looks a little weird, but the looks it gets are even weirder—people keep asking whether it's an ironic mustache or an unironic mustache or an aggressively anti-ironic mustache, which is really a kind of backwards irony. It's hard to keep up. Fact is, it's a charity mustache. A mustache for the kids. A mustache for the annual Mustache-A-Thon for 826 Seattle, the youth tutoring and writing center. It's like a walk-a-thon for lazy people—some of us grow mustachios, others sponsor them. So if you don't... Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:30:42 -0800 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:55:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Nick I know I've said this a zillion times, but I fully reject the notion that facial hair can be at all ironic. And Lord KNOWS I've had to address the topic (and all the attendant "mustache ride" jokes), as I've worn a mustache for nearly three years.

Keep it, Brendan. It works well on you.

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797596 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:44:19 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus Beffen, eh? Close to beef which might explain why the Brits refer to the labia as meat curtains. Odd and kind of disgusting, isn't it?

Almost every guy wants to explore the effects of facial hair. It's a rite of passage. I like the 70s porn star look, but you're pretty handsome either way. My guess, though, is that most people would prefer you shaven.

Your choice of charity is brilliant and thanks.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797602 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797602 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:49:21 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Have you been doing any stimulating? You know, for the kids.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797605 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:50:34 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Too bad you're straight or you'd be gettin' tons of action from the 'stache.
And you could don a pair of aviator sunglasses and give people speeding tickets for fun.

I forget, is facial hair popular with het gals? My friends say no and hell no.

I have a beard without the mustache (it's just too itchy) that I'm quite proud of.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797607 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:51:57 -0800 Comment by john holmes Today's Porn Stache brought to you by Brendan Kiley! Thanks Brendan!

]]> john holmes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797608 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:53:51 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Some people look better with mustaches. (Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds)

Some people don't.

Brendan would fall into the latter category, sad to say. He's MUCH cuter without the 'stache.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797617 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:02:51 -0800 Comment by Gloria Can I comb your moustache, Mr. Kiley?

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797619 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:04:02 -0800 Comment by kid icarus I'm with Bauhaus -- 826 Seattle is a fantastic organization.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797620 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:04:09 -0800 Comment by monkey It's very much an Officer Dangle look on you, Brendan. I personally think you look better without.

I do like the full beard and stache but I'm ready for that trend to go away because I can't grow a good beard and I feel left out.

Example: I've had a goatee/stache combo for the last year and shaved it off a couple weeks ago. So far only two people have noticed it was missing. sigh.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797630 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:14:33 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I had no idea that you are the spitting image of Martin Short...

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797659 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:29:27 -0800 Comment by Just Me You looked much better without it Kiley, much better

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797670 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:35:48 -0800 Comment by Original Monique One Word: HAWT.

that is all.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797671 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797671 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:36:29 -0800 Comment by Blaire I too am growing a mustache for 826

]]> Blaire http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797672 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:37:08 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Ik heb geen befborstel, maar ik hou van beffen.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797692 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:45:36 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I've seen that moustache before, on Eric Idle during a Monty Python skit. Where's your ascot?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797696 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:47:59 -0800 Comment by Rose Red Dude. Hot. (With or without 'stache.)

]]> Rose Red http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797732 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:10:59 -0800 Comment by jzilla how about some super props for Olympia homie, Burke Kelly? WORLD MUSTACHE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD! nice work Burke, way to represent for Evergren and for the '501!

]]> jzilla http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797756 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:32:10 -0800 Comment by Just Me Kiley, you look A LOT like Kaiser Wilhelm II. Check it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhem_II

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797786 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:47:15 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Don't listen to those hairophobes, Brendan.

The'stache is frackin' hot - keep it!!

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797805 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:58:17 -0800 Comment by Callie Dude! Brendan Kiley is hot! Who knew?

]]> Callie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797820 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:05:38 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'm not seeing it, No. 18: perhaps we can get him to pose in a Pickelhaube?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797846 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:23:03 -0800 Comment by adrian! to mustachioed brendan: come on and stay at the Y...M-C-A!

and i'm sorry, but i'm already supporting blaire @ 13's mustache. i don't like kids enough to support two mustaches. kids dressed as santa killed my grandma. you understand.

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797897 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:50:18 -0800 Comment by sars that shit is hottt

]]> sars http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797899 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:50:26 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Wow, I'm disappointed there are no comments about the guy with an octopus attacking his face...

Wait, make that one.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797946 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:19:52 -0800 Comment by Benjamin Um...you're hot either way Brendan and you know it. Stop teasing all the queer guys with your visage. We've accepted that we can't have you. ^_^

]]> Benjamin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797947 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797947 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:20:25 -0800 Comment by rubyred Why aren't there any women participating. I would donate to that.

btw - check out Beard Team USA!

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797958 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:30:29 -0800 Comment by John Duffell I also have a very-nearly-non-existent moustache that I'm nurturing for 826 Seattle. Go Team Duffell! Go 22-year-olds with skimpy upper-lip hair...

]]> John Duffell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c797986 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:50:13 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA @24: I totally love the octopus beard/moustache on the guy with the pipe & hat. Awesome. Very Baron Munchausen. If I could grow that kind of beard/moustache, I would.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798005 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:08:51 -0800 Comment by Sean I've been looking for an excuse to grow an aweful mustache. Thanks to 826 for providing one, and to Brendan for the assist.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798053 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:13:45 -0800 Comment by brinsonian It's worth noting that because of our awesome Mustache-a-Thon last year, both 826 Valencia and 826 Michigan jumped on the trend.

Give 'em some love:
www.826valencia.org
www.826michigan.org

Now, give us some love and/or some of your cash money at the main Mustache Blog page, updated in a fashion that is nearly more than weekly:
www.826mustaches.blogspot.com

]]> brinsonian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798172 Life Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:21:47 -0800 Comment by Victoria @14- Dat is ok, de vrouwen zullen hoe dan ook van je houden


]]> Victoria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798218 Life Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:28:30 -0800 Comment by Katy Brendan, kudos on the 'stache! My dad (63) has had a mustache for over 32 years. He's NEVER once shaved it on all that time. My parents have been married for 31 years, so my Mom's never even seen him without it. Pretty neat!

I read about the Dutch slang term and it's meaning. Similarly, my Dad calls his "the womb broom"

Kinda gross, but funny nonetheless! :)

]]> Katy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/all_about_my_mustache#c798551 Life Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:55:51 -0800