See these dumb Google Ads on this site? They’re pretty worthless, for the most part; pixels I could be using for better things. Unless, of course, those better things involve a local charity that everyone tends to like, right? Which is why, starting today, I’m kicking off the Clicks for Cats (and Dogs, etc.) Campaign. Every click on these dumb ads yields a few pennies, and from today until the end of next month every single virtual penny earned by ad clicks and impressions will go to BARCS, and possibly save a few animal lives.

So scroll around, click on some stuff. Who knows, you might even buy something. Let our 3rd party advertisers pave the way for some neutered dogs!

Get started with this one!

The City That Breeds will be taking a posting hiatus until after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and will resume its total idiocy on November 30th. The aforementioned Movember Charity pub crawl last Saturday raised a grand total of $1690 American U.S. Cold Hard Dollars™ (click here for some pictures!)- if you enjoy reading this site at all and would like to donate to the charity, click here and do so – no amount is too small. Have a safe and slap happy holiday.

(painting by Bryan Moon)

MOVEMBER!

The full-month charity extravaganza known as Movember has begun. Throughout the month, men all over the world will grow mustaches (and the occasional beard) in an effort to raise awareness for men’s health issues with a primary focus on Testicular and Prostate Cancer. The international organizers of Movember have teamed up with the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Prostate Cancer Foundation and will be splitting the money raised by Movember between the two.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation will use the money raised by Movember to fund research to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer, while the Lance Armstrong Foundation will use the money raised by Movember to fund the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance program, which has the goal of improving survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer between the ages of 15 and 40. They will provide additional funds toward research initiatives to further understand the biology of adolescent and young adult cancers.

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As I eluded to about two weeks ago, November is quickly approaching and the time is nearly here to begin the fund raising bonanza for my charity of choice, Movember. In preparation for this monumental month of man, a group of us have truly stepped it up a notch (at least, from last year) and put together a bar crawl and a website (as well as the usual social media services) to serve as a portal for accepting donations. The website isn’t “active” until later this week, but in the meantime feel free to have a look-see at our Facebook group and Twitter page:

Facebook – Movember Baltimore
Twitter – @movemberbmore
Website – movemberbaltimore.com

Go right ahead and join up, please!

And without further ado, the flier for said bar crawl:

Registration for the bar crawl will begin on Wednesday, and the big campaign for soliciting donations (aka emails to my mom) will begin November 1st. In the meantime, I will be fluffing my moustache in anticipation.

The month of November is fast approaching and I/we/the universe has decided that a bar crawl for the awesomestest charity ever, Movember, is in order. Last year I personally raised around $650 bones for the charity and was ranked 299th in the nation. This year, we’re blowing the lid off of it and having a full blown bar crawl complete with T-shirts and a charity auction at the end.

So the question is this: which weekend to have it? The 14th or the 21st? Both are Saturdays, but the 21st is the weekend before Thanksgiving and people may be traveling. On the other hand, there are big fat college sporting events on the 14th and people may not be able to make it. So I ask you, dear readers, which day you think it should be on????????????question mark