As promised, my wife has finally “exposed” herself for charity, recorded the event on video, and released it to the entire world.

If you were living under a rock these past couple of weeks, let me put you up to speed.

Sylvie Fortin, who shaved her head in preparation for her breast cancer chemotherapy treatments, decided to turn it into a fundraiser for Avon’s Breast Cancer Crusade. She “sold” sections of her scalp, similar to those pixel ads you see on the Internet.

Basically, we recorded the event on video and at the end of it turned an image of her scalp into a clickable “map” of sorts, leading to websites of the top sponsors. The cool thing about it is, we raised over $13,000 for breast cancer research and awareness!

Thank you to everyone for your support and generosity. If you want to watch the video and see my newly shorn wife’s head, check out my wife’s blog at BreastCancerVictory.com.

“Buzz cut,” that is.

You see, a few days ago, my friend Armand Morin posted on his blog about his recent shave, and asked his fellow readers to comment and vote on which one they liked best:

  

With the goatie? Or without?

I teased Armand a bit about it, so I decided to grow one myself. But that’s not fair, since Armand has had a beard for years. Me, I’ve had one on and off for years, too.

So I decided to shave something else. And now, I’m exposing my “naked” self to the world, because I have shaved…

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