Men's Pain

This Sunday's objet d'eBay was a public service message for men, but now turns out to be a bigger warning for fathers. The prostate cancer awareness stamps — featured here as a plate block with a First Day of Issue cancellation — were issued in 1999 to bring attention to the second largest killer of men after lung cancer.

But there's bad news. Recent research suggests that a dad's chance of suffering from prostate cancer is 16 percent higher than his bachelor brethren, although it does drop five percent for his third and every subsequent child.

** Everyone knew kids could be a pain in the ass, but this isn't fair. **