Hats

[prog]

I got a new hat, and it's nice. I used my big brain to figure that the giant Burlington Coat Factory store just down the street from my house could probably set me up, and indeed this is probably the nicest hat I've ever gotten myself. A simple black woolen cap, and inexpensive, yet seems in form and function a step above the generic stretchy synthetic things I buy every winter. Hope I can hold onto this one... Well, if I don't, at least I know where to go.

They actually had a rather nice selection of seasonal men's toppers, and I almost got a more expensive fuzzy hat that reminded me of the "It's sable!" Seinfeld episode, but I concluded that it didn't offer adequate ear protection.

Someday I will try to become a regular hat-wearer. Maybe. I'm not certain that I'd be able to make it work, without advertising my dorkiness; my personal observation suggests that it's harder than it looks, especially here in Nurdville USA. Too often I see a younger man with a fedora and my first thought (taking in everything else in his dress and poise) is "aha, obvious SCAdian!" or whatever. That there's a fella who hand-paints his miniatures, if you know what I'm saying. Of the men I know personally, I seem to recall that cnoocy (and maybe temvald??) does the hat thing well, and I'm not sure that anyone else really tries... maybe I'd need to shave first. Hmf.

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I enjoyed that particular hat during the brief time I wore it, too. I never got any static over it, but I was apparently hard to recognize, and confused people.