Chinese food for dinner last night means more fortune(s).
I don't know if I would have chosen the word "befall", but I'll take it!!
I don't know if I would have chosen the word "befall", but I'll take it!!
Although I really want to be, I am not a hat person.
Oh, I've tried. I usually end up in baseball cap land. I wore the occasional cap as a kid (and actually at one point had a cap for each major league team, but that's another blog post), and I had several versions of Boston Red Sox caps, because Sawx! Since I started shaving my head I'm very conscious about wearing a cap when out in the sun during the summer.
In the late 70's - early 80's I had a Greek sailor's cap that I wore sometimes. In the 90's for a while I wore a black fedora that I picked up on St. Mark's Place in Greenwich Village. This was before all the hipsters discovered fedoras. But overall nothing really seemed to stick.
I bought a beret when the band was having its "rummage sale" and were getting rid of the surplus tuba berets. It's not in the greatest shape (the felt is great, but the band is quite ragged), and it's okay. However, Ellen bought one too, and started wearing it regularly. I thought we'd look really dopey if we both wore one out together, so mine hangs above my desk.
The other issue I have is the size of my head. I have one of those big "pumpkin" heads, so it's hard to find a hat that fits well. If you know anything about hat sizes, I'm a 7-7/8, or an 8. That's huge. So, getting a hat can be a challenge, especially as I want to try it on to make sure I won't be squeezing my head in a vise.
I have wanted a "driver's cap" for a while, something like Burt Lancaster's character* wore in Field of Dreams,
or like Burt Lancaster's character wore in Local Hero.
[Hmmm...maybe I just want to be Burt Lancaster. I'll have to look into that one.]
I've never found the right one, or one that I wanted to plunk money down for, assured that I wouldn't look like a total dork wearing it. Today, I found one. We were at Target, and while I was waiting for people to come out of the dressing room, I found one that looks good, fits amazingly well, and is a decent price. So I bought it. Might be a keeper.
* Did not know that Archibald "Moonlight" Graham was really a ballplayer in 1905 and actually did only play one game in the majors, playing right field in the bottom of the ninth, and never coming to bat. He then went back to the minors, and after leaving baseball became a doctor in Chisholm, MN. Although the book Shoeless Joe gets his details correct, the movie Field of Dreams takes some liberties with dates (both of Graham and the game in which he played).
Oh, I've tried. I usually end up in baseball cap land. I wore the occasional cap as a kid (and actually at one point had a cap for each major league team, but that's another blog post), and I had several versions of Boston Red Sox caps, because Sawx! Since I started shaving my head I'm very conscious about wearing a cap when out in the sun during the summer.
In the late 70's - early 80's I had a Greek sailor's cap that I wore sometimes. In the 90's for a while I wore a black fedora that I picked up on St. Mark's Place in Greenwich Village. This was before all the hipsters discovered fedoras. But overall nothing really seemed to stick.
I bought a beret when the band was having its "rummage sale" and were getting rid of the surplus tuba berets. It's not in the greatest shape (the felt is great, but the band is quite ragged), and it's okay. However, Ellen bought one too, and started wearing it regularly. I thought we'd look really dopey if we both wore one out together, so mine hangs above my desk.
The other issue I have is the size of my head. I have one of those big "pumpkin" heads, so it's hard to find a hat that fits well. If you know anything about hat sizes, I'm a 7-7/8, or an 8. That's huge. So, getting a hat can be a challenge, especially as I want to try it on to make sure I won't be squeezing my head in a vise.
I have wanted a "driver's cap" for a while, something like Burt Lancaster's character* wore in Field of Dreams,
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| Lancaster and hat in Field of Dreams |
or like Burt Lancaster's character wore in Local Hero.
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| Lancaster and hat in Local Hero |
I've never found the right one, or one that I wanted to plunk money down for, assured that I wouldn't look like a total dork wearing it. Today, I found one. We were at Target, and while I was waiting for people to come out of the dressing room, I found one that looks good, fits amazingly well, and is a decent price. So I bought it. Might be a keeper.
* Did not know that Archibald "Moonlight" Graham was really a ballplayer in 1905 and actually did only play one game in the majors, playing right field in the bottom of the ninth, and never coming to bat. He then went back to the minors, and after leaving baseball became a doctor in Chisholm, MN. Although the book Shoeless Joe gets his details correct, the movie Field of Dreams takes some liberties with dates (both of Graham and the game in which he played).
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