Fedora Hats: I'm In Trouble Now!

Uh oh, hope wifey doesn't look at the bank statement too closely in the next few days.  I bought two new hats today, what are known as "Pork Pie" fedora hats.

Now everyone knows that a fedora is a must part of the uniform for citizen journalists (aka bloggers); however, other variations of the fedora can be used for other purposes.  For example, the "Pork Pie" hat is de riguer for jazz musicians, and is now being used by rockers and other musicians as well.

I like the look.  Here are the ones I bought today:

Stacy Adams Pork Pie Hat, Wool

Brown Suede Pork Pie Hat

Stogie's New Fedora: A Must for Blogging and Playing Bass

Stogie's New Fedora (for Blogging)

Yesterday I completed a tax return for a long-time friend, Larry, but he left without signing one important document.  So I left the office and took the form to his house for him to sign -- I was determined to finish all paperwork that day and leave nothing to a new day.  When he invited me in, he showed me a brand new Stetson Fedora sitting on his table.

"Would you like to have it?" he asked.  I said YOU BET!!  I have been wanting a new fedora since my dog chewed up my last one (also a Stetson); however, a new Stetson costs upwards of $100 and I couldn't justify the expenditure in these hard times.  However, I have a large head (needed for all those brains) and I wear a 73/8  hat size.  I tried on the hat and it was a perfect fit!  Sure enough, the tag inside said it was a 73/8.

I think the gift was Larry's way of saying thanks for saving him quite a bit of money over the past few years.

Stogie's New Fedora (for Blues and Jazz)

Larry said "Don't say I never gave you anything," and I said THANKS and BYE and left before he came to his senses and changed his mind.

As Robert Stacy McCain or Da Techguy will tell you, a fedora is an absolute must for blogging; we are the new media, the new reporters and must wear a fedora.  Matt Drudge renewed this journalistic tradition when he opened the Drudge Report, and it is a good thing.  However, for me the fedora will do double duty, since fedoras are also popular with blues and jazz musicians.  All I have to do is flip up the front and the fedora converts from a journalistic theme to a jazz theme.  Am I cool or what?  Don't answer that.