Welcome back to Hat Hatery. Last week we talked about the much maligned chapeau of the French persuasion: the Beret. This week we will be focusing on the tiresome Pork Pie Hat.

From it's ridiculous name to the audacious indented short crown, the Pork Pie hat deserves every bit of scorn it receives. The headware of choice for layabouts and holier-than-though retro hipster types, it practically begs you to knock it off its wearer's smug head. In truth, half of the disdain for the Pork Pie is simply through association: Only assholes wear Pork Pie hats. Some might argue that it is unfair then to direct so much ridicule to the cap. I disagree. It has long been held in the hat world that the Hat and the Wearer are two halves of one whole and must be judged as such.

That's all the time we have for This Week in Hats, join me next time when we'll discuss The Stovepipe: Short Man's Savior, or Top Hat Gone Wild.

Perfect storm.

Its frequent use and abuse really limits the synergy of my paradigm.

Happy Pi Day!

(I think it's also "Steak & Blowjob Day" in some parts of the world.)

Much like real life, when you get into a horrific high-speed crash, you sometimes spawn suspended above the highway intersecting a crosswalk. It happens.

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, has passed away.

Travel safe, Gary. Thanks for all the adventures. Rest In Peace.

Some tributes to Gary Gygax on the web:

• Wizards of the Coast
• GameSpy
• The Colbert Report
• Wired
• Monte Cook
• Penny Arcade
• xkcd
  
• Order of the Stick