Dr. Seuss' Secret Hat Closet

I'm going to break from the usually silly tone of this blog to write a serious post about one of the most important and influential writers for the last century.

Dr. Seuss had a hat closet full of hats that he collected from around the world.  According to Collectors Weekly, he'd sometimes break them out to overcome a creative block, or just for dinner parties.  Some of his hats directly inspired characters in his famous book, like the cat's hat, above.  There's a touring exhibition going across the US where you can see some of these hats in person.

My Grandmother's Hats

My grandmother passed away a few months ago.  These are some of her hats.

This one makes me think of a Tamara de Lempicka painting:

Scott's hat

It's been a while sine I got to post a co-worker's hat, since Amanda moved on quite a while ago.   But today Scott walked in wearing this:

This was met by a barrage of the Indiana Jones theme coming from the in-house a capella group we have here.  It's about three sizes too big for my head.

You can buy Princess Beatrice's wedding hat...

...if there's something wrong with you.

Princess, are we laughing with you, or laughing at you?  The answer is at you.  If you hurry, This hat can be yours.  Bid on ebay.  Only a bit more than four days left to bid, and the price is only up to $29,545.88.  Don't miss out!

05/22/2011: UPDATE! Some nameless philanthropist jackass won the hat, a steal at just $131,648.00

Muammartacular!

There are a lot of things being said about the current leader (for now) of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.  Rather than jump on the bandwagon just to be popular, I'm choosing to point out one of the Gaddafi's shining strengths, his excellent fashion sense: