Project Cubbins: Hat 377 - Tschornatubby Edition

Day 377 / Hat 377: Green headband with single tapered antenna sprouting from the top. Attached tag reads: Teletubbies: ™ and © 2006 Ragdoll Ltd., © 2006 Jakks®, Inc. Malibu, CA 90265, Surface Washable, made in China, All new material, 100% polyester stuffing, contains plastic stiffener."

Yes, this is indeed a Teletubby accoutrement (anyone remember them?). And I have to confess I have no earthly -- or non-earthly for that matter) idea how it came into my possession but I've had it a long time and it has been the source of much mirth in our household.

Although I have oft referred to it in the past as a horn, according to what I've just read of the Teletubbies' unique anatomy, this is indeed an antenna. It is the signature flourish of the green one -- aka Dipsy. Here's a little bit about the tenacious D from the Teletubbies Wikipedia entry:

"Dipsy (played by John Simmit) is the second Teletubby. He is green and is named 'Dipsy' because his antenna resembles a 'Dipstick.' Dipsy is the most stubborn of the Teletubbies, and will sometimes refuse to go along with the other Teletubbies' group opinion. His face is also notably darker than the rest of the Teletubbies, and the creators have stated that he is Black."

I guess it's fitting that the Teletubby whose antenna I sport is the most stubborn one.

This Teletubby says: "Eh-oh!"

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 376 - Mammoth Snipe Edition

Day 376 / Hat 376: Trucker-style cap with white mesh back and navy blue front. Details include white contrast stitching on bill, adjustable sizing strap in back and light blue and white embroidery on front of snow-capped mountain peaks above the words "Mammoth Lakes, California."

Interior label reads: "Ouray Sportswear since 1965," and fabrication tag reads: "65% cotton, 35% polyester, made in Taiwan."

This is an early morning snipe from the cubicle of fellow cube farmer and Travel section colleague Chris Erskine. It was sitting on his cube desk all yesterday along with some stickers and a T-shirt from the Mammoth Lakes folks (based on the accompanying ephemera, apparently sent to promote the VisitMammoth smartphone app for iPhone and Android).

After I'd pointed out the hat, another colleague said: "You should do it. He's on assignment." And since I'm all about doing what I'm told, it was the first thing I did when I alighted in the cube farm this morning.

And yes, I even took the snipe snap (it wasn't technically a stealth snap since no one else was around) right at Erskine's desk.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

I'll Be Talking Fashion-Related Terms on "America's Secret Slang" June 21 at 9 PM

Host of "America's Secret Slang," Zach Selwyn (left) and yours truly at Two Rodeo Drive on March 25, 2014

From the Department of Shameless Self Promotion: I just received word that the episode of "America's Secret Slang" on which I appear (it's all about fashion-derived slang) has a tentative-to-pretty-certain air date of Saturday June 21 at 9 p.m. EDT / PDT on the History Channel's H2 channel. (Check local listings, obviously.)

Since it combined my day job of wading through the fashion world with my love of phrase origin and etymology (no, not bugs, that's entomology) I had a blast bantering about it all with the show's host Zach Selwyn.

And yes, funny you should ask, I DID get a hat for the Project out of the deal (courtesy of one Ms. Brittany Nowak).

Tune in or not, just remember, the camera adds 10 pounds.

Project Cubbins: Hat 375 - Fear of a Black Hat Edition

Day 375 / Hat 375:  Black, beaver felt cowboy hat with 4-inch, oval-shaped brim, 4 and 5/8-inch crown and black beaver felt hatband detail with metal and crystal belt-buckle-like embellishment. Interior leather sweatband printed with gold lettering reads: "John B. Stetson Company, 4X Beaver, made in USA," on one side and "XXXX Stetson Authentic X's" on the other. Size tag reads: "7 1/4 R." Another tag inside the hat identifies it as a style called "Spartan."

Silk lining inside crown has a multi-colored depiction of a cowboy giving his horse a drink of water from his own hat. (It's the same as the one seen here at PC 50 - my own Stetson and the first of the two Stetsons I've featured to date. The second one was PC 207: Six X Silverbelly.)

The third-to-last loaner from the amazingly bountiful MRBOH, I think this is one of the lids MR cribbed from her neighbor/friend/mechanic (the same one who provided the welder's helmet).

Not only is this hat is in pristine shape but it arrived at my desk in its original hat box which, I'l lhave to say is a thing of beauty all by itself. (So much so I've included a picture of it as well.)

In seeing a 13 X 17 version of the cowboy-watering-his-horse artwork, I noticed two things:  One, the cowboy bears a striking resemblance to Ronald Reagan (though the artwork surely predates the cowboy-actor-president). Two, there's a cattle brand on the ground to the right of the aforementioned cowboy and it is the letter "M."

Just somethin'  I noticed, that's all.

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A Year Ago Today in Project Cubbins

Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 374 - One Night Only Edition

Day 374 / Hat 374: Black, pinch-front braided-paper fedora with 1.5-inch-wide hatband in black with white diagonal stripe detail with bow and  matching interior sweatband.

Brim measures 2 inches, crown height is 5 inches. Interior label reads: "Broner" and interior label reads: "100% paper, men's L, made in China." Hangtag reads: "Linwood Avenue by Broner." 

Another loaner from The Headwear Association's sample closet, I was able to sleuth out the style name of this bad boy from parsing the number (88-451), listed above the UPC code on the reverse side of the hangtag. According to Broner's Spring/Summer 2014 catalog,  this is called the "One Night Only." In addition to black, it's available in "One Other Color Only" -- which would be "ivory."

As I've now exhausted the latest shipment, I offer the obligatory hat-tip (and a deep bow of thanks) to THA for throwing its members' hats in my ring.

Onward to 500!

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 373 - Not So Silent T Edition

Rare photographic evidence of the other two amigos, Tom Curwen (left) and Chris Reynolds (right).

Day 373 / Hat 373: Blue baseball cap with stylized embroidered capital letter "T" on front in white with red edging.Additional details include adjustable Velcro strap, red button on top of crown and red, white and blue embroidered "Team MLB" logo on wearer's left side of crown.

Interior tag reads: "Team MLB, made in Bangladesh" on left side and: "by OC Sports, official licensee of MLB, Youth" on right.

The "youth" part refers to the size as this hat was plucked from the MRBOH and it belongs to Marilyn's son Javier (whose other youth baseball team lid was featured at PC 362).

When I plopped this lid atop my head and readied for the daily snap, my fellow cube farmer Tom Curwen asked: "What's the T stand for?" In response  I made my obligatory joke about it being a silent T (since, as you all well know, the T in my last name is not pronounced -- or pronounced the way anyone in this country would pronounce a T).

To which my other fellow cube farmer, Chris Reynolds, immediately parried and thrust thusly with his rapier wit: "If it's a silent T then why are YOU wearing it?"

I suppose they don't call Tom, Chris and I "the Three Amigos of Baja Features" for nothin'. (Well, in actuality no one  calls us that. Except us. And then only when we're alone.)

And face it - there are no truly silent Ts. And to answer the Curwen query, the T stands for "Texas" as in "Texas Rangers."

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Project Cubbins: Hat 372 - Power to the Peebles Edition

Day 372 / Hay 372: Gray plaid tweed flat cap with "Kangol" embroidered logo on wearer's left, just behind where the brim meets the crown. Additional detail includes silver lining with diamond shaped applique that reads "Kangol Heritage," and silver grosgrain sweatband.

Interior label reads: Kangol, designed in Great Britain," and fabrication tags reads: "Made, in Italy, large, Tweed Peebles Cap, contents 55% wool, 45% polyester, lining 100% polyester."

A loaner from the MRBOH, I was sure the "Peebles" part was a reference/homage to "New Jack City" director Mario Van Peebles. But a quick search of the interwebs quickly disabused me of that. Here's a description of the Tweed Peebles Cap from Kangol's site: "Peebles is the Scottish village where the Tweed industry began. The Tweed Peebles Cap is a classic flat cap shape worthy of the name. Tweeds and Tartans have always been integral to Kangol and our heritage."

 I swear that every time I put another hat up there I cram another bit of knowledge into the holding pen just below it!

Power to the Peebles!

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 371 - A Salute to the Captain Edition

Day 371 / Hat 371: Trucker-style cap with black mesh back.\, black bill and white foam front screenprinted with the words: "If Found Please Return Me To: Angelina Jolie." Interior label reads: "Cobra."

Loaned to the Project by Ruth O'Neill, this hat once belonged to her friend and downstairs neighbor whom she refers to as "The Captain," who passed away a few years back.

"He wore it without a trace of irony," Ruth said when she handed it to me. Later she emailed the following:  

"I always describe him to people as one of the last real originals. And he would wear that hat proudly and in all seriousness, as though he might one day actually be returned to Angelina Jolie.

The hat was given to us as a remembrance from his nephew. That hat still makes me smile and think of him! It's funny the things that remind you of people. We miss him."

I've heard many tales of The Captain, and know the place he occupies in Ruth and Brian's hearts. The loan of this hat is incredibly gracious and part of me hopes that the great beyond sees fit to deliver him back to Angelina Jolie.

The hat-tip to Ruth and the assist goes to the dear, departed Captain..

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 370 - Shot in the Dark Edition

Day 370 / Hat 370: Black, trucker-style cap with mesh back and foam front. Allover print detail of skull and crossbones design in gray on front panel and bill. Additional detail includes Stylized glow-in-the-dark skull screenprint on front and the words "Treasure Island, Las Vegas" accompanied by the lowercase "ti" logo of the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.

Purchased for the Project by the Bride at the Sirens Cove Shoppe at TI a few minutes before midnight this morning. I tried to capture the glow-in-the-darkness in the photo at right.

I'm sure I'm not the first person who has tried to take a selfie in a bathroom at the Wynn Hotel -- but I may be the first person to do it in total darkness.

The Siren Bride gets the hat-tip, the TI merchandise mix the assist. This is one thing that won't be staying in Vegas.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 369 - Go To Sleep Edition

Day 369 / Hat 369: Baseball-style cap with black back and bill, white front panel. Details include yellow contrast tipping on bill, yellow screen-printed star and lightning bolt emblem on wearer's left side of hat black and yellow horizontal stripe on front panel with embroidered black, white and yellow logo that reads "GTS" with a vertical lightning bolt and two stars.

Additional details include interior label that reads "WWE Authentic" on one side and "TM & (C) WWE 2012, 100% cotton, made in China." and interior seam taping printed with WWE Authentic."

Graciously loaned to the Project by Brian Razzano (this earns him his sophomore hat-tip) who told me the following backstory about it:

"OK, so [it refers to] a wrestler named CM Punk and he was the second most over guy in the [WWE] until a couple months ago [when] he abruptly walked away from the job leaving a big hole to fill and has yet to return.

GTS refers to his finishing movie which is Go To Sleep where be basically nails his opponent in the head with his knee.

He kinda made it cool to watch wrestling again and is a cult hero after rising the ranks of the independents to become WWE champ. ... So he is a big underdog in a lot of people's eyes.

I asked for it as a birthday or Christmas gift [because] I wanted to support him.  Of course he left and WWE is starting to discount his merchandise and [he] may never return.

That hat was probably one of the last pieces they ever produced for him."

Brian says he did, indeed, receive the hat as a birthday gift from his wife (that'd be Ruth O'Neill) last year.

  

According to a cursory glance at Mr. Punk's Wikipedia entry, it appears his other name is Phillip Jack Brooks and he holds the distinction of "longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern era," a reign that lasted, just in case you were wondering, 434 days.

Now Go To Sleep!

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 368 - Gingham (and Floral) Style Edition

Day 368 / Hat 368: Baseball-style cap with red and green floral design (they look like roses) against a white background on the crown and red gingham pattern on bill and crown button. 

Additional detail includes tiny, silver-colored, heart-shaped metal embellishment on the crown just above where it meets the brim on the wearer's left. 

 Interior label reads: "Annie Sumang."

Plucked for an early morning edition of the Project from the MRBOH. 

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 367 - Rambling About Roebling Edition

Day 367 / Hat 367: Graphite gray fedora with two-inch brim, 5-inch crown and two-tone (gray and brown) grosgrain hatband and bow detail. Interior tag reads: "Bailey of Hollywood," fabrication tag reads "95%, 5% cashmere, X-LARGE, made in U.S.A.," and hangtag gives the name of the style as "Roebling."

Here's a little blurb about the Roebling from hats.com: "The Roebling from the Bailey of Hollywood Cashlux collection is a modern day fedora. This hat is made of the most exquisite wool felt blended with cashmere fibers for the look and feel of fur felt. Proudly crafted in the USA and designed Victor Osborne, and is exclusive to Bailey of Hollywood."

What I couldn't find anywhere (at least in my cursory search of the interwebs) was what the style name "Roebling" is a reference to. Could it be an homage to German-born American civil engineer John A. Roebling? Alive from 1806 to 1869 (the Golden Age of Hats), this gent was known for his wire rope suspension bridge designs -- and is famous, at least in certain circles, for his design of the Brooklyn Bridge in particular. And that's what fedora-wearing hispters have to cross to get from Brooklyn to Manhattan!

Unfortunately I have no answer. Sorry to leave you in ... suspense.

Graciously loaned to the Project by the kind PR folks at The Headwear Association who collectively get today's hat-tip.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 366 - Backward in a Hard Hat Edition

Day 366 / Hat 366: White plastic hard hat with a slightly pith-helmet-like silhouette that includes 1 1/2-inch brim all the way around, gray plastic and fabric interior head harness and an adjustable gray sizing knob emblazoned with the name Fibre-Metal. According to the brand's website (it's apparently a division of Honeywell), this is an E-1 Full Brim and I think the all-the-way-around brim is what gives this just a tad more flair.

Here's a little color from the product description:

"The exclusive smooth crown design contains a technically advanced suspension with eight load bearing points to stabilize and balance the hard hat during everyday wear. On impact, the SuperEight impact energy control system dissipates force by reducing it to smaller increments and spreading it over a greater area. Full brim adds an extra margin of protection from hazardous sun rays and hazardous substances falling onto the neck and shoulders."

I was all set to bag on the ridiculousness of putting the 1 1/2-inch in diameter knob in what's essentially the middle of the wearer's forehead. That was until I realized I had totally put the hat on backwards. But not wanting anything to impede my forward motion this morning I thought I'd use that photo anyway. (Yes, the helmet fits better the correct way, thanks for asking. And that big old knob makes cinching it to fit a cinch.)

Plucked for the Project from the MRBOH.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 365 - A Year of Hats in a Flash Edition

Day 365 / Hat 365: Red polyester Flash cowl with yellow lightning bolt earpiece detail and red string that ties in the back. Graciously loaned to the Project by Brian Razzano.

Brian passed off the cowl yesterday at a barbecue in Sherman Oaks. When he did so he asked: "Does a cowl count?" In my world a cowl most certainly does count (hats and headgear folks!) and I couldn't think of a better piece with which to mark  full year of millinery madness. Yes, that's right, it's been a full cycle around the sun since I embarked on my frivolous pursuit of sporting a different lid every day for 500 days.

While it seemed like a daunting challenge when I stood in our kitchen last Memorial Day to snap the first hat in the series, it has kind of gone by in a flash -- thanks to all the generous contributions of family and friends. With any luck, we'll make it all the way to 500.

But back to the Flash for a minute. Brian, who says he had the hat because he was thinking about making a short film about a guy who finds Flash's ring (that's where the DC superhero keeps his costume),. He probably didn't realize that Barry Allen and his Scarlet Speedster alter-ego was actually my favorite character growing up (I was a huge comic book geek).

Of course Barry Allen wasn't the only (or even the first) incarnation of the Crimson Comet, a DC Comics universe character that was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert and first appeared in Flash Comics #1 in January 1940 (the Jay Garrick version, easily recognized by his much different uniform that actually includes a winged helmet a la the Greek god Hermes. I didn't realize (until I got Googlin' today) that the Barry Allen version is is "generally considered the first hero of the Silver Age of comic book," (so sayeth Wikipedia, anyway).

The hat-tip to Brian Razzano, and a sincere thanks to all those whose loaned lids got me a spin through the calendar year. Now it's time to tiue my running shoes on real tight and sprint to the end.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?
A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 364 - Lalaloopsy Edition

Day 364 / Hat 364: Pink cotton cap with butterfly, doll face and flower appliques on front. Additional details include light pink edge with white polka dots, three embroidered daisies and the word "Lalaloopsy" embroidered in white cursive script on the bill.

Interior label reads: "Lalaloopsy, sew magical! sew cute!" on one side and "manufactured by Berkshire Fashions , Inc., made in China." Fabrication tag reads: "100% cotton, exclusive of decoration."

Plucked from the extremely bountiful MRBOH.


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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 363 - "Adventure Time" Edition

Me (left) and Finn from "Adventure Time" (right)

Day 363 / Hat 363: White polyester microfiber (I think) cap with white ear nubbies and Velcro-closure chinstrap. Cartoon Network "CN" logo and the words "Cartoon Network" embroidered on back in gray.

I ran across this hat in the eight-year-cleaning cycle currently underway in the Garlodge and couldn't believe that I hadn't yet included it in the Project but I looked high and low and it doesn't appear I have. If it looks familiar it's because one of my Facebook profile pictures includes the hat - and it's always generted lot sof comments every time I cycle it through.

It originally ended up in my personal BOH by way of the office where it was sent to promote the Cartoon
Network series "Adventure Time" created by Pendleton Ward, which aired its first episode on April 5, 2010, (so sayeth Wikipedia, at any rate).

The character that wears this distinctive headgear is a chap named Finn. The show's website says this about him: "Finn is a silly kid who wants to become a great hero one day. He might not look too tough, but if there's evil around, he'll slay it. That's his deal."

Sounds like my kind of guy.

Oh, and the Facebook profile photo of me wearing the hat at some undetermined point in the past is included above. I think it captures the spirit of "Adventure Time" though I had no idea at the time.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 362 - P Brain Edition

Day 362 / Hat 362: Red baseball cap with a stylized letter P in white embroidery on front. Additional details include black contrast under brim and in sweatband, Team MLB logo in red, white and blue embroidery on left, blue button on crown and adjustable size strap.

Interior tag reads: "Team MLB, made in Bangladesh" on left side and: "by OC Sports, official licensee of MLB, Youth" on righ.

The "youth" part refers to the size as this hat was plucked from the MRBOH and it belongs to Marilyn's son Javier who has already graciously (if unwittingly) provided a hat trick of hats to the Project (including one of my all-time favorites, the googly-eyed bucket hat worn for PC 336).

And Marilyn tells me it's part of nine-year-old dude man's baseball uniform (she has a cute photo at her desk of Javier swinging for the fences in his full ensemble) and his youth baseball team is called the Phillies -- same as that MLB team from Philadelphia.

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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 361 - Ivory Doo-Wop Up Top Edition

Day 361 / Hat 361: Ivory-colored pinch-front braided-paper fedora with red and white grosgrain hatband detail with bow and  matching interior sweatband.

Brim measures 2 inches, crown height is 5 inches. Interior label reads: "Broner" and interior label reads: "100% paper, men's L, made in China."

Another loaner from The Headwear Association's sample closet, I was able to find this exact item (88-149) in Broner's Spring/Summer 2014 catalog, which calls this particular style "Doo-Wop."

In addition to "ivory," this particular style is also offered in "pecan" and "slate."


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Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 360: Glow Horns Edition

Day 360 / Hat 360:  Definitely skewing more toward the headgear than traditional hat (I'm pointing that out at the front end s Dora doesn't have to), this is essentially a pair of battery-powered plastic light-up "Maleficent" horns attached to a wide plastic headband shaped skull clamp (Or maybe it just feels like a skull clamp on my head.) Raised tone-on-tone plastic lettering on battery cover reads: "2014 Jakks, Malibu, CA, [made in] China."

These points of (dark) light arrived in the office a few days ago as part of the merchandise-marketing efforts in advance of Angelina Jolie's turn as the horn-headdressed witch in the upcoming Disney movie which hits theaters May 30.(In case you want to score a pair of your own Maleficent Glow Horns, (MSRP $9.99), they're available at the big box retailers like Kmart and Target.)

And if you think the horn-sportin' Tschorn looks familiar, you're not imagining things. I slapped a paper pair upon my pate back at PC 77: Throwing Horns after attending the D23 Expo in Anaheim last August.

Which means now if, if someone asks to borrow a pair of horns, I can respond with: "Paper or plastic?"

Related:
PC 359: Head Slice
PC 358: Birthday Princess
L.A. Times: 'Maleficent' merchandise ranges from $16 lipstick to $20K jewelry

Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. 

Project Cubbins: Hat 359 - Emily O'Neill's Pizza D'Action Edition

Day 359 / Hat 359: Decorative plush novelty hat in the shape of a giant triangular slice of deep-dish pepperoni pizza. The red felt "tomato sauce" and orange felt "pepperoni slices" were after-market modifications added to the hat by yours truly, with 100% wool felt sourced from Blick Art Supplies and attached with the world's oldest bottle of Elmer's Glue-All. Were you to remove a pepperoni round you might find that it is exactly the same size and shape as the top of a traditional shot glass.

Even though it looks like an art project by a four-year-old jacked up on caffeine (which, let's face it, it essentially is) this addition to the Project was in the works for a long time. It was very, very graciously ordered and sent from Amazon some weeks back by Emily O'Neill -- an early and devoted fan of Project Cubbins -- whom I cajoled into contributing a piece of headgear to the cause.

Since there have been hundreds and hundreds of hats to date, Emily didn't realize that a Beistle Pumpkin Pie Hat (one size fits most) had already been featured in the Project way back at PC 178 "Life of Pie" (to be honest, I needed to do a quick search myself). Sinvce one of my self-imposed rules is "no duplicates," I found myself in a pickle (which reminds me - I bet there's a pickle hat out there somewhere). I explained the predicament to the Bride who, with her usual lightning-fast reflexes, said "Why not make it into a slice of pizza?"

A brilliant idea, yes, but  for a long time I was convinced that in addition to removing the dollop of whip cream and adding appropriate toppings, I could modify this thing to actually serves as a tray/holder for a 12-inch on the side specially baked slice of honest-to-goodness pizza. (at one point I had approached the Test Kitchen here at work about helping me through the dough). Yes, I was hoping to eat my hat.

As you can see, I abandoned that idea, realizing I was simply trying to make it different enough to merit inclusion in the Project. Eventually I realized that it stood on its own two feet (well, crusts) in that regard -- after all how many "baseball-style caps with blah, blah, blah embroidery" have I sported since the Project started? And almost nothing but the color and shape of the various and sundry embroidered logos distinguished those from each other.  (And just in case anyone thinks I'm running a game here,  have the packing slip on file for this slice to prove I'm not recycling the first version.)

This is a long way of saying today's hat-tip - accompanied by a very deep and enthusiastic renaissance faire bow -- goes to the OG Home Slice Emily O'Neill for getting a piece of the Project Cubbins action!

Related:
PC 358: Birthday Princess
PC 357: Rib-Knitty Cat
PC 356: Brim Be Crazy

Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?

A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which celebrated the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1.