Stardate 080124.9

Captain's Log, Supplemental:

This is unprecedented, unheard of, and frankly quite outrageous...I have never written two articles in one day, and although this one will not be long, it contains valid and astounding photographs which may or may not interest half of my two readers.

Behold! The most amazing England head wear to date...



I know what you are thinking; "How can there be a hat to match that marvelous creativity and craftsmanship? The beauty of that England hat will make me weep tears of joy for a long time to come!"

Prepare to be amazed as a second hat is presented and gaze upon its fitted, six-panal design...



Now that you have seen these hats, and marveled at their ClimaLite® awesomeness, how will you be able to sleep tonight? I know I won't...so raptured my attention shall be, that sleep will be but a dream itself, running from me as it would a man diagnosed with insomnia...

This will be the last post tonight, you can be assured. I would not presume to interrupt your sleep patterns any more with this nonsense of caps...but a poem might be appropriate...perhaps...

'Twas the night (and eleven months) before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even (because Smoke ate him) a mouse;
I was nestled tight, all snug in my bed,
While visions of awesome hats danced in my head;
When out of my bed I fell with a clatter,
I sprang from the floor to fix this drastic matter.
Away to the computer I flew in a flash,
Opened Soccer.com and drew out some cash.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But miniature pictures of two awesome reindeer*,
There was one black and one white, just a pair--only two!
I laughed when I saw them, and I knew what to do;
With a gleam in my eye and a twist of my wrist,
Soon I was off to the checkout with just a small list;
I spoke not a word, quickly completing my work,
After I had ordered I knew not to lurk;
But I fled to my bed, over floorboards that creak,
Contented that my hats would be here Monday of next week.

Happy January 25th to all, and to all a goodnight!

*rhyming code word for hats in this line

Goodnight for real this time...

Lorimer (Der Hut Bewunderer)

Stardate 080124.8

Captain's Log:

Well, Happy New Year! And yes, I know that I am slightly late. Things have been moving at a rather rapid pace, so I will briefly try to break down the events of the past two months.

November:

My family and I traveled to Pensacola to see Luke for Thanksgiving. His school has a horrible rule which prohibits students from leaving the school during the Thanksgiving holidays until two or three in the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day! So we spent the weekend in the cold northwestern region of Florida.

December:

This month went by much to quickly. My school semester ended the second week of the month, so I was able to relax for a few weeks after finals. The Christmas holidays were quite enjoyable. My sister and brother came back for a few weeks and my grandparents came down to visit for a weekend.

January:

It has been a fairly good start to the new year. My brother Luke and I drove up to Maryland for the weekend of the 12-13. One of my best friends, Robert West, committed a grievously, fatal error by getting married... So, we went up there for the weekend to celebrate the forfeiture of his liberty and freedom. On the way home, we stayed at my grandparent's house in Georgia. My Grandpa just underwent open-heart surgery this past Monday, and he has stabilized and is doing quite well now--albeit a little sore.

That brings us up to the present. The Wade basketball team (Varsity) is 6-1, and the JV team also has a winning record...which I will post once I learn what it is.

I am currently reading the third book in the Emperor series by Conn Iggulden, and I must say that this series is probably my favorite to date. The author is excellent and he is writing about one of my favorite times in history about one of my favorite characters in history.

Christy was here last week, and we went to the Brevard Zoo on Saturday. I had never been to our local zoo, and I was actually very impressed. It is a fairly decent zoo with a wide variety of wildlife from across the globe. In fact, a bird (the very bird in the picture below) nearly dropped an indecent amount of poo on my arm in the free-flight aviary. Fortunately he got rid of that mess before he climbed upon my shoulder.



I am out of thoughts for now. I will be back someday...

Until then,

Lorimer