{"id":4003,"date":"2009-06-01T21:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T01:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2009-06-01T21:34:48","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T01:34:48","slug":"nwh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nwh","title":{"rendered":"N.W.H."},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought a brown fedora at Arnold’s Hats \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in the location across from the Port Authority \u00e2\u20ac\u201d about 10 or 11 years ago, so I’m kinda sad that they’re closing down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on the Wall of Fame in that store, I was pretty sure I was the first white customer they’d had in a long time. Measuring my head, my salesman told me that I had a “football-shaped head,” just like his. That would make it more of a challenge.<\/p>\n

My wife thinks that means I look like this (rt.):<\/p>\n

\"bertenernie\"<\/p>\n

Now that I haven’t shaved in a week, perhaps it’s more like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Update: Sonofabitch! I should’ve named this post <\/em>Milliner’s Crossing! Dammit!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I bought a brown fedora at Arnold’s Hats \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in the location across from the Port Authority \u00e2\u20ac\u201d about 10 or 11 years ago, so I’m kinda sad that they’re closing down. Based on the Wall of Fame in that store, I was pretty sure I was the first white customer they’d had in a … <\/p>\n

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