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Hey everyone,

For those of you that don’t already know; Nicole and I are pregnant again.  If your interested www.dowchild.com. 

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After all the Oscar hype and excitement surrounding the latest blockbuster “No Country for Old Men” I needed to get my hands on this film. The fact that it cost at least ten bucks to see the big screen left me waiting around until DVD release. And then Yahtzee! This is by no means a movie review, critique, or blind ooooing about its greatness, but rather discussing the obvious bad ass quality of wearing a cowboy hat.
Since watching this Coen brothers film I found myself debating whether I should bust out the ol cowboy hat. The Wild West in true form, but I won’t go so far as the boots, spurs, chaps, bootlegged whisky and loose tavern ladies. It all revolves around the cowboy hat like a turd in the toilet….ok maybe we should just go with, like a lantern in the night. However you wish to place your English, the cowboy hat is a symbol that few dare challenge at high noon. So the main question sparing with myself and this hat of hats is whether or not I, being from Iowa can sport the look and not be ridiculed by my peers. The cowboy hat is not something you usually see in your big or small Iowa towns. Most farming communities stick with the free hats you garner at the co-op. These pioneer seed hats are far from intimidating, but emits a vibe of hard working and really nice. Your average Iowa farmer could kick your ass, but usually retains a humble quality. This could be caused by region, climate, family heritage and tradition, but primarily points directly to the seed corn hat. The bad ass cowboy hat wearing cattle herder from the west seems to portray a different image than the slightly timid Iowa man. The cowboy hat itself throws out rays of I chew tobacco and will kill you mentality. The cowboy hat has and continues to serve a very functional purpose, protecting one from the elements of rain, sun, wind, ect. Heck its even good to fan a fire, this may just be the Swiss army knife of hats, but “fuck the Swiss this is America,” said the quickly outraged cowboy holding a shotgun, confederate flag, and old testament bible.

So what might you ask is my hypothesis… Simply put,

If Cowboy hats are related to bad ass mentality, then it will boost your confidence, ego, pride, and possibly sperm count.

If seed corn hats are related to gentle and hard-working, then let’s play Uker and laugh a little.

A tough call with no clear answer, one maybe the Stetson man could only answer for us. Until a brighter light shines into this issue, we will just have to choose day to day on which hat we’ll wear.