One final vacation picture: what with all the snorkeling and boat-chartering and hiking, I was starting to worry that I might seem too cool to be a physicist. There was a chance that I might meet somebody, and not have them realize immediately what I do for a living.
At the same time, my Northern European heritage doesn't exactly put me in a great position for dealing with intense tropical sun. After a day or two, I noticed that my scalp was strting to sunburn, through my hair. So I needed a hat of some sort.
I decided to kill two birds with one stone, and looked long and hard to find a hat that was sufficiently dorktastic to both protect me from the sun, and clearly mark me as a physicist. It wasn't easy, but I think I managed...
(The picture shows me with my parents at a scenic overlook on the road to Maho Bay and Francis Bay. We stopped on our way back after snorkeling Francis Bay one afternoon.)
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I see hats run in the family...
I think I have that same hat. At least in "I'm trying to avoid the dorkiness and failing miserably" khaki. I have a great group portrait from a hike to Buckskin Pass in Colorado. The wind is in my face, which pushes the brim out and back, giving me the Dark Halo.
I think it would be 30% less geeky if you removed the chin strap, but then of course the wind would carry it to the bay.
That might actually be dorkier than my Tilly hat! Love the baby blue band and cord.
However, truly dorktastic would be wearing a mortarboard, preferably one of the uber-cool soft ones that fit like a beret, but a dork is too practical for that.
Oh, and Chad, this one's for you
Chad, if it makes you feel any less dorky, I've got a khaki bucket hat. With a Batman logo. So, really...pretty hard to top.