Vindicated; Still Poor.

in a previous post, My Dilemma: Balls Hot, or Boxers or Briefs: Extremities in Extremis, i made the claim that in the summer of 1997 i and my six fellows made male fashion history by starting a trend while hiking the appalachian trail that was to become a kilt revolution in the backpacking world, and which eventually trickled into the main stream. i am attaching an article from september second of this year that proves we--and most specifically i--are/am not a member of the lunatic fringe, so much as the lunatic pleated waistline.

please note the sentiments that almost exactly mirror mine own "vision of america without pants": each kilt is "designed on the premise that man is a prisoner in his own underwear," and at this specialty shop they sell not only cutting-edge couture, but also "freedom." indeed, these ideas were penned inside the trail logs for at least two shelters in the shenandoah valley that fateful, sweaty summer, and were likely reiterated several times thereafter throughout west virginia, maryland, delaware, and pennsylvania. the real catch stitch on this hemline, though, is the timeframe: the first utilikilt was crafted "out of an old pair of shorts in 2000," at the very peak of Freeballer excursions on the trail. coincidence?

hardly.