Billie Joe Armstrong

One day, an interesting cat walked around our store, and when he came upstairs to the mezzanine where I work, I asked if it was okay to take his photo. He was wearing a cool hat, along the lines I was thinking of adding to our line.

I showed my then 12-year-old son Colter the photo to see if he liked the hat. He said, "Dad, that's Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day. How could you not know who he is — they are bigger than The Beatles!" Well, now I know Billie Joe Armstrong, and Colter figured out The Beatles reign supreme...