26 February 23

Wearing blue denim today to celebrate the birthday of Levi Strauss (1829-1902), who founded the first company to manufacture riveted blue jeans. He and Jacob Davis patented the new style of work pants in 1873.

12 July 22

Simplicity Day, honoring the birthday of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), comes up annually on 12 July. From Walden: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail." I simply chose my blue denim tie and a pastel blue shirt.

14 October 20

 I'm feeling very standardized today, and so I'm wearing a standard solid navy blue tie on a standard long-sleeve white shirt. Today is World Standards Day, celebrating the power and efficiency of technical standards for measuring “everything” in our lives. "The aim of World Standards Day is to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers as to the importance of standardization to the global economy." (from Wikipedia) You'll know exactly what I'm talking about if you recognize the organizations known as ASME, IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, IETF, SCC, WCAG, ICWM, ASTM and NIST. And of course the FDA has the IFSS. Sometimes the officially adopted standards seem to interfere with genuine progress, as in the case of higher education accrediting agencies like SACS and HLC (formerly part of NCACS). Yay for standard acronyms!

24 April 19

It's Denim Day at EKU! It's a "Green Dot" project to foster awareness of sexual violence and support for victims, through the Ampersand of Central Kentucky. I'm wearing my denim jeans and denim shirt and denim tie, so I think I've got things well covered.

25-26 February 18

Happy Denim Day! Levi Strauss, manufacturer of denim clothing, was born on 26 February 1829.

15 August 17

Happy National Relaxation Day!

26 February 17

Wearing my denim tie to honor the birthday of Levi Strauss (1829-1902), German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans.

25-26 February 16

Tomorrow marks the birthday of Levi Strauss, 1829-1902. In 1873 his company patented the style of pants called blue jeans! So my tie for today is rugged denim.

18 October 15

Today is "Blue Jeans Day" at Somerset First Presbyterian Church, and so I'm cooperating fashionably with both blue jeans and my blue denim tie!

26 February 15

Happy Denim Day! Today marks the 186th birthday of Levi Strauss, founder of the first company to manufacture "blue jeans." So I'm wearing a denim tie, a denim shirt and authentic Levi's "Silvertab"® blue jeans.