Tied Up Today

As suggested by my sons I am chronicling my neckwear and rationale.
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Friday, July 10, 2026

10 July 26

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This week has been "Paddington Bear Camp" for grandchildren B and E. Today we are going to their stage production at Lexington Chi...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

9 July 26

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Happy 13th Birthday to my first grandchild! We love Mallie and we have certainly enjoyed watching her grow up into teenhood (which is wonder...
Sunday, July 5, 2026

5 July 26

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Isaac Newton's revolutionary book " Principia " was first published on 5 July 1687. "No work was more seminal in the deve...
Friday, July 3, 2026

3 July 26

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Happy Birthday, Minh Nguyen! My tie is one that he bequeathed to me in 2019when he left Eastern Kentucky University for Florida Gulf Coast U...
Monday, June 29, 2026

29 June 26

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Today's foxy tie honors the birthday of Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry, best known for his authorship of "The L...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

28 June 26

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Granddaughter Evelyn proclaimed today as "Bow Day," so of course I'm following suit with my wooden bow tie! (And my hair tie i...
Friday, June 26, 2026

26 June 26

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I'm wearing my "legal pad" tie today because we are meeting with a lawyer to begin working on Mom Wilma Wollenweber's esta...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

25 June 26

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It's Cucumber Day! Larry the Cucumber , and Bob the Tomato, from VeggieTales®, are here to celebrate. My tie shows the guys from "L...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

24 June 26

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Today's tie was chosen by my nibling Nolan Huizenga for his birthday!. He said the Saturn rocket helps "celebrate the Artemis 2 mis...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

21 June 26

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In my tie collection I have about two dozen ties that have been Father's Day gifts. This one, starring leaping orcas, was from Ben and A...
Friday, June 19, 2026

19 June 26

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Today we're meeting Joel Kleppinger's family to celebrate his birthday! A few weeks ago he got a special baseball at a Reds-Rockies ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

17 June 26

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Today I'm celebrating the 128th birthday of graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972). His artwork is most famous for his use of reversals...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

14 June 26

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I think this tie has great potential for celebrating electricity -- I see the dots as electrons and the stripes as wires or charged plates. ...
Friday, June 12, 2026

12 June 26

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My tie today shows a Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass window , from the Howell Hinds house, designed around 1900. Dr. Gary Kuhnhenn gave ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

10 June 26

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Happy Birthday, Fred Shannon! When I was an entering freshman chemistry major at Houghton College (now University) in 1971, Dr. Shannon was ...
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Gene Kleppinger
See my page on Facebook. I track daily historical events and celebrations primarily through Wikipedia and sites like On This Day, Holiday Insights, Brownielocks, Checkiday and BrainyHistory.
Here's a Web site that tracks social media postings about "National Days."
The Eastern Progress featured my tie collection in September 2010.

In 2015 I began learning how to tie all sorts of knots.

Here's a Web page that reviews the argument that neckties are obsolete.
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