Tied Up Today

As suggested by my sons I am chronicling my neckwear and rationale.
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

29 June 25

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A few days ago I wore giraffes. Today it's elephants! I'm making up for missing the International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoo...
Friday, June 27, 2025

27 June 25

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It's National Sunglasses Day ! "It's a day to raise awareness about the importance of wearing sunglasses to protect your eyes f...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

24 June 25

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My O.N. (Original Nephew) C. Nolan Huizenga is celebrating his birthday today! He is the pastor at Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisvil...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

22 June 25

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As soon as I heard that the United States military had bombed Iranian nuclear development sites (on 21-22 June) I decided that I had to use ...
Friday, June 20, 2025

20 June 25

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Grandson Joel chose pink and purple stripes and diamonds to celebrate his birthday!
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

17 June 25

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Happy Birthday, Gary Kuhnhenn! Gary is a donuts comrade and geology professor at Eastern Kentucky University. Besides serving in the geology...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

15 June 25

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For Father's Day 2025 I'm wearing my tie that I think resembles one my father Arthur Jeremiah Kleppinger (1916-2004) wore. He wore t...
Friday, June 13, 2025

13 June 25

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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. ...
Sunday, June 8, 2025

8 June 25

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Wearing RED for Pentecost Sunday, celebrating the birthday of the Christian church (around 30 CE), and sporting my Web-addresses-and-symbols...
Friday, June 6, 2025

6 June 25

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The first Friday in June is always National Donut Day. You and Krispy Kreme® may prefer the spelling "doughnut" but Dunkin'® a...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

5 June 25

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My niece Kirsten (Huizenga) Caminiti celebrates her birthday every year on 5 June! This time she asked me to wear this Zambia animals tie. I...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

1 June 25

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Once again we have reached Pea Day, on the French Republican Calendar (Pois, 13 Prairial). I''m happy to show the grinning French Pe...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

25 May 25

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Mom Wilma Wollenweber asked me to wear my Zambia letters tie today. It's one of the ties she and Dad brought back to me from their 2000 ...
Friday, May 23, 2025

23 May 25

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My Looney Tunes jumble tie honors this illustrious mixture of birthdays on 23 May: Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

22 May 25

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Today is Aimee Moiso's birthday! She is my niece-in-law, married to my nephew Nolan Huizenga. They live in Louisville, KY. Aimee is cele...
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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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