Tied Up Today

With nothing special to note for 3 December, I am choosing to celebrate peppermint candy , a holiday favorite for many people. A recipe for ...

 This is National Stripes Day . It's sponsored by the J. Crew company, intended (of course) to inspire you to buy more striped clothing....

 I know that "co-grandfather" is not a recognized genealogical relationship. But today, on Dave Tennill's birthday, I'm ce...

My peppermint stripes today are basically meaningless/purely spectacular. The "Water Furnace" shirt originally belonged to my fell...

38 years ago today, started speaking like Yoda we did, after the release of The Empire Strikes Back! (which, in Yoda-speak, might have been ...

James Clerk Maxwell was born on this date in 1831. He is best known as the 3rd greatest physicist of all time, following Newton and Einst...

Today my Uncle Bob Kleppinger turns 94 years old! I chose my peppermint-stripes tie because I think he loves that candy and because he was m...

If you are left-handed, or if you know someone who is, you should celebrate International Left Handers' Day today! Hoping to take a dif...

Peppermint stripes for a day with low "holiday" associations. Today marks the birthday of actors Robert Redford (1936), Edward Nor...

I declare today to be Peppermint Stripe Day.

Today it's cool enough for me to wear my new Old NaVy V-neck sweater with an appropriately striped tie. The occasions for this day inclu...

This is my first of two Father's Days, because this Sunday was a better fit for Jonathan and Courtney's schedule. Next Sunday I shou...

It's Peppermint Stripes Day, which I invented in order to wear this tie.