If I have a pair of shoes roughly this color, sort of a reddish brown:

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What color socks would you wear with those? What color socks would be verbotten?

fun socks! from my friend's shoe & chocolate store:

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Right? But then I feel like if I now own a pair or two of brown pants, I ought to at least have a pair of brownish shoes.

With my brown shoes, I wear either cream, flesh-ish, or brown socks, because I am INCREDIBLY BORING.

Someone should tell Paul Wolfowitz.

But then he'll ruin it for the rest of us.

You could wear most colors of socks with those. Unless you were boring a cowgirl.

Single men should really spend more time with babies. Else all sorts of bad things might happen:

The Influence of Babies on Single Men

Some of the manliest and most visionary single men I know spend time in the company of babies. And they love it. They love to hold them, play with them, and rejoice in the hope which is new life.

They do this because they have rejected the culture of radical individualism that teaches men to view their lives in isolation of families and Christian community. They do this because they are around other men -- now husbands and fathers -- who speak of covenant, generational faithfulness, and the duty of men to raise up a godly seed.

Babies are a reminder that our spiritual fathers, like Abraham, were men who longed for the hope of children. They remind them that the greatest example of manhood in all of history rebuked other men who would not "suffer the children" to come.

The result is that single men who are around babies and family culture become highly motivated to "get their act together." They experience positive, holy peer-pressure to set aside childish things and to be about the business of men. This means that they must prepare their fields without (Prov. 24:27) so they can start families of their own and have babies. Malachi 2:14 reminds us that "real men" acknowledge that the pursuit of a godly seed is not merely an afterthought. It is one of the key reasons delineated by the Creator for marriage. [ ]

Not all of the expressions of individualism are inherently wrong, but the net effect has been devastating for our view of babies and manhood. For example, the modern trend of never-ending formal education tends to give men a "dormitory" vision of life, and to push marriages back later and later. The Bible encourages husbands to rejoice in the wife of their youth, which is why Christian culture self-consciously prepares men for marriage and family leadership sooner, rather than later in life.

Individualistic cultures breed materialism, the great foe of manly maturity. Materialism is poison to the single man. Success is defined by the acquisition of things, rather than obedience and the pursuit of spiritual objectives. Marriage and babies are largely viewed as an encumbrance to personal freedom. In addition, materialism trains men to demand immediate gratification. This leads to sexual impropriety, indebtedness, and even impatience and anger. In contrast, cultures that force men to deal with babies and children tend to encourage the manly disciplines of self-sacrifice, patience, and kindness.

You could wear most colors of socks with those

Yes! Robin is wise, as usual! I don't think I'd wear black socks but I'm wearing loafers that are that color today and I have on red socks with hearts on them (off white pants and a red sweater set). When I wear my black mary janes, I usually pair them with black socks but they usually have something on them like monkeys, or puppies or flowers or stripes. My job is boring, so I need something to liven it up!

Big press conference happening how about the suspicious devices. Craziness.

Well, shit. These "suspicious" packages are now being reported as a publicity stunt.

Publicity for who? Not TV's hit Drive, I hope.