Ted's Blog

I was looking through Time magazine's photo essay on Obama behind the scenes at the White House and saw this picture of the president with his aides.

He's wearing the same socks as me! Several years ago I decided that instead of trying to match up socks, I would just buy a bunch of one kind of sock and that way I wouldn't have to match them up or worry about losing one. So I have a whole drawer full of this kind of sock. You can't tell it from the online picture, but from the picture in the magazine I was able to tell further that this is an earlier version of the sock that you can't get anymore (so don't bother trying, Jeb). I went to replenish my supply of socks recently and wound up with similar Nike footies, but they are not quite the same. Now I am back to two kinds of socks, but even so I only have to pull out three socks to ensure a match.

Also, I have to say that Obama made yet another great decision in picking this particular sock (though maybe Michelle picked them out; they're not very expensive). Although Dad called any sock of that style "sissy socks," they are comfortable and they have lasted a long time.