I was undaunted. The teal jacket, it turned out, was greener than the teal sweater, which was pretty green itself. The sweater was only perfect for the jacket if the jacket was zipped all the way. The teal jacket did go just fine with the teal jacket sack, though. Well, with the teal sweater, then.
Nothing pulls an outfit together like socks.
I bought a pair of teal socks, got them home and lined them up with the rest of the collection. Bluer than the teal sweatsuit, even bluer than the teal T-shirt. Without standards, civilization itself starts to unravel. I won't even tell you about the Jockey shorts. Rick Horowitz is a syndicated columnist, TV commentator and public speaker .