28 August 25

Beth helped me get the right look for National Bow Tie Day! This is the eighth time I've celebrated with this cyan tie; three other years I've worn my rubber duckies, and twice I wore my wood bow tie. I began following this tradition in 2012, missing out only in 2015.

28 August 22

 We've made it around the solar loop again to reach National Bow Tie Day! My fingers are too big to finish making the bow tie knot, so I have learned to ask Beth (nicely) for sartorial assistance.

29 August 21

This is a "calendar math" day, because 29-8=21. Yesterday (28 August) was the annual celebration of National Bow Tie Day, so this is my first chance to join in with my cyan bow tie. As usual I needed Beth's help to get the knot done! Its electrifying color is appropriate for today's historical tie to the discovery of electromagnetic induction by Michael Faraday in 1831.

31 October 18

Rich Uncle Moneybags . . .

1 August 18

Happy Birthday, Jonathan Albert Kleppinger! We've known each other for 30 years, and he heard my voice for months before he introduced himself. He requested this bow tie for today, with the provision that I "make sure people know it's green." Jonathan has a personal crusade to disrupt our ordinary color-category boundaries, and he wants you to see how the color of this tie actually falls better into "green" than "blue." (I don't always agree with my son!) So, I've attached a photo that compares the tie directly with the blue and green patches on a Band-Aids® box. Now you decide!

28 August 17

Happy National Bow Tie Day! This edition is not quite as smooth as in previous years, but it's still fun.

28 August 16

Today is National Bow Tie Day! I think I need more practice.

14 November 15

On this Saturday night, the National Collegiate Honors Council is celebrating its 50th year anniversary with a festive "Gala" -- dinner in the hotel ballroom followed by comedy entertainment from Chicago's own "Second City." To encourage more formal dress at this Gala, the organizers included a "Bow Tie Basics" session in the conference program. I've tied my bow tie a few times before, but it was fun to be helped today by Dr. John Zubizarreta, a past President of NCHC!

16 August 15

Happy Birthday, son (by inclusion) David Haskins! I know that he has been enjoying the day with his wife Rachel and 17-month-old son Jamison. He requested that I wear my bow tie today, and clearly I need more practice to tie it easily and perfectly, like those worn by Dr. Who, Bill Nye, Indiana Jones, Karl Marx and Winston Churchill.

28 August 14

It's come around again! If you have a bow tie, be sure to wear it on National Bow Tie Day. If you don't have a bow tie, find some wide ribbon and make one. Tying mine today took some time and extra help!

28 August 13

It's National Bow Tie Day! I am not proficient at tying this item of haberdashery, but by next year maybe I can do it without Beth's help. Here are some videos of famous people wearing bow ties.

28 August 12

Happy National Bow Tie Day! Are you wearing yours? Mine was a birthday present from David Anderson, and it is a REAL bow tie -- must be tied in place. I needed help from Beth to finish tying the knot!