8 June 22

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert® and his office mates, was born on 8 June 1957. My tie shows Dilbert in his "casual day" attire, wondering "has it gone too far?" Casual day is typically associated with Fridays, but this time it came on a Wednesday. I felt quite casual wearing the tie, but I didn't take my bathrobe to the office.

16 April 21

 Scott Adams published the first Dilbert® comic on this date in 1989. My tie shows Dilbert's bathrobe attire for "Casual Day," which is typically associated with Fridays. But it's especially appropriate for today's annual celebration of Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day! And so I'm also showing my own bathrobe . . . but since I'm always working from home these days, it's barely twenty steps to "go" to work . . .

19 November 19

Two outstanding occasions to celebrate today: (1) World Toilet Day, sponsored by the United Nations, to flush out the great benefits of sanitation, and (2) International Men's Day, honoring the astounding contributions and failures of masculinity. Naturally I've chosen to wear my hypermasculine Dilbert® "casual day" tie, coordinated with a bow of toilet paper, and I've taken my photo in a MEN'S ROOM.

18 July 18

The American philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was born on this date in 1922. He introduced the phrase "paradigm shift" in his 1962 book, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions." The fundamental idea comes from the complete reversal of perspective when our understanding of physics and astronomy changed (in the 16th century) from the earth-centered system of Ptolemy to the sun-centered focus of Copernicus. This was not simply progressive growth of knowledge; it took decades of hostile debates and attrition (dying off of traditional "authorities") before the Copernican view "won" the position of established truth. Closer to our own time, the 19th/20th-century paradigm shifts in physics (Planck, Einstein, Schrödinger, Heisenberg), chemistry (Kekulé, Bohr, Pauling), and biology (Darwin, Watson, Crick, Franklin, Keller) are examples of newer "revolutions" in science. My Dilbert Casual Day tie, on the other hand, shows excellent irony about the recent shift in business attire, asking whether the new paradigm's focus on informality might have "gone too far?"

18 April 17

Two days ago (16 April) marked the 28th anniversary of the first Dilbert® comic published by Scott Adams. I prize my copy of "Dilbert 2.0: Twenty Years of Dilbert," published in 2008, and I'm hoping for another full collection next year. My tie features a totally ironic Dilbert in his "casual wear" bathrobe.

29 February 16

The infrequency of Leap Day makes it very suitable for intentional wardrobe incongruities, such as wearing a tie that shows Dilbert® going to work in his bathrobe and bunny slippers to celebrate "Casual Day."

9 June 14

Yesterday was the 57th birthday of Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert®. I like the layers of casual irony on this tie!

18 April 12

It may already be too late for you to dress appropriately, but today is National Wear-Your-Pajamas-To-Work Day! My tie shows Dilbert® in his bathrobe.

18 April 11

The first work day after April 15 is always National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day! I'm letting Dilbert wear his pajamas and robe, but I'll let you in on a secret--I am wearing a pajama top today instead of the ordinary T-shirt!

08 June 10

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert®, was born on June 8, 1957. While Tuesdays are hardly ever "casual days," I can have my own casual day anytime I want one.

17 April 09

It's Friday, usually a day for no-tie casual attire. Most of the day was that, but tonight is the banquet for the EKU Honors Program Senior Thesis Presentation Event, and so I added a suitable tie late in the day. Ben, our graduating honors student, presents his project tomorrow morning. He thinks this tie makes an appropriately formal statement against formality.