19 December 23

Today (19 December) is a special day in my history with the Blackboard (now Anthology) company. I've been a frequent contributor/consultant/complainer/critic/idea-creator in many of their online forums, conferences and focus groups for the last 23 years. Today's session for Blackboard system administrators is my last official group meeting! I asked my friend from Anthology, Lisa Clark (Senior Product Manager for Learn Ultra) to choose my tie, and she asked for Save Our Earth plus my holly bow tie. I added my tie tack that proves I am a Learn Ultra Rockstar. (Note added on 27 December: I just realized that I forgot to include Lisa's calendar justification for the Save Our Earth tie: 1958 1st radio broadcast from space, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower Christmas message "to all mankind, America's wish for peace on Earth and goodwill to men everywhere.")

15 December 21

This is the second-last day of work at EKU for 2021, and I'm double-tied! Beth knitted this zigzag tie for me 8 years ago, and the felt holly bow tie came from Dad Wollenweber's wardrobe.

12 December 19

I'm double-tied today for our "office" Christmas party/lunch. My Dilbert® tie has a tree decorated with his upturned striped ties and strings of Ratbert lights. And to top it off I've added a "holly" bow tie that originally belonged to Dad (Robert F. Wollenweber).