the greatest tie of all time?

The last day of school--for me, at least, because of the trip to Birmingham--was Friday the 12th. To celebrate a crazy, wonderful year, one of the students in my 4th period class really wanted to bring in a dessert. Thursday she asked me if I enjoyed cake. "Of course," I said, having no idea that the cake was bound to bear my name and a likeness of my hallmark.

Twenty-eight slices of heaven: a tacky tie with raspberry filling.

go Mariners!

Junior's back, and so are the Mariners. In celebration of the first homestand of the season, I wore the only non-tacky tie in my whole collection. Will it bring victory? Through five innings, the answer is yes...

luck of the... something

It's got green on it. That's good enough for today.

ties are the constant

No matter what the weather brings, the ties persist. From the last two weeks, three repeats in two photos. Enjoy.

triptych

Over a month ago I hoped things at school were "truly back to normal."

As if.

Anyhow, the one thing that is always in session: the tacky. The following ties are all new--to me, at least.





In order, thanks to Ben Leierer, Matthew Stidham, and Danny Stohr.

a fresh look

This one's thanks to Ariel Davis, a savvy Value Village shopper with a keen eye for tacky.

truly back to normal

Since I missed the Tuesday before Winter Break--which turned out to be the last day before the snow struck. Thus, it's been over a month since the appearance of Tacky Tie Tuesday or Thursday.

Yikes.

catching up

Two for last week; none for the present, since I didn't teach today.

sure it does.

"As one of your choices, link Macbeth to an event or situation in the "real world," I offered.

"Does 'Star Trek' count as the 'real world?'" she asked.

polka dotty

Wednesday of last week. (It's a long story.)


Today.

I didn't realize I had concatenated polka dot ties until I went to post these photos.

Good for me!

the final fashion frontier

Another donation from Daniel Grimm, worn Thursday the 20th to equal parts acclaim and horror.

100% dyed tribble fur.

think green

Although a polyester tie can be green only in the chromatic sense.

going places

From Tacky Ties 10 24 08

Thursday's tie is a little late, thanks to a debate tournament that chewed up my weekend.

The origin: Daniel Grimm. The destination: fashion immortality.

From Mr. A's world of tacky ties

The tie that preceded it, weekwise, is a classic: the red and blue eye-popper on the left.

git along, little neckties

From Nov 8, 2008

Another Guilfoil donation, worthy of John Wayne. Well, almost: "UNION MADE in U.S.A."


A repeat, and a doozy at that.