it can be done

They said you couldn't mix stripes and polka dots. But then they met the polka dots arranged in a stripe pattern, and their minds exploded.

(Original incarnation here.)

tough times demand tough ties

Last time I wrote, "The circle of life has its bumpy stretches." Remarkably, that was before I began working on my National Board certification.

one more down

And one to go.

Days, that is, until Stuffed Turkeys Stuff Humans Holiday.

What that has to do with this tie, I have no idea. Mystification has its advantages.

more than half a day, more than 100% polyester

A little past election day, this time. Worn for fourteen hours straight.

why this pattern? why these colors? why now?

I don't know. I don't know. Why not?

two course meal

The world's strangest hot chocolate....

Combined with a fresh filet of salmon.

good sense

Good sense would dictate: never mix stripes and polka dots, or stripes and flowers, or flowers and polka dots.

Not as if the makers of tacky ties have good sense.

(I had to use the faraway shot so you could see the triple error--and so you wouldn't lose your vision, or, worse, your faith in humanity.)