Since I will no longer be having to wear a tie to work each day, I was forced by a certain spouse of mine to eliminate some of my older ties. I did have quite a few as I had inherited my dad’s huge tie collection so I had a very respectable collection of unrespectable ugly ties.

I decided to offer the ties (good ones and some of the ugly ones) and some of my other dress clothes to the male students at WOLBI. On one of our trips to the dining hall I took an armload of ties and other stuff to donate. I made an announcement about what I was going to do and was immediately surrounded by wide-eyed, hungry looking young men. I felt like a wounded fish in a shark feeding frenzy with all these guys circling around me. Anyway, after the mad scramble I think everyone got something.

On the Friday of that week I heard that a new weekly tradition had started, Troy’s Ugly Tie Day.

What a legacy to leave.