Over lunch yesterday, the topic of ties and tie knots came up. Alex suggested that the knot I usually tie isn't a Windsor knot. What this lead me to discover was Thomas Fink's encyclopedia of tie knots. He and one Yong Mao turned the problem of tying a tie into a topology problem.

The syntax they use for describing knots is reasonably straightforward to get a grasp of, and after a quick search it turns out that what I tie they have named a co-Windsor3 (Fink-Mao #35 - Li Co Li Ro Ci Ro Li Co T), a cousin of the usual Windsor knot, that retains the property of being self releasing (unlike the half-Windsor, which is what Alex was suggesting it was). All-in-all this leaves me wondering, was I taught this variation originally, or over the time when I wasn't tying many ties did my memory degrade such that I actually ended up with a new knot. And after all of that, which knot is superior?


FM 35

As promised (click here to skip this post).


the groom (and troupe)


the bride (and father)


together


photos


a chip off the old block


one of these people is a nurse, one of them is a future doctor


my interests are the environment, the economy and your children... actually can we change that last bit?


no one here is going to be a doctor


the dance


another cup of... ? (yes, please)


dancing with the stars


back to future doctors


who have eschewed the need for pants


the bouquet hit Alysia in the head (hint, hint, Bernard)

all photos

Took the time to see Stardust tonight with Steph and James A. I enjoyed it immensely, but I'm a pretty big Neil Gaiman fan who also enjoyed his last film (it was not for critics).

So yeah, parts of it do not follow the book, but seriously... get over it (writers get to do this from time to time). It has got a schmaltzy ending that your hardcore-scifi girlfriend will find distasteful, but your fantasy-sappy heart will just adore.