Each night after watching Brian Williams deliver the “NBC Nightly News,” an English teacher in Ohio is moved to go to her computer and write — about what Williams wore around his neck.
The Brian Williams Tie Report Archive isn’t the weirdest thing you’ll find online, but it’s up there. It’s a snarky, occasionally appreciative and flat-out funny read.
“People must think ‘This poor woman must be one of those stalker freaks,’ but it can’t be any further from the truth,” said Nance Donnelly, author of the blog, who will only say she lives in northeast Ohio. Donnelly used to notice former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Fratello’s neckwear, but after he left she transferred her attention to the usually impeccably dressed Williams.
The report has a sense of history, from Williams’ “Mango Madness Episode” in summer 2007 to the memorable week she caught him wearing the same tie twice in four days.
She liked Williams’ purple tie of Nov. 17, saying it was “almost a whispery confection of a cravat.”
Donnelly is still recovering from the orchid tie Williams wore on Nov. 14. “Those Crayola blue stripes that seemed to run and blur at the right edge of this unholy cravat gave the whole broadcast a weird, Dali-esque vibe.”
Silly? Of course. That’s what makes it fun. She’s also teaching her students by example that if you want to be a writer, write every day.
Williams knows the site.
“I’m flattered that nice people — viewers of ours — would find anything about me interesting enough to write about at great length and with great passion,” he said. “But with all due respect, I’ve got to keep my eye on the ball.”
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