All my life I have rebelled against the "norm" - the "status quo" - and have been a noncomformist when it comes to personnel attire. I have steadfastly refused to wear ties, for example. I prefer function over form, and ties seem to serve no funtion whatsoever. BUT, I am in my last year of training to become an elementary teacher, and as such, am doing a lot of field work. This requires a certain level of professionalism, inlcuding - you guessed it - wearing ties. Well, I figure if I have to wear the darn things, I'm going to have fun with it. So I'm out looking for fun/cool ties (I still refuse to wear the stoic, bland, brown/black/blue/striped/etc type).... And what do I come accross? A tie covered with chiles! Red, orange, and green chiles, with black, shadow-like chiles in the background. Cool. This tie thing might not be so bad after all.... Daryl