I confess to some mixed emotions (pride and envy, neither particularly virtuous, and seemingly incompatible, I admit) upon discovering from friend and fellow Cassini Ring-er John Weiss that someone has taken my two false-color renderings of Saturn’s rings from UVIS observations and used them to make custom ties. See here for my original A ring image tie, and here for (in my opinion) a much more interesting tie with the “CAT Scan” image from earlier this year. Should I buy moxieann’s creations? I suppose so. After all, the reason moxieann got those tie designs up on the internet instead of me is that I’m too lazy and completely incompetent when it comes to making money. And moxieann isn’t. She (I’m guessing) has also used other Cassini images for ties as well as mugs. I’m drowning in mugs (and I think I could make one cheaper at cafepress.com), and I almost never wear a tie, but I confess to being tempted. That purple and yellow one looks great.