WHAT'S IN A NAME

Hey, not every news story is top notch, k?  Sometimes news goes like this:  honoring a recently lost bet, "Zoo Atlanta welcomed Tom Brady, a Madagascar hissing cockroach, to its family."   ...I'd rather a park be named after me.  You too?    news 

Principle in the type:  "Keep cool:  it will be all one a hundred years hence."   Ralph Waldo Emerson

TOYLAND

photo by Graham Dean

Hall of Fame toys include Super Soakers, swings, Big Wheels, baby dolls, skateboards, Easy-Bake Ovens, and Legos.   Get or give any of these this holiday?  Personally we enjoyed (kinda?) something Nerf'y that shot and annoyed incoming family all day.   Classic.       story

Principle in the type:  "The only gift is a portion of thyself."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

MUST BE A SIGN

photo by Damien Ayers

This summer a prankster changed electronic roadside signs in Buffalo to the stuff smiles are made of like, "It's All A Dream," and "I Love You," before authorities shut the fun and games down.   (I mean if you can call that fun and games; messing in such a 'dangerous way' with intricate and important government electronic roadside messages such as 'buckle up?'  Come on.)    story

Principle in the type:  "It is a happy talent to know how to play."   Ralph Waldo Emerson