This firetruck is a Melissa & Doug puzzle our son used to play with. I was staring at the puzzle the other day, in an odd moment of nothing to do. And it dawned on me that perhaps one of the firemen is a little too happy? Now, I'm not the kind of person inclined… Continue reading Is this fireman a little too happy?
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Joking with weapon-like toys
A few days ago I posted about the absurd attention the FBI has shown in a computer science student who created a fake boarding pass generator. The true threat of a simulated boarding pass is not that it would allow terrorists to board a plane (and get an exit row seat, no less). No, the… Continue reading Joking with weapon-like toys
A Return to Sesame Street (Fisher-Price Style)
Since Elmo was (regretably) such a success with our son, we've rescued a bunch of old-style Fisher-Price "Little People" from my parent's attic, including a few Sesame Street characters. Here we've got Bert and Ernie (circa 1974) tooling around town in a garbage truck. Whose garbage truck? I'm not sure. I don't recall Oscar the… Continue reading A Return to Sesame Street (Fisher-Price Style)