I ran across a list showing the most popular toys of each year from 1950 to 2010. It’s from Mental Floss. Here’s the link: https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/most-popular-toy-year-born You will need to copy and paste that into a browser. I’ve discovered that the direct links I’ve provided in past posts are breaking at an alarming rate. I blame this on a few things. Link rot has been a constant for decades. People and organizations change their websites or…
Like most readers, I have a stack of books on my To-Read list. There’s a literal stack of them on the floor of my office that I’ve been making my way through over the course of the year. Almost all of them are used books, picked up at estate sales, Half Price Books, and from Little Free Libraries. Over the summer, I inadvertently discovered that I was on a YA kick. While “Ya Kick” sounds…
Today is my 20th anniversary of blogging. I wrote my first blog post on September 8, 2006, on my blog “Filter & Splice,” which is on the Blogger platform. Filter & Splice still exists in all its pink and green glory. It reminds me of a watermelon. When I started blogging, I never thought I’d still be at it 20 years, and multiple blogs, later. I blogged at Filter & Splice for just over…