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Toys as a Sign of Love

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…

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The Field Museum Has ALL the Animals

In March, I had to go to Chicago for a work conference and Erik came with (he is the BEST traveling companion!). While there, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Field Museum at an after-hours party hosted by one of the conference vendors. I had never been to the Field Museum before, but it’s one of those museums that is spoken of with awe in the museum community. They are known for…

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Revisiting Music of My Youth – Bowie & Psych Furs (with a brief appearance by Shaun Cassidy)

Happy New Year! Here’s hoping we can reclaim our democracy this year. We sure are trying, so if you live outside of the United States and are wondering what the heck is going on in this country, so are we … and we’re doing our best to keep up with the daily chaos. There are more of us who are pro-democracy, pro-international order and peacekeeping, and pro-rule of law, but you may not be able…

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