Word: ups
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That's the present I'll never forget. I think it had to do with sharing a room with my brother in a small apartment and marveling at the extravagant impracticality of a stuffed animal that took up so much space, the most precious commodity we had. That elephant and...
The worst toys are the opposite: overdesigned, overengineered, the product of so much imagination on the part of the toymaker that they require none from the child. The ancient Egyptians played with dolls, but today's dolls are practically self-sufficient: they talk, walk, dine, dance, do long division. Why...
Back in the day, you had to sit in front of a large wooden radio with columns like the Acropolis. You sat in the presence of radio, and you listened to it. Now you can pick it up and carry it. You can listen to anything you want, and the...
How did you come up with your catchphrase "Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average"?
I live in St. Paul, so I have to say Minneapolis. We're brought up to be self-effacing in Minnesota.