Egad.

[elbales]

This is what they're giving kids to play with now? No wonder the new generation is all fucked up.

Geez. If I have kids, we're living in BFE, home schooling them, and not buying any toys besides blocks, dolls, Legos, sports equipment, and the like.

(Addendum: and no TV. None. The set is for watching DVDs.)

Geez.

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[phreid.livejournal.com]

Tellmi's illuminated quills are made of soft rubber and viciously vibrate when he's turned on.

*choke*

Phraseology aside, I so want a light-up hedgehog. And I should get my mother one for her birthday, she'd love it.

[ebrin.livejournal.com]

who's mother wouldn't?


whatever happened to to spending your childhood with a stick, a pile of stones, a tree house of some sort and a whole lot of other children?

[elbales]

the toy industry happened.

[phreid.livejournal.com]

Waitwaitwaitwait. What if they start rebroadcasting Square One TV? You'd let them watch that, wouldn't you? *puppyeyes* 'Tis Teh One True Television Show.

[elbales]

what is this square one of which you speak?

[phreid.livejournal.com]

*gasp* You don't know Square One TV? *pity*

It was a PBS show about math, sort of like 321 Contact was for science, only better. It consisted of short music videos (including spots by celebrities like Weird Al, and The Fat Boys), game shows, skits and comedy routines, and the like, all aimed at teaching mathematical concepts--but in a FUN way. It also contianed the miniseries "Mathnet," in which a pair of cops (Kate Monday and George Frankly) solved crimes using math.

Square One TV rocked--and rocks--the socks of my mother and I muchly. Sadly, it is no longer available for viewing, although I understand they have published videos of some of the (less memorable) Mathnet miniseries. Many of the shorts can be found on the net, though.

You can stream some of the music videos here (http://www.squareonetv.org/videos/video.html). If your player can't watch those, or if you want more, I can give you other links.
::stops going on and on::

[kevinvaughn.livejournal.com]

BFE? Is that like the BFG?

[elbales]

DOOOOOOOM

BFE = butt fuck egypt
and they egyptians probably hate that saying. i should apologize 'cause it's sorta rude. BFN is much less hostile.

[kevinvaughn.livejournal.com]

Butt Fuck Nebraska?

[elbales]

Butt Fuck Nowhere.

[kevinvaughn.livejournal.com]

And who hasn't, really? Women are all slutty in the midwest.

[elbales]

*snortsputtersnicker*
I beg to differ. I have relatives back there, and they are far from slutty. :)

[kevinvaughn.livejournal.com]

Is skanky a better word?

[elbales]

Um. No.

[phreid.livejournal.com]

::laughs::

::dies laughing::

::rises from the dead just to laugh some more::

::dies again::

[elbales]

brat.

^_^