The Spirograph Generation

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I very much agree with the sentiment that the Cellar is an example of something worthwhile on today's Internet, it is indeed one of the exceptions. Not a banner ad to be seen... just straightfoward, unobtusive communication where intellects are many, but you still can't swing a dead cat without hitting some user who can't even spell "unobtrusive." But spelling and grammar are secondary, as I am personally and frequently keen to illustrate.

I don't know where the Spirograph link came from, honestly... I don't know where ANY of that came from... I was just blithering randomly, as I tend to do on occasion. Spirograph was neat though, wasn't it? The sets which lie languidly on store shelves today, seducing us with their glossy cardboard boxes, are really just superficially beautiful, they lack the character of the original sets.

And remember the Speak-and-Spell from Texas Instruments? Do they still make those? My Speak-and-Spell was all that kept me going on some of those long summer afternoons after I was forced to kill all of my imaginary friends. Sorry, but my stroll down memory lane is becoming a brisk jog. Or at least a good, hearty power walk.

"Admitting to having liked Crystal Pepsi," the old man muttered quietly to himself, "is a sure sign of a troubled, tortured mind."