Back to Basics - The Most Immortal Non-Battery Operated Toys
In this day of electronic and digital entertainment, you can create an entire world to play in using computers. Although this is an amazing and welcome development that pushes the way we normally view our borders and what's possible within them, 1933 Goudey Sport Kings lot of us regularly hark back to much simpler times when batteries weren't even required to enjoy the most 1969 Topps baseball cards toys of all. In fact, against all expectations, many of these toys have survived the onslaught of computer games and cool graphics and are a part of our daily lives as we know it.
What are the favorite toys of the century, that just don't seem to get old? Here is a list of those old reliables that more than offer us hours of fun, also proffer a unique brand of entertainment that involves our imagination so much more. It is perhaps because of this fact that they are much more fun and have a lot more staying power than those run off the mill PC games could ever have. They include:
1. The Slinky: Not only does the slinky look awesome going down your stairs it is also a thinking man's toy, with the ability to be a model for a variety of physics and scientific concepts such as wave motion. Although it looks extremely simple, the slinky involves many complicated laws of physics and gravity as relates to its movement and behavior. When you become tired thinking about its value to science, it's also just fun to imagine it as a King Cobra chasing you around the house!
2. Play Doh: One of the coolest substances to ever grace our childhood hands would probably have to be Play Doh. Created by Noah and Joseph McVicker as a substitute for modeling clay, Play Doh exploded as a phenomenon that saw everything strips of clay noodles and french fries becoming a staple of the playroom as well as elaborate figures such as dinosaurs and even entire cities from more adroit hands. Truly they made toy history with this one!
3. Matchbox: How could anyone's growing up period Fatima tobacco cards the Star Trek movie be complete without the Matchbox? This popular cast toy, which measures about 2.5 inches has been played by generations of boys and girls, and has come in everything from the classiest sports cars to trucks and ambulances. More than being toys they are also popular collectors items, so all you young at heart out there, hold on to your toys!
These are just a few of the ageless toys that have kept us company throughout the decades and are very much alive today. If you want a more comprehensive list of the amazing toys that have been a part of every kid's life, just visit: http://crunkish.com/top-ten-favorite-toys-of-all-time
Cat Jewelry: Freeing the Inner Feline
"Cats are possessed of momoko shy, retiring nature, cajoling, haughty, and capricious, difficult to fathom. They reveal themselves only to certain favored individuals, and are repelled by the faintest suggestion of insult or even by the most trifling deception." - Pierre Loti
Ah, where to start? Cats are among the most celebrated creatures of literature. They're domesticated and at the same time wild, loved and at the same time hated. They stand for stealth and mystery, the power of silence and secrets. And cat jewelry is a testament to that power.
Even before Halle Berry popularized the Catwoman, and before the sleek, sassy villainess ever graced the pages of DC comics, cats were being worshipped all over the world. The way the cat moves, the easy grace and mysterious stillness fuels the imagination and fires up the senses. Bast, the ancient Egyptian cat-goddess, was a wild goddess who was generous in good humor, and ferocious in ill. Nintendo kill a cat in ancient Egypt was to call down the wrath of Bast, and was not only considered an act of evil, but a crime against the gods.
To compare a person to a cat is to give credit to his/her capricious, languid, underhanded nature. Cats will only do as 1930's baseball cards desire, not as they are told. Loyalty is something they only bestow, not give out of a sense of obligation. At the same time they are affectionate to those whom they have chosen, work with reasons they may not disclose to anyone, and perform incredible tasks with absolute secrecy. Sending a person -- especially a woman -- cat jewelry as a gift would serve as a tribute to these special traits. Wearing cat jewelry would aid in fostering an image of mystery and an instinct for the refined.
The endearing nature of cats has been immortalized not only in classical literature ("The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, to name two of many) but also in modern literature, like TV shows and comic strips. We have Garfield and Heathcliff on our Sunday papers, and Top Cat and the Thundercats in our (all right, kind of outdated) Saturday morning cartoon lineups. Cats have been preserved in so many artistic forms -- why can't jewelry be among them?
Cat jewelry might be popular among children, especially little girls who love kittens and probably raise cats of their own. Young women may also appreciate the extraordinary sleekness of the feline motif, and feel especially sexy wearing something so in tune with their sensual nature.
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