Kaleidoscope? No Thanks. I Have Something Better.

Kaleidoscopes suck. Unless you have chugged an enormous amount of medication, they remain entertaining for about five minutes.

Ooooh, symmetry! Alright, Grandma, I’m done. Next?! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Let me tell you a story to illustrate what a lousy toy the kaleidoscope is. I was in a gift shop the other day. There’s no need for you to get all hung up on what I was doing in a gift shop. I was there. I was there when a woman asked her granddaughter if she wanted a kaleidoscope. Do you know what the little girl said?

She said no. This was a rare event. No child ever says no to a gift from Grandma. Even a box of socks from Grammy might have cash at the bottom. No way any child on top of her game turns down the Grandma gift. Yet this girl said no to the gift of a kaleidoscope. Read the rest of this entry »