June 13, 2007

• Topic Post #25: Toys and Games

  

  Internet Island Topic Post #25: Toys and Games

  Life is divided into work and play.
  “All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy” is an old homily.
  This month we’ll forgo the work and concentrate on the play. This month it’s time for “toys and games”.
  As usual, I’ve attempted to present a “mix” of subjects within the main subject. There is time for frivolity, and also some serious social questions to be asked about “toys and games.”

  The Topic Post will last about a month. Please enter the link or date of your Internet Island Topic Entry for this post in a comment here. If you are creating a link, make sure you link to the page with the “comments” box and not the page with five entries. (HERE IS A TUTORIAL ABOUT HOW TO MAKE LINKS.) The purpose of Internet Island Topic Posts is to help get the members of the Internet Island Blogring to exchange comments and get to know each other. Please check back periodically for new entries throughout the posting period.  If you post a topic entry, please make an attempt to visit the other Islanders who do so as well. It is also a good idea to post the link to the Topic Entry in your own entry so that other interested parties can come here. You can copy/paste the Topic Post links right here in this entry into your own weblog entry box.

  TOYS 25.1
  1. Favorite toy(s). Write about the toys of your youth. How did (do) you play? Be as specific as you want, or generalize. Did “Teddy’ survive a long childhood? Who disposed of your favorite toys? Or were you allowed to keep them?
  

  2. The Old and the New. What is the difference between your “toys” then and your “toys” now?
  

  3. Childhood always has to end, or does it? In A.A. Milne’s classic children’s book, “Winnie the Pooh”,  Christopher Robin had to “leave Pooh on the hill, waving goodbye” as he exited childhood. The “baby boom” generation, born between the late 40s and the late 50s, was the first generation to “refuse to grow up”. A lot of Islanders are in that generation. Have “toys” been important to you throughout your life? What are some of them?
  

  4. Second Childhood. I think I’m forever going through a second childhood. The cliche of the affliction: “middle aged crazy” is that men buy expensive sports cars, or classics from their youth, or take to riding motorcycles. Did you go through, or are you going through a “second childhood”? What about the women on the Island? You wouldn’t buy a sports car. Do you indulge in a massive collection of Barbies? How do you display your affection for “toys” during your “second childhood?”

  
  GAMES 25.2
  1. Family game night. Was there such a thing at your house growing up? How about now? Do parents and children still engage in game play? Board games, such as Chutes and Ladders, Monopoly, Mouse Trap, Risk, and Trivial Pursuit seem to always be popular. DVD games  are sold in every book and toy store. How have games impacted your life or that of your family?
  

  2. Favorite game(s). As with favorite toys, write about the games you have played, with great remembered wins or losses.
  

  3. The Games People Play. “Playing Games” has a negative connotation. Write a blog entry concerning the “games” someone in your life, or you, might have “played on someone”, either in jest or seriously.
  

  4. Gaming. Are you or your children “lost” in the “gaming world” created by computer programmers. Do you or does someone in your family speak constantly about World of Warcraft or Second Life? What are the social implications of computer gaming?
  

  5. Sports. Handball. Four square. Softball. Team spirit. Soccer moms. Pee Wee basketball. Little League. Intramural sports. Recess. No rules football. Any memories, stories, photos of how sports has impacted, dominated yours or your family’s lives?

  Topic Entries:

  screaminginmyhead 25.1.3 5/4

  sherrytwinklz 25.1.1, 25.2.1 5/6

  Zeal4living 25 5/7

  BoureeMusique 25 5/9

  What a Wonderful New World 25 5/11

  adriansluzky 25.2.5 5/11

  soccershades7 25.2.5 5/12

  ladywolf aq 25 5/12

  pray14me 25.1.1 5/12

  Kristenmomof3 25.1.1 5/17

  xhandwrittenlettersx 25.1.1 5/18

  prettynosyarentyou 25.2 5/18

  baldmike2004 25.1 5/27

  xXxchi cchickxXx 25 6/12

  YOU ONLY HAVE TO WRITE ONE TOPIC. OR MORE IF YOU WANT.  IT’S ALL UP TO YOU!

  Remember, the tabs at the top of theInternet Island Blogring Page will “sort” the members by latest post, date joined,  and alphabetical Username. Use the ring page to find new Islanders, or older ones you might not have visited in a while. It’s OUR Island, and we’re a great group of people with different interests, fantastic stories, and wonderful lives, and we have a great deal of love for our fellow man.

  There are no “right” or “wrong” responses to any Topic Post for Internet Island. All responses are just as valid as any other response.

  • 4:37 pm
  • 17 Comments