Timeless toy

Published 6:16 pm Thursday, November 10, 2011

Timeless toy

The blanket is one of three new members of the National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, N.Y.

Inducting the blanket into the hall will be its old friend and fellow improvisational toy, the cardboard box.

All under one roof: A leading production home builder in California has introduced a new model that incorporates mother-in-law apartments.

For an extra charge, one of the four bedrooms in the main residence can be converted into a panic room for husbands seeking refuge when their mothers-in-law “drop in to watch ‘Harry’s Law’ on that nice new TV set you’ve got.”

What’s-his-name: The presidential aspirations of Newt Gingrich showed signs of life Thursday, thanks to allegations of sexual harassment by Herman Cain, R-Gropey Gropey Stan Stan, and yet another disastrous debate performance by Rick Perry, R-Aphasia.

Gingrich, the former House speaker, thus becomes the latest entry in the anybody-but-Mitt Romney sweepstakes, following Cain, Perry and … er, what’s the third one there? Let’s see. Cain, Perry and, let’s see. The third one, The Buzz can’t. Sorry. Oops.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff