Something fun and cute--these are adorable

22 Before-And-After Photos Of Pets Growing Up With Their Favorite Toys

This kid's family couldn't afford all those spiffy action figures (read, dolls for boys), so he made his own out of twist ties--and they're amazing!

Guy's Handmade Childhood Toys Made With Twist Ties Are Better Than Anything In The Store

Yes! We need more of this!

Dedicated to my friend Tracy, a mechanical engineer at NASA. :)

The building blocks of mad science

A wonderful gift for that child who wishes to become a mad scientist when they grow up (or for those of you who still harbour the dream):

A Young Mad Scientist's First Alphabet Blocks from Xylocopa are a set of five blocks with all 26 letters of the alphabet beautifully illustrated. Here are the associations:

A - Appendages
B - Bioengineering
C - Caffeine
D - Dirigible
E - Experiment
F - Freeze ray
G - Goggles
H - Henchmen
I - Invention
J - Jargon
K - Potassium
L - Laser
M - Maniacal
N - Nanotechnology
O - Organs
P - Peasants (with Pitchforks)
Q - Quantum physics
R - Robot
S - Self-experimentation
T - Tentacles
U - Underground Lair
V - Virus
W - Wrench
X - X-Ray
Y - You, the Mad Scientist of Tomorrow
Z - Zombies

I would have thought 'M' would be 'Minions', but I guess 'Maniacal' will work as well. And note there are both tentacles and zombies, which makes me very happy. The set is $39.95.

Thanks to Edward Pearse, Duke of Argylle, from Through the Filter of a Victorian Aesthetic. As he puts it, 'What better way to teach budding young sociopaths their alphabet than with a set of wooden alphabet blocks?'

I think it's time to watch a little Dr Horrible now.