Sticky Back Velcro*

*Or, "Things that sound like a good idea but actually aren't"

So, as may be apparent, the focus of this post will be my recent experiences with stick-on Velcro circles, squares, tabs, tape or whatever. It does have some uses, and this is in no way an indictment of the people that make the stuff (3M maybe?), but of its misguided application. It is EXTREMELY hard to remove. Each tiny tab must be sawed off the back of the photo with the letter opener, and then the adhesive residue removed with a combination of fingernails and white vinyl eraser. (The "white vinyl" qualifier is for the MMCs. Because you care.) This makes my fingers sore. I have done five and a half of the nine prints in the set and it's getting pretty grim. Don't put sticky Velcro on a photo. Unless you're going to want to throw that one out.

Fine then. Change the subject, why don't you? Something happy, like baseball on the radio. I love baseball on the radio. It's nostalgic, even if it's nostalgia for another time. It also reminds me of my dad, who is pretty great, and also likes baseball on the radio. I love the obscurity of the stats, the voices of the announcers, and the really retro advertisers that can afford to sponsor baseball on AM radio, like local hardware stores. Makes me feel like I live in the 1940s.

I'm going to go home and put on a dress, and a snazzy hat, some pearls, gloves, and spectator pumps. Never mind that I don't have most of that stuff, it's the thought that counts!