Surveys, prizes, etc.

Congratulations to Nosy and Nostalgic Neighbor, who so far is the only reader to have responded to our polite request for stories of favorite (or hated) childhood toys. For her willingness to share, we are pleased to award her the Librarian Action Figure with Amazing Shushing Action, which we introduced in that same blog entry (not that we want to shush our good Neighbor, we just think it 's a cool toy). To those of you who read the polite request but did NOT respond, we are forced to conclude that either you did not HAVE any toys as a child -- in which case we award you the Poor Pitiful Pearl doll, so fondly remembered by Nostalgic Neighbor, to remind you that things could be worse -- or else that you can't be bothered with responding to our little survey, in which case we award you the Annoying Choking Chicken. We'll even throw in a babushka.