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Hello, bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here. We’ll I’m in Atlanta right now, and this is a post I set to go today. We should get back tomorrow. Anyway, I learned how to do “Cat’s Cradle” about a month or two ago. It’s very fun. All it is, is a big loop of string that you can make patterns and shapes with. I mastered the tricks: the broom, crow’s feet, tea cup, cat’s whiskers, Jacob’s latter, and … Read entire article »

While brainstorming for a project, I came across a piece of string. Tied in a loop. Naturally, I began doing Cat’s Cradle (isn’t this what we all do when we come across a loop of string?). Sir and Mister were intrigued. Two new string loops later, the guys now know how to do Witch’s Broom, Kitty Whiskers, Crow Feet, and Jacob’s Ladder. The kids went on and on about how “old fashioned” games are so much fun. And how sad it must have been to have been a young girl and only had a piece of string to play with. After explaining that sometimes we were so poor we had to use the intestines from that night’s chicken because we had no string, I hopped online to find the origins of … Read entire article »