Personal 22 Apr 2007 03:56 pm
Read a Mat
Update: I just noticed that on my Solar System Read a Mat in my apartment, Pluto is in the Solar System… but on the image on my blog below (taken from the Read a Mat site) Pluto is gone! Glad to see the Read a Mat company is keeping up with the times.
Original Post: Did anyone else have “Read a Mat” growing up? I bet a lot of readers of this blog did. For those who are unfamiliar, they are educational plastic placemats for kids.
I still use them, seriously. I think it’s a nice retro throwback in my otherwise modern Manhattan apt, but I bet some people see them and wonder: “does he have illegitimate children..?!”
Here are the two mats on my table:


3 Responses to “Read a Mat”

on 22 Apr 2007 at 10:12 pm 1.candice said …
Yes, and yours are cooler than mine were.
on 23 Apr 2007 at 5:04 am 2.amy said …
i just remember plates. i made a lot of kick-ass plates.
that’s what i’ll do for MY apartment.
on 23 Apr 2007 at 5:51 am 3.Caroline McCarthy said …
You can still get those!?! I think I had every single one while growing up.