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: