Back when I was a kid, the new school year started right after Labor Day.  We just needed a pencil, an eraser, paper, scissors, glue and crayons.  Ah, crayons.  I loved using new crayons.  For many years, I had my heart set on getting the big box of 64 crayons with the sharpener.  After all, all my friends had them; but my folks could not afford to get two of them (one for me and one for my sister), so we were happy with a lesser number of crayons to help make our masterpieces.  Now when … [Read more...]