The topic for today is: thumbtacks. Don't ask why.

Why do you suppose they're called thumbtacks? Is it short for "thumb attacks" because that's what they do if you push on the wrong end? Or a variation of "thumb tax". Maybe they used to charge people small pointy objects for having thumbs. If you didn't pay, you got your thumbs chopped off. Or maybe they were originally the size of your thumb, and over time, they've grown more compact. Like computers.

My brother used to have a cartoon thumb-tacked to his door. One day it fell off and I stepped on it and got the cartoon tacked to my foot. I could have pulled it out easily, but I thought it was hilarious hopping around with a cartoon dangling from my foot, so that's what I did.

I wonder why so many people call me a dork.