If you’re in the same basic age bracket as I am…

(nearing the bottom of the slope leading towards 33, in my particular case), then I suspect you will have at least a moment of nostalgia (perhaps combined with some quick calculations about just how easy it would be to afford) when you see this “Atari 2600 console with 10 built-in games, all in a slightly oversized "classic" joystick”:http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.aspx?DeptID=446&CatID=12110&CatTyp=DEP&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=0816230&ProdSeq=2&OffSet=2&ProdCount=3&Cat=plug+%27n+play&Dep=toys&PCat=video+games&PCatID=1174&RefPage=ProductList&Sale=&NumMatches=3&RecPtr=&Search.

Wow.

Courtesy of Jerry, expert finder of amusing time-wasters

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Michael Alan Dorman

Yogi, brigand, programmer, thief, musician, Republican, cook. I leave it to you figure out which ones are accurate.