Mike Sisco: A better Tuesday

I have a confession to make.At 63 years old, I still find myself browsing Hot Wheels track sets on Amazon and eBay.Not the cars so much, although I certainly appreciate a good tiny car. It’s the tracks that get me. Those magnificent stretches of orange plastic, the loop-de-loops, the curves and the seemingly endless possibilities for building a racetrack.I suspect I’m looking for something in particular, although I couldn’t tell you exactly what it is.When I was about 9 years old, somebody gave me a Hot Wheels track set. It came with two cars, and as far as I was concerned, it was the greatest present in the history of presents.I loved that thing.I loved putting the tracks together, taking them apart and putting them together again. I loved sending those little cars flying around the loops.

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