Frank Lincoln Wright/Grey Day

In the new crib, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired log cabins sometimes get made. It is a common misconception that the Lincoln Log toy blocks pictured here were named after Abraham Lincoln. (That's what I always thought, anyway.) Actually, Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son, John, in 1916. He based their design on one of his father's buildings and named them after his dad's original middle name before it was changed to Lloyd (his mother's maiden name). "Lloyd," it turns out, is a Welsh surname. It means "grey." And that's exactly the kind of day it is outside today, too.