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Read more : Uh-Oh, SpaghettiOs!
It’s no secret that I’m fond of revisiting my past. Recently, this temporal wanderlust was prompted by my taste buds. A sudden craving for one…
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Read more : Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Past
If you grew up ensnared in the hypnotic glow of 1980s television, you probably remember Max Headroom, the “computer generated” TV personality from the…
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Read more : Building a Better Spock
A 12″ tall Parker Stevenson action figure lived in my toy box when I was young. To be fair, it was less of an…
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Read more : Brave New Geek
Though I’ve been a lifelong comic book reader with a reverence for the creators behind the content, and an enthusiast of the geekier aspects…
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Read more : Birthday Cake or Death
Someone once told me that freshly baked bread begins the process of going stale the moment it leaves the oven. I don’t remember who…
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Read more : Being Bobcat Goldthwait
Anyone familiar with Bobcat Goldthwait might consider him an odd role model for a thirteen year old, but in 1987 his tremulous blend of humor…
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Read more : Fill it to the Rim: The Brim Recollection
American media is riddled with sales pitches that promise immediately gratifying health, happiness, and satisfaction. As intended, this kind of manipulation certainly worked on…
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Read more : Mr. T and the Island of Misfit Ts
Before becoming a household name, Mr. T grew up in the Chicago projects, served in the US Army Military Police Corps, worked as a…
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Read more : Time Travel Addict
Sometimes, as I fade off to sleep, I revisit settings from my childhood. I’m able to conjure up places where I’ve lived with such…
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Read more : Of Cartoon Mice and Men…and Cats
My household was late to the cable television game, so in the late 1970s and early 80s I took what I could get cartoon-wise.…
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Read more : Being Jacob Marley
Stave One When I was about five or six, I found myself in handcuffs on the day after Christmas. I blame the ghost of…
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Read more : Christmas Cheer or Noise Pollution?
By no means am I anti-Christmas. The twinkle and warmth of Christmas is the perfect way to ease into cold and muted New England…
