This Week In The 80’s: In Charge of Finding Treasure In The Dark It’s May of 1984. I’m a couple of weeks from the end of my 8th grade year and a great summer break CONTINUE READING…
It’s May 1987, the school year is winding down and it’s a bittersweet time. I was more than happy for school to end. It was the worst school year of my life! I don’t know CONTINUE READING…
Events of the Week: Junior and Senior Proms (May 1994 and May 1995) Why did I choose this event? My original intent was for this article to drop last week before the anniversary of my CONTINUE READING…
This Week In The 80’s: Call The Police There’s a Mad Man Around It’s the second semester of my sophomore year, 1986. We’re a couple of weeks from summer break. Most of my friends and CONTINUE READING…
With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines. We’ve got some toys that CONTINUE READING…
May kicks off the summer blockbuster season! We’ll see some great movies over the next four weeks. In May 1982 there was one movie theater in my home town. The big movies listed below made CONTINUE READING… CONTINUE READING…
I have always been weird. Just a little…off. In trying to relate to others, it was clear that I always interpreted life through a different prism than my peers, finding humor in off-beat concepts and CONTINUE READING…
This Week In The ’80s: I’ve Got A Pocket Full of Quarters… It’s May of 1982 and I’m a few weeks from finishing 6th grade. I’m just starting to get into music. We don’t have CONTINUE READING…
Next week, pop culture will be celebrating the 45th anniversary of Star Wars. The franchise marked a major turning point in pop culture on multiple fronts from cinema to toy marketing. My mom used to CONTINUE READING…
It’s an action packed month! There’s also some good comedies and thrillers and more action. High school reunions, epic team-ups, an international spy, giant snakes and heads in a duffel bag. I saw most of CONTINUE READING…
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