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Taco Bell
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Nostalgia From a Five Dollar Chalupa

March 26, 2026 Mickey Lee 1

Paying over five dollars for a single Chalupa made me realize how far Taco Bell has drifted from the cheap, late‑night hangout it was in the nineties, when a few crumpled dollars could fuel an entire night. [Continue Reading]

Mulkey Brothers
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When Mulkey Mania Was Better Than March Madness

March 23, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

Mulkey Mania felt like watching the ultimate underdogs shock the world, a pair of pale brothers scoring a win so unlikely it made every kid who loved the losers believe that sometimes the impossible really could happen. [Continue Reading]

Dennis Condrey
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RIP Dennis Condrey: The Rival I Learned to Respect

March 21, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

I grew up booing Dennis Condrey, but time revealed the master behind the menace. His craft shaped my wrestling childhood, and today I remember him with respect and real gratitude. [Continue Reading]

Front Porch Philosophy

Waiting on Warm Weather

March 20, 2026 Mickey Lee 1

I always look forward to Spring, partly because I enjoy my gardening, watching some baseball, and being able to take [Continue Reading]

Rice and Milk
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Growing Up With Rice and Milk

March 17, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

Cold mornings, a steaming pot of rice, and a pat of butter melting into a golden puddle are some of my earliest memories, the kind that remind me how a simple bowl of rice and milk could warm the house when the thermostat couldn’t. [Continue Reading]

Pizza Hut Street Ball
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The Pizza Hut Street Basketball Made Me Look Like a Doofus

March 15, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

Every March, when the brackets come out, I don’t think about buzzer‑beaters or star players. I think about that wild neon Pizza Hut street ball from 1993, the one I was sure would turn me into a basketball legend. [Continue Reading]

Cult of Pepsi Free
Misadventures of Mickey Lee

Mickey Lee and the Cult of Pepsi Free

March 7, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

Pepsi Free wasn’t just my favorite soda. It was my childhood gospel. I was a one-boy evangelist preaching from vending machines and front yards like it was the future in a bright orange can. [Continue Reading]

Special Feature

From Garage to Garage Without the Open Road

February 20, 2026 Mickey Lee 2

There’s something undeniably thrilling about hitting the open road on a motorcycle: the roar of the engine, the wind on [Continue Reading]

Lazer Tron
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Lazer Tron Was a Saturday Afternoon Superhero

February 10, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

You already know this, but there was a time in my life when Saturday afternoons meant one thing and one [Continue Reading]

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In Defense of American Defense Action Figures

January 13, 2026 Mickey Lee 0

Back in the early 1980s, when the world was still lit by the glow of Saturday morning cartoons and the [Continue Reading]

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