As a kid, nothing baffled me more than Wendy’s square hamburgers. Every other place used circles, but Wendy’s served geometry. Those corners stuck out past the bun like the burger was trying to escape. [Continue Reading]
“Back then I thought Columbia House was the greatest deal ever made. Twelve CDs for a penny felt like I’d beaten the system, right up until they mailed me albums I never ordered and billed me like an adult. [Continue Reading]
As a kid, I thought one splash of English Leather made me irresistible. In reality, I smelled like a third‑grader who’d wrestled a saddle. But I strutted into class convinced sophistication had finally arrived. [Continue Reading]
Easter in the late ’80s meant pastel shirts, stiff collars, shiny shoes, and a walk into church that felt bigger than the day itself. New clothes, bright colors, and the first real sign that spring had arrived. [Continue Reading]
Rollergames was the only show where people in neon skated a figure‑eight track, dodged alligators, and yelled every rule at you. It wasn’t a sport. It was 1989 having a nervous breakdown on TV. [Continue Reading]
The Dreadnoks were more than Cobra figures to me. They were wild, familiar faces that looked like my uncles, and they turned my bedroom floor into the rowdiest battlefield of my childhood. [Continue Reading]
Beating Contra felt like conquering a childhood mountain. After years of failed runs and Mountain Dew fueled determination, I finally won the war that every kid in the late eighties dreamed of surviving. [Continue Reading]
When I think back to being a quiet tween in the early nineties, trying to figure out where I fit [Continue Reading]
Growing up in the late ’80s, quicksand felt like a real problem. Not a theoretical danger. Not a remote possibility. [Continue Reading]
Some mornings still smell like woodsmoke and childhood, pulling me back to slow Appalachian days when cartoons, coffee steam, and a silver ship on TV made the world feel bigger than the valley that raised me. [Continue Reading]
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