On these cold February evenings when it’s too chilly to sit outside on the porch, I think back to the same kinds of evenings in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Those cold evenings when the warmth of the house …….continure reading
When a lot of kids got their first Nintendo Entertainment System, they probably got the version that came with the Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt combo. I wasn’t one of those kids. If you remember when I wrote about …….continure reading
When I was growing up, Mom had breakfast on the table every morning. As sure as the sun rises in the east, you could count on my mom to have breakfast on the table. I could always count on something …….continure reading
Every December as Christmas approaches, my primetime viewing calendar fills up with Christmas movies, shows, and specials. It’s one of my favorite parts of the season and is possibly one of the main drivers of my Christmas spirit. I love …….continure reading
The photo you see above is the classic Norman Rockwell painting known as “Freedom From Want”. He created this masterpiece in November of 1942, and it graced the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. It depicts what has …….continure reading
Any kind of safety video is usually greeted with yawns, but hang on before you cast that kind of judgment on this video. This one has several things going for it. First, it concerns Halloween, second, it’s from the ’80s, …….continure reading
As I was posting the news earlier this week about the closing of the last KMart store in the US, I started thinking back to the good memories that I associate with the old department store. To some, it may …….continure reading
With it being the Halloween season, it’s the perfect time to talk about a toy I never had…the Mad Scientist Monster Lab. The Mad Scientist Monster Lab from Mattel, Inc. in 1986, allowed users to “make disgusting, gross monsters…then sizzle …….continure reading
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