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]
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]
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]
You already know this, but there was a time in my life when Saturday afternoons meant one thing and one [Continue Reading]
Back in the early 1980s, when the world was still lit by the glow of Saturday morning cartoons and the [Continue Reading]
Back in the late 1980s, when fast food promotions were practically a second currency for kids, Burger King rolled out [Continue Reading]
The picture above is of my mom and dad and was taken not long after they were married. Way back [Continue Reading]
There are certain commercials that stick with you. Not because they’re flashy or clever, but because they tap into something [Continue Reading]
I was seven years old, and nothing in the world mattered more to me than Masters of the Universe. My [Continue Reading]
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