Retro Ramblings
Growing Up Afraid of the Bermuda Triangle
There was a time when the Bermuda Triangle felt like one of the biggest, scariest mysteries on the planet. Not [Continue Reading]
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Retro Ramblings
When USA Network Pulled Me Into a Galaxy Far, Far Away
I always knew what Star Wars was, long before I ever actually saw it. That was just part of being [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Chasing Knightfall One Issue at a Time
Knightfall turned every week into a hunt for the next chapter, a pre‑internet scramble of allowance money, borrowed issues, grocery‑store racks, and pure 90s comic‑fan obsession. [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Hypercolor: The Shirt That Exposed All My Sweaty Secrets
My Hypercolor shirt changed colors, all right—mostly under the arms and across my stomach, creating a heat‑sensitive map of every place I wished people wouldn’t look. [Continue Reading]
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Mom and Me Would Yell at Strangers About Turkeys
Mom and I watched Supermarket Sweep every evening, shouting grocery advice at contestants like seasoned pros who absolutely knew the fastest route to the world’s most valuable ham. [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
A Weekend Wrapped Around One Song
Before music lived in the cloud, I stood under KMart’s fluorescent lights flipping through cassette singles, searching for the one song I could carry home in my pocket. It felt like choosing who I wanted to be. [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Staying Up All Night With Rhonda Shear
When I think back to being a quiet tween in the early nineties, trying to figure out where I fit [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Nostalgia From a Five Dollar Chalupa
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]
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The Pizza Hut Street Basketball Made Me Look Like a Doofus
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]
Retro Ramblings
Merry Christmas 2025
The picture above is of my mom and dad and was taken not long after they were married. Way back [Continue Reading]