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Panama City or Bust
It was June of 1996, and I was eighteen. I was at the age where the open road felt like a calling, as I had spent many years riding in …
Summer
Retro Ramblings
Giving Up My Independence
Independence Day has always been a favorite holiday of mine. Going back to childhood, it always seemed to be a high point of the year. When I was a kid, …
Retro Ramblings
Summers at the Lake
Being nestled deep in the Appalachian mountains, going to the beach might as well have been like going to the moon. But while we don’t have beaches and oceans to …
Retro Ramblings
Rainy Summer Days
“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.” As I’m sitting here writing this, it’s a lazy Sunday afternoon, and it’s raining. It’s not a hard rain, but it’s not …
Special Feature
Summer Nostalgia Image Dump
As I stroll through the internet every day, I’m constantly coming across images that remind me of things, and I download a lot of those images to revisit later on. …
Retro Ramblings
What If Sting Slammed Yokuzuna in 1993 Instead of Lex Luger?
I was always a fan of the Marvel Comics series What If?, where they would take classic stories, give them a twist, and give us readers a look at what …
Front Porch Philosophy
Watermelons Aren’t As Good As they Used to Be
After a long, hot week at work, my body decided it was time for fresh fruit. Not a polite suggestion either. More like a craving that grabbed me by the …
Retro Ramblings
The Summer of Thunder at Hardee’s
Days of Thunder hit theaters in 1990, and I was all in on it. All in except for actually going to see the movie itself in the theater. Back then, …
Front Porch Philosophy
Cookin’ Cheap
From the late ’80s through the early ’90s, one of my daily rituals in the summertime was to go inside during the hot part of the day and veg out …
Retro Ramblings
Breakfast at McDonald’s Has Always Been Special
I took my family on vacation this past week, and on the drive out of town the first morning, my mind started wandering while I was driving. The sun was …