Category: Nostalgia

All BBQ joints should be garish Today I went up north and had BBQ. The day was especially perfect. While friends were tending to some house details, I got to entertain the little one outside in the dirt, stacking clumps of hardened earth and drawing in the loose dried topsoil with a stick. For a…

Ye olde LifeSavers I’m late to the game and did not realize that they switched up the flavors on basic LifeSavers after 70 years of the trusted favorites (or not). Goodbye orange, lemon and lime Hello raspberry, watermelon and blackberry. *Blech*

From the book Meet Mr. Product— Burger Chef The three bears are in town. Weather’s nice. Went to the museum. Jim bought this book with all these advertising characters. I was in a photo shoot for a music video proof of concept thing. I was supposed to look mad, crazy, scruffy and slobby. We a…

My Phone So I just got a call this morning. The apartment I was hoping to get is a go. This means I have a lot of stuff to get in order. One significant thing I am hoping to change with the move is to get rid of the land-line and switch to the whole…

Superhero, Robot, Beast Scored this Man-e-faces HeMan action figure off ebay for less than 5 bucks.

Rudolph’s nose lights up Christmas was extended with a trip to Wendy and Tom’s house. We shared a meal and exchanged gifts, then broke out Anne’s new Folio Yahtzee Edition. What fun! Also gave me an opportunity to snag a photo of the misfit toys placed on the mantle.

It’s Mr. Bill I borrowed an open desk today and got to look at a fantastic collection of bobble-heads. Aside from that, I was setting up a guest account proper on an XP laptop when I got home. I was fiddlin with the log in options and somehow managed to forget my username and password,…

I’m rich! I can’t fathom life if everyone and their Aunt wrote checks by hand in the express lane. So here I’ve been suffering for over 2 months without a debit card. I hate the word debit. Couldn’t they have come up with a new term like Retirement Vacuum, SavingsBuster, CheckWhore, or Withdraw Card. All…