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Newt Continues To Misuse History & Americans To Motivate Against America
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Kitten With… Ears!
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Jessica Savitch (Part One?)
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The Language Of Glove, 1879
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Signs Of The Times, 1945
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Newt Continues To Misuse History & Americans To Motivate Against America
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Kitten With… Ears!
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Jessica Savitch (Part One?)
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The Language Of Glove, 1879
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Signs Of The Times, 1945
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growing up in the 80s Archive
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Jessica Savitch (Part One?)
I watched Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, starring Sela Ward, tonight. During commercial breaks, I Googled Jessica Savitch. To my surprise — and major disappointment — there’s not really…
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Spotting Memories In Retro Radio Ads
Still nostalgic thinking about the old days in Milwaukee radio, I’ve been hanging out consuming The Halcyon Daze (I prefer using the “classic” interface for navigation, in case you visit…
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Of Tailgators, Radio & Retail
This is a vintage WKTI Tailgator pinback from 1983, featuring Old Style beer. It’s mere 1.75 inches, but oh the size of the memories it unleashes… If you’re of a…
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The “Cherry Bomb” Bomb: An Ignorant Hetero Midwest Girl Reviews The Runaways Film
Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, back in the days when they were Runaways. I don’t ever claim to be first with the reviews (I deal in old stuff, so why…
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MTV Cared About Your Breasts
Over a decade before Rethink Breast Cancer & MTV News Canada launched (to public outcry; video), and the Women Rock! Girls & Guitars breast cancer benefit too, MTV had the…
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The Sexual Segregation Of She-Ra; Or, Why I Love Thundarr
I’m too old to claim to have logged hours of watching She-Ra or He-Man — or any childhood memories from that MOTU period. But that won’t stop me from having…
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The Irony Of Jimmy The Greek (He’s Rolling Over In His Grave)
In January of 1988, Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder was fired by CBS for racism after he made the following infamous comment to an NBC affiliate, station WRC-TV: The black is…
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Once Upon A Time… There Was The Storyteller
I don’t spend my time listening to TV show announcements, and I admit I know even less about comics — but I do read a lot of blogs. So that’s…
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Soul Train Lessons
Hubby and I enjoy the hell out of reruns of Soul Train. Rediscovering lost musical loves and finding new-to-us artists to hunt for, like Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, is too awesome….
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Cheap Thrills Thursday: Neat As A Pin?
Back In the 80′s — during that feminist backlash — career gals (such as my mother & her friends) and women pursuing education for careers (like myself) removed their now…
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She-Ra: Princess of Power, Feminist Icon
I’m old. I have no knowledge of 80′s toys which has not occurred as an adult — He-Man included. But I’m fascinated that younger kids – girls — had some…
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Cheap Thrills Thursday: Can He-Man Still Thrill The Uninitiated?
For the past several years, hubby has tried to sell his Castle of Greyskull at our rummage sales — and every time I have whined. It’s not that I’m so…
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Desperately Seeking 80′s Madonna Fashions?
Speaking of 1980′s-Desperately-Seeking-Susan Madonna & boots… Fans of the film Desperately Seeking Susan will remember that the whole hullabaloo started when Susan (Madonna), trades in her fabulous jacket for a…
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Cheap Thrills Thursday: Lessons In Literacy With Strawberry Shortcake
Let’s see… When this Kid Stuff Records book (copyright 1980) & record (copyright 1981) set of Strawberry Shortcake’s Day in the Country came out, I would have been 16 or…
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Fashion Friends With Fringe Benefits, 80′s Style
Via Shop It To Me, I found this Jersey Tassel Necklace on sale at Urban Outfitters. Totally 80′s, right? Holy 80′s! I remember these suede mini skirt sets with short…
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But Maybe I Should Leave My Fantasies Of Isaac Out Of It
To celebrate National Romance Week, Princess Cruises has joined with Cruise Critic to conduct a search for real-life love stories that have taken place on the decks of Princess ships….
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Thriller Panties
Black Michael Jackson printed in white on black nylon panties. The Thriller album pose, along with Jackson’s signature, all printed on the fanny… The ultimate compliment?
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Cheap Thrills Thursday: It’s Q*bert, Baby!
When I spotted this authentic retro Q*Bert “a board game based on the exciting arcade game” (Parker Brothers #0142, © 1983, Gottlieb & Co.) at a rummage sale, I was…
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Ah, The Sights & Sounds Of 80′s Flicks
The Monday Movie Meme is I love The 80′s; here are some of my quick thoughts on my favorite 80′s films… Desperately Seeking Susan — I was dressing like slutty…
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Retro Radio Shack Flashback
Hubby brought home a few old copies of retro Radio Shack catalogs from the 1980′s. I’ve naturally managed to ignore them quite well for the past few weeks because I’ve…
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Has Fonzie’s Real Cool Happy Days Game Jumped The Shark?
For a decade, from 1974 through 1984, Happy Days was one of the most popular sitcoms on television. While the show was supposed to be centered on Richie Cunningham (Ron…
