Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal – jingles that make you go ARRRGH!
I posted this meme in Facebook the other day to collect a few gems before sharing here and gathering more. The other morning I was watching The Daily Rundown on MSNBC as I do every morning when the alarm goes off at 6ampst and one of those commercials that seems to run all over cable [...]
You know you are a geek who grew up in the 70s when…..
Evidence of the supreme sports geek that I may have been as a child circa 1976-1980: But hey – I didn’t just spend my time making baseball scrapbooks! Oh no, not his crazy gal! C’mon! It was the late 70s! I was 11-15 years old. You know what ELSE I did?
Apple. Tree. Not far. Oops.
From time to time I’ve shared my frustration at SportBoy’s rather lackluster study habits. They have only marginally improved this year. His first semester grades were about the same as before, though he did pull off a B in science which last year was barely a C-. However, there were not as many missed assignments [...]
Was the Viewmaster a precursor to the VCR?
What do you think? Who is old enough to remember these? I had a red one (or maybe it was orange?) Now, I know they still make these, but you have to think back to the pre-VCR days when this was really all we had to re-live our favorite movies. It was this, or a [...]
Holidailies, Wheel-O & cookies.
No, I am not participating this year, BUT, I really enjoyed it last year and I wanted to encourage anyone NOT burned out by NaBloPoMo or, perhaps, on a roll from that to check out participating in Holidailies. There were some really fun writing prompts provided last year. My favorite had to do with writing [...]
Vin Scully. Voice of the……Yankees??? Noooooo!!
First, go read this jewel of a blog post by Keith Olbermann on his baseball blog. Go ahead. No politics at all, I promise! Keith writes about his real passion – baseball – over at the MLB blog site and I love reading his stories. This one though – well, it hit me like a [...]
Still more christmas gift memories
As I alluded to in my Hot Wheels post, the requests for race cars often balanced out a request for Barbies. Every year there was some cool accessory that I just had to have. There two in particular that I remember very well and which I know I played with for many years. The townhouse [...]
Only in the 70s – Growing Up Skipper
Raise your hand if you remember this one! Oh, wait, but be careful that raising your arm might make you *cough* “grow”! Can you believe this was approved to be a childs toy? Can you believe that I had one? Oh, times were different weren’t they?! Look at that packaging “She’s two dolls in one [...]
More childhood holiday gift memories
Have you noticed the header? Yeah, I am updating it periodically as more cards arrive. Watch for yours if you sent me one! I feel the need to balance out the ultra girly Velvet/hair post with a more realistic representation of the true tomboy that I was as a child. So if you really must [...]
Concert memories – You have the tickets, right?
As I type this, SportsBoy is enjoying his Christmas gift from his dad – they are at the AC/DC concert in LA tonight! It’s his first rock concert and of course it HAD to be that band since his dad and I have been poisoning him with their music for a very long time I [...]
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