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Kid, you’ve got it easy.

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40 doesn’t feel old to me like I always thought it would. Except for a few things: This year’s bumper crop of gray hairs. The cracking joints – occurring during any and all movements, where they used to be limited to things like deep squats. I sound like bubble wrap. My husband calls me “Creaks.” […]

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memories, nostalgia 1970s, 1980s, aging, gen-x, memories, nostalgia, old people, tech, technology

Little Dope Fiend On The Prairie

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Do they still make Very Special Episodes and After School Specials? I hope so. They were the cornerstone of my education in Things Not To Do, like drugs, drinking, drinking and driving, bingeing and puking, killing yourself, and getting molested by the nice man who owns the bicycle shop. (Poor Dudley.*) Those TV shows served […]

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childhood, TV, Uncategorized 1980s, addiction, after school specials, entrepreneurs, infoproducts, nostalgia, TV

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