Here’s a little Thanksgiving after-school special for all you Gen Xers out there. This is a clip from the 1972 holiday original The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t. Happily, you can tune in to Boomerang at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. (ET) on Thanksgiving Day to see the 30-minute commercial-free special. The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t […]
Gen X Nostalgia
Report after report indicates there is money to be made via Generation X nostalgia. In fact, banking on Gen X nostalgia and sentimentality, Cheap Trick recently released a new album on 8-track tape. Consider all your favorite childhood cartoons (Scooby Doo), cereals (Cap’n Crunch), action heroes (Isis) and candy (Pop Rocks) and how these vintage […]
Barbie Dream House Updated
A few weeks ago, I found an old Barbie Dream House at a junk store. It was in pretty sad shape – faded, chipped and cracked. It was missing windows, doors, and the signature flower boxes. Still, I thought I could transform it into something special for my girls even though one is really too […]
Generation X Unrequited: I Finally Got My Dream House
What every Generation X girl wanted for Christmas in the 1970s: Barbie’s Dream House. I bought this at a thrift store in Oklahoma City yesterday. It was $14.99, and it came with many of the original doors, windows and furniture – all stuck in an inconspicuous, big gray trash bag. Despite the current economic crisis […]
What Is A Slam Book Anyway?
Slam Book Questions Remember slam books from junior high? I do! Basically, they were spiral notebooks full of random, inconsequential questions like 1) How many bathrooms are in your house? 2) What’s Your favorite song? 3) Who do you like? 4) Where do you live? 5) What’s your pets name? 6) Who is your best […]
Desperately Seeking Long Lost Friend Eddi
Now we went walking in the rain Talking about the pain from the world we hid Now there ain’t nobody nowhere nohow Gonna ever understand me the way you did –From Springsteen’s Bobby Jean (1984) Like the bored suburban housewife Roberta who was fascinated with the life of Susan in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), I […]
Searching for Eddi
I’ve been searching for my long lost friend Eddi, my best friend from 6th grade, for longer than I can remember. I spent one of the best nights of my life with Eddi. I was 11, she was 12, and it was Halloween night 1979. We roamed the streets of Ozark together, bounding frightened through […]
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