Childhood Nostalgia

I have been meaning to write this entry for a while. I wrote myself a note weeks ago after a trip to the store with a friend I and never got around to finishing the entry.
Here’s what happened. My friend and I were shopping at a department store and came across a display […]

Cadbury Creme Eggs - what a fun topic to discuss right before Easter! (I spelled it as “crème” and “cream” in the title so people will be sute to find it when they are searching online. The correct spelling of the product’s name is the former.)
I am putting this entry in the childhood […]

It’s funny how there items (as well as particular brands of items) that come and go as fads. Take watches, for example. Think back to when you were in high school or elementary school, what were the big brands that everyone had to have. I actually had an electronic Pac-Man watch in […]

Talk about childhood memories…for those of us who had video game console Intellivision in the 1980’s, we can relive the fun again with what we now consider crude graphics and effects, but at the time we thought were great and they were the best on the market.
Yesterday, I was using the Intellivision Lives cartridge for […]

Think back - remember how excited you were when you were a child and you received a personalized letter from Santa Claus? Did’t you want to tell all your friends and relatives? It made Santa so real that it may have even extended your belief a little longer.
If your kids are going to write to […]

If you’ve missed the prior entry, it’s available at The More Things Change
Headline: The Empire Strikes Back
Graphic: Darth Vader
Date: May 19, 1980
One of the most beloved movie franchises of all time and one of the most beloved/hated and lucrative movie characters of all time – what more can I say than congratulations George Lucas.
Star Wars […]

Does any one remember those penny machines that you find at carnivals, amusement parks, and other tourist attractions?
I’m talking about the kind of penny machine that allows you to create your own penny adding in your own design or impression.
A coin press like that can also be used to change the shape of the penny […]

Converting The School Building
It’s funny how one blog entry often gives writers an idea for another one. In many ways, it’s like having a long and continuous discussion with the readers.
After telling the story of one school building in replacing the local school, it made me think of what happened to other schools […]