The Talking Toaster
I used to love to catch the episodes of Red Dwarf that featured the talking toaster. There is just something about the idea of kitchen appliances that can hold an intelligent conversation that makes the thought of cooking far more appealing. Imagine how useful it would be to just start listing [...]
The Daleks
Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! I’ll never forget how scared I was the first time I saw the Daleks move across the old black and white television set in the family room of our old house in Illinois. In those days, Tom Baker was settling in as the lead character in the British [...]
A Night at the Arcade
On May 22, 1980, Pac Man was released on the world by Namco. I was seven years old at the time and completely obsessed with the whole video game phenomenon. The first time I saw Pac Man was in the small arcade inside Keel Roller Rink in Salem Illinois. There it [...]
The Details that Matter are Often Overlooked
It’s often difficult for us as a culture to confront the death of a popular celebrity head on. When people we grew up watching on television or listening to on the radio pass away, it sort of reminds us of how old we are getting. However, the recent passage of Jerry [...]
Child of the 80s
Growing up during the 80’s left a deep impression on my life. There are days I would give anything just to go back and experience it all over again. The music, the animated cartoons, the arcades, first dates, and the hours I spent trying to solve the Rubik’s Cube on the long [...]