Category Archives: childhood

…And Keep Looking Up

Quite often during high school I would come home from a party or a late night hanging out with my friends and see my brother sitting in the living room with a glass of sun tea flipping through the channels. Often my brother would come home from an evening of partying or hanging out with [...]
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Ridiculously Cute Swimming Babies

Photos Courtesy of Phil Shaw / Barcroft Media Above are a couple of pictures from the Telegraph article about the London Baby Swim Series Offering classes for parents and babies as young as six weeks old to take to the water and develop their skills. These are held with parents also in the water and [...]
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Andrew WK: Harm

Despite all the rumors Andrew WK is human after all. Or at least his persona is had the all-too-familiar angst/lust/confusion of a typical 17 year old. He recently published an article in the Gaurdian about obsessive feelings he had towards his girlfriend and how he ended up expressing those feelings through song. A song that [...]
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Star Wars Initial Stickers

The image above is was made with the incredibly nostalgic Topps Star Wars ESB Stickers and help from the Restraining Bolt image generator. A similar generator can be found using 1974 Topps Monster Initials. Hat tip to Mr. Lady.
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Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown

I love pinball. It’s physical. Getting to push around the machine. Slam my hips into it just hard enough to avoid the tilt – but still manipulate the game. It’s frustrating in the good kind of way, like a puzzle. It takes concentration and a little muscle. As a child I grew up playing pinball [...]
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Fresh

This is a story all about how my life got twisted upside down. And I liked to take a minute and sit right there and tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air. In west Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground was where I spent most of my days. [...]
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You’re My Obsession

I hate posting youtube links here, but fuck it, it’s Friday and I’m feeling nostalgic. So below you’ll find a youtube video of what is, in my oh-so-humble opinion, one of the best duets of the 80′s. The original video to this song is lame, so I’ll go ahead and point you to this one [...]
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Make Me Laugh And Break My Heart

How to make me laugh and break my heart on a Saturday morning: Lies I’ve told my 3 year old recently
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Love Is Embarrassing

Love is embarrassing. At least that’s what Ava thought. And if you ask me she’s mostly right.
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An Atari Christmas

Wow, these photos really bring back some memories. Pictures of kids receiving an Atari for xmas. Bonus 1982 Atari Club Christmas Catalog.
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Monster Initial Stickers

The picture above was made from the 1974 Topps Monster Initial trading cards. Unfortunately, it’s practically impossible to find a complete set for sale these days… even on eBay. But thanks to the people at I-mockery, you can spell your own name.
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Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Mr. Yuk

Do you remember Mr. Yuk? I sure do. We had him plastered to cleaning product bottles under my kitchen sink as a child. I knew not to drink stuff with Mr. Yuk on the bottle – but apparently not everyone kid did. The campaign was considered ineffective. I didn’t know (until now), however, that Mr [...]
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Nostalgic Candy

Hot dog gum, Bottlecaps, Wax Fangs, Razzles, Candy lipstick, Flying Saucers, Big League Chew
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What Do You See in This Picture?

Although yesterday the internet said I was smart, today it says I’m perverted.
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Kori Gardner Babbles

Mates of State’s Kori Gardner has been writing a regular column for Babble about touring with kids and being a parent in a band.
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