Tag Archives: Nostalgia

Something I Don’t Miss

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tom Garrett

I’ve gotten a wonderful head start on becoming an old man who constantly reminisces about how much simpler, purer—and, in many cases, better—life used to be before the ubiquity of the internet made us all navel-gazing babies who expect everything … Continue reading →

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The Last Toy

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Tom Garrett

I recently helped my mom prepare for a yard sale by going to her house and sifting through my childhood toys so that she could label and group them more accurately.  As an only child in a middle-class family, I … Continue reading →

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Random Jaw-Dropping 80’s Moment

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Tom Garrett

Saturday Night Live circa 1989:                 The most amazing part of the show was actually the monologue, in which Gibson said the following: “As I stand here, I realize that, in a live … Continue reading →

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