nostalgia

Back in the late 70's and early 80's there was a weight loss candy that fell prey to a change in vocabulary. Their product name sounded very similar to the name of a frightening new disease.

Wayne Rogers who was best know for playing the part of Trapper John McIntyre on M*A*S*H has died.

A conversation about a forgotten cellphone takes us back to a place where pant legs were wide and dreams showed up every October in a catalog from Sears.

It turns out a video game from the early 1980's was actually great training for life in today's modern times.

The TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 is trying to make a comeback. The producers are asking for your help to make it happen.

Imagine being able to have a poignant conversation with the 18 year old version of yourself. If you're of a certain age this is a conversation that will give you the chills.

Today marks the future my friends. October 21st, 2015 is the date in the future Marty and Doc went to in the movie "Back To The Future 2". We've all spent a good amount of time talking about the things we have now that were predicted in the movie back in 1985. Now, let's take a fun look back at some things we had then, when the movie originally came out.

As the video goes through the downtown area, how many places can you recognize?

A tasty morsel of memories for me and so easy to make too, let's celebrate the simple sweetness of life with a sugar cookie today.

Regardless of age, race, or religion, we all look the same covered in mud. Celebrate International Mud day by making mud pies, mud sculptures and mud angels.

This weeks Foodie Friday challenge was to create a recipe that would take us away from where we are. Today we're cooking a time machine.

This tiny building has a rich history in Lafayette. It even had a name. There is a rock and roll legend that still haunts this humble retail space.

They put the perforations in the roll for a reason. That reason is to drive you crazy.

My sincerest apologies to baseball fans. It has been brought to my attention that I erroneously referred to the Major League Baseball field in Milwaukee as Miller Stadium and not as Miller Park.

Even in this day and age of instant information there is still no substitute for the lessons of the past and knowing a little history.

A famous voice is silenced at the age of 80

As I view the images of my youth with the experience of my present age it makes me a bit melancholy. Not sad for myself, but sad that my kids will never know some of the simple joys that time, technology and the legal system have taken away.

An iconic catalog files for bankruptcy protection. The world may never find another place to secure a Darth Vader Toaster again.

I must caution you. Asking someone to accompany you into a dark room where you might be using Duct Tape has its own set of risks.

Let's climb in the time machine and visit a place where men were jerks and coffee was what made them that way.