During my junior and senior years in high school, I was a ridiculously proud – and perhaps occasionally obnoxious – Led Zeppelin fan (see my post Live in Peace for more on this). So in the fall of 1984, as I began my senior year, I was thrilled to hear the latest MTV news that Robert […]

Michelle and I LOVE the Minnesota State Fair. Of the twelve days the fair runs each summer – from the last week of August through Labor Day – we usually make it there five or six times. While we enjoy the full experience (food, beer, animals, walking the grounds, people watching, etc.), the last several […]

Driving down the road the other day, the song Karma Chameleon started playing on the 80’s channel. This isn’t my favorite channel, and when a song like this comes on my normal reaction is to – very quickly – change the channel. But on this particular day I was feeling a bit generous, so I decided to […]

I heard a song on the radio the other day, and it brought me right back to the summer of 1982. Also known as the summer of what might have been. These were the final three months before I started high school. With the benefit of hindsight, I can look back now and view this […]