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  1. Paisley

    Most overrated movies?

    Overrated to me: An Affair to Remember, The Blues Brothers, and (as an adult) Raiders of the Lost Ark. I know stories require a suspension of disbelief, but come on. From the perspective of how real people think and act, Harry Potter (save for Hermione marrying Ron) was more believable.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Illinois can't afford it, and Indiana is too cheap to pay for it. We don't need no stinking wall, anyway. C'mon down, Chicagoans--even if you have to swim.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    Only hippies and health nuts cared about such things in the 80s. I didn't go to restaurants much then because every place--not just restaurants, but almost EVERY stinking place including teachers' lounges in grade schools--allowed smoking, and I was allergic to cigarette smoke.
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    I read somewhere that New Coke did better in taste tests than old Coke. But life isn't like a taste test. Memories and expectations and packaging all affect perceptions. Besides, if you wanted sweeter, flatter cola, there was Pepsi. For me, the show Freaks and Geeks pretty well captures the...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    The Dr. Demento Show was where I first heard Benny Goodman and Weird Al, back when it was just him and his accordion. Radio stations played more novelty songs then. Not constantly, but they threw them in once in a while. But from the 90s on, it was same four-hour loop of 70s hits for Baby...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    We had fake news in the 80s. The TV special below aired on the local CBS affiliate in Denver. It blamed "cattle mutilations" on space aliens (not illegal aliens from Mexico eating other people's cattle) and government conspiracies. Similar stories appeared on the local news without a hint of...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    As on the TV show Dallas, there apparently were oilmen taking helicopters to work in the early 80s oil boom: Nowadays, Dubai is the poster child for petrodollar extravagance, with oil-rich sheiks spending billions on crazy projects like man-made islands and indoor ski resorts in the middle of...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    If you Youtube Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n Roll," you'll see what real people (young people in the audience) wore vs. what entertainers wore. Speaking of music, I prefer the confidence and exuberance of the 80s over today's sensitive, angst-ridden artistes. Music of the late 60s and 70s was still...
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    The 80s, myth and reality?

    I have more subdued memories of the 80s, maybe because I lived in Colorado, which saw two recessions then. I lived in Colorado Springs when it was the foreclosure capital of America. My classmates and I didn't aspire to wear designer clothes or drive a Maserati. Teenagers stood in long lines...
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    Agony column?

    I had a meetup for Thanksgiving and it was really nice. A few of us got together at a restaurant. Last year, I spent my first Thanksgiving on my own, and it sucked. Today I volunteered to plant trees--it was great to get out in the fresh air and sunshine and do something.
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    That's really pretty accurate. The unmarried men who've hit on me are usually old enough to be my dad or young guys looking to get laid. Uh, no thanks. The best place to find love is at the dog pound.
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Without a contract, a woman would be taking a major risk by leaving the job market to raise children and keep a home. The man would be free to walk out on her in middle age with no penalty, leaving her with a diminished ability to support herself. I wonder how many men and women like this who...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Among the men who've hit on me from age 30, the vast majority were looking to cheat on a wife, a girlfriend, or both. That doesn't inspire me to run out and find someone.
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Snappy internet comment from someone who quit watching the NFL: "Without watching the game on TV, I didn't know what to run out and buy."
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    I think helping each other is the first principle of all relationships, whether it's marriage, work, family, friendship or anything else. Without that, most people have little incentive to form relationships, although they might stay in them because of hope, fear, inertia, or peer pressure...
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    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Thinking about this again, I'd be more amenable than I used to be to ending an unhappy marriage, knowing how sensitive I am about not getting along with someone. I don't have any children, and I'm too old to start a family. I've dumped some negative-nancy friends, moved away from family, and...
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    Nutty Neighbors

    Imagine my horror when I discovered this book about a family who lives at the end of the block where I was buying a house: Killers in the Family: Inside a Real Family of Criminals Bound by Blood. Spoiler alert: most of the family members are now serving long prison sentences. Haven't had any...
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    Here's a terrific description of docsplaining, written by a doctor: http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2017/02/undoctored-an-excerpt/
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    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    Doctors are notorious for their arrogance (docsplaining?). When I suspected my dog was suffering from problems in her hind legs because of the flea and tick preventative, a vet assured me that couldn't be the case. When I looked on the box, it said that border collies (a breed closely related to...

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