I spent most of my childhood being a kid. You probably did too, unless you’re one of those sleeper robots the CIA built in the sixties with implanted memories. Assuming that you’re a regular organic person, the discrepancy between what you assumed adult life would be like whilst knee-high and what life is actually like read more
Tag Archives: Childhood
The Fifties Weren’t The Pinnacle of Mankind
March 22, 2012 – 11:10 pm
I wonder if, at middle age and thereafter, my generation will wax nostalgic about the 1980′s the same way Baby Boomers do about the 1950′s. The near-end of the twentieth century had its perks: interesting synthesizer music, kickass films, the fall of the Berlin Wall and a Britain ruled by the iron claw of Margaret read more
You’re Taking the Zucchinis Either Way
December 27, 2011 – 5:00 am
Neighbors were serious business during my formative years. Until I left for college I knew every family in our housing edition; in fact everybody even knew everyone else’s dog’s name. Overall we probably gossiped more about resident canine mischief than we did about the neighborhood alcoholics. That’s how well interconnected we were when I was read more
