Deaf Culture Wins & the Turning Point Threats
Barely a few weeks into 2025 GOP Conservatives are attacking essential services to the Deaf…
Neil Gaiman and the Fall of Gods and Men
This is not the follow up piece to the Miami Vice Episode Eerily Relevant Now…
Miami Vice Episode Eerily Relevant Now
If we read in the news that the son of a wealthy CEO was under…
How To Make Social Media Retro
Mark Zuckerburg not only announced that META will end fact checking, but he also baselessly…
Debbie Gibson Being Anxiously Lost In Her Eyes
On January 6th of 1989 Debbie Gibson released Lost in Your Eyes as a single….
Charlie Brown Stresses Out But Doesn’t Fail
39 years ago Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! premiered on CBS. It was the 30th…
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Faith and the Last Christmas of George Michael
On December 12th of 1987 George Michael topped the US Charts with the # 1 hit, “Faith”. Sadly, the world would lose this talent on Christmas of 2016 to heart and liver disease. He died on Christmas. But as we run headlong into this Christmas, maybe we need to explore the wonder that is the…
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Cyndi Lauper And the Art of Appreciation
Cyndi Lauper just finished her North American portion of the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour”. In her first arena tour since 1986’s True Colors World Tour and first world tour since 2016, she masterfully combined art, storytelling, fashion, and music into a harmonious and perfectly curated end of an era. She also gave…
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The Great Cabbage Patch Kids Riots of 1983
Before online shopping, most people went shopping in retail stores. If a toy became a viral sensation, violence was deemed acceptable in the season of good cheer and peace on earth. This tradition has become common in the 2000’s and 1990’s. Before Zhu Zhu Pets, the Wii, Tamagotchi’s, and Tickle Me Elmo there was one…