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The Totality of Frugality
My parents did a good job of making sure I had everything I needed growing up.
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Retronyms
Let’s watch Star Trek!
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Oh Well, Whatever. Nevermind!
I arrived on day one of high school after a very harrowing middle school experience overall, and I decided that I would reinvent myself.
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Sand Dollars
Treasure trove.
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Latchkey Kids
One thing Gen X kids had was independence.
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Kill Hill
Our neighborhood was very agreeable to kids on bikes and skateboards, broadly speaking.
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Available
When you make a decision, what goes into the process?
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Swallow Your Spit
Baseball was really common in the southern US, and a bunch of us kids would play ball in the street where I grew up.
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Quilts and Quills
My grandmother made a quilt for me, the only son of her oldest son, before she died.
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Yo Joe!
Did you grow up during the 1980s? If not, I hope the following gives you a bit of a glimpse into what it was like to grow up then.
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The Pledge
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, everyone else began every morning.
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Circles of Competence
When I started wrestling at the tail end of my freshman year of high school, I was a fish out of water.
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