In 1994, The Winter Olympics took place in Lillehammer; The Channel Tunnel opened; Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as President of South Africa; Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley; Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered; A baseball work stoppage cancelled the World Series; Stella Liebeck was awarded nearly 3 million dollars after being burned… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Megan Thee Stallion: A look back at 1994
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Everything that follows is older than Ed Sheeran: A look back at 1990
In 1990, The first McDonald’s opened in Moscow; Nelson Mandela was released from prison after twenty seven years confinement; Namibia, the Marshall Islands, and Micronesia became independent nations; East and West Germany reunified; The Hubble Space Telescope launched; The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of diseases; Iraq invaded Kuwait; Tim Berners-Lee started… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Ed Sheeran: A look back at 1990
Best of the 1980s
The Shining (1980) Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as a winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel which was built on a Native American burial ground. Haunted by the numerous evil spirits which populate the hotel, Jack slowly loses his mind and unsuccessfully attempts to kill his wife, Wendy and young son, Danny. Contrary to what… Continue reading Best of the 1980s
The piercing carols
A Christmas Carol (2009) The ghost of Jacob Marley (Gary Oldman) visits his former partner,the rich but miserable, Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carey) to warn him he needs to change his selfish ways. On Christmas Eve, three ghosts (all played by Carey) show Scrooge visions of Christmases Past, Present, and Future and by the end of… Continue reading The piercing carols