The last few weeks have really made the League members work for their wages, so this week’s challenge is a bit of a softball. Some League members may have already answered this week’s post in the previous assignment where we chose a piece of Hollywood movie memorabilia, but this time around, I am handicapping everyone […]
The League has spoken: When we were 12…
“What would you do if I sang out of tune…” What a great week for the League! We took a nostalgic, often painful, look back at the last official year of our childhood. We covered the 80’s pretty well, and even touched on the early 90’s… 1982: Dex at AEIOU and Sometimes Why, and Lefty […]
Yard Sale Haul — Construx, Playmobil, and “You Sank my Battleship!”
Do you smell that? Yep, it’s the smell of wet cardboard, and moth-eaten sweaters–yard sale season has finally returned! If you’re new to Cool & Collected, I should warn you that the next few months are likely to be filled with posts like this one, where I show off the treasures I find at the […]
When I was 12…
Pardon the interruption, but this post will stray a bit from being entirely pop-culture oriented. You have been warned. When I was 12, my family was stationed in Seoul, South Korea. We lived in a small apartment in government housing, 10 miles or so from the main military base. We were pretty much living with […]
1984: possibly the greatest year in pop culture history
If you ask me, the best year of the 80’s hit when I was 12 years old. The year: 1984. Just look at some of the movies that were released that year: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Gremlins Karate Kid Footloose Ghostbusters Red Dawn Terminator (“I’ll be back.”) Nightmare on Elm Street Beverly […]
Introducing the Cool & Collected E-Newsletter!
It’s finally here! The Cool & Collected e-newsletter will go out on Mondays and will highlight some recent articles that appeared on the site. It’s no secret that I am surrounded by teetering piles of pop culture and the newsletter will be a great way for me to host contests and giveaways. In fact, anyone who subscribes […]