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I’m probably not alone in saying Choose Your Own Adventure stories were my introduction to primarily text books instead of picture books. These branching novels, sometimes called multipath books, were all over

About a million year ago, when I first started writing about stickers here at Branded, there was one style of sticker that I wanted to cover more than any other because it

Pretty sure I’ve addressed this a million times on this site, but one of the aspects that makes me so hungry for revisiting my childhood is the simple fact that so much

In the last part I talked a bit about how I came to a point where I started trying to pick up some 30-40 year old food packaging, and shared a scan

I love The Monster Squad. It’s no secret, and if you’ve at all familiar with this site than it’s probably becoming annoying to always hear me blathering on about the movie, the

About five years ago I stumbled upon an item in an antique shop that took my breath away. It’s a shop that I adore over in the old Havre de Grace main

The late 80s was a weird time for me, toy and collecting-wise, because I was racing into my awkward preteen years and the idea of playing with toys was starting to become

Our generation remembers when Rock ‘n’ Roll was a singer backed by a guitar, bass and drums. Maybe a piano or organ on occasion and rarely a compact two or three player

I can’t quite remember when I first became aware of the odd musical time signature 5/4 . Probably when I was a precocious young recorder player and was given the opportunity to

Rolling the Dice: Gambling Laws in the 1980s USA The 1980s were a transformative period for the gambling industry in the United States. It was a decade of dramatic change, where lawmakers,