1999 Legacy: The Time Capsule
A man buries a time capsule with a pager and a Spice Girls CD. His son asks, “What will people think in 100 years?” “That… Read More »1999 Legacy: The Time Capsule
1998 Archive: The Prepaid Calling Card Ledger
Keeping a small cardboard card containing twenty long-distance minutes in a shirt pocket, carefully deducting sixty seconds every time a relative answers the phone. Part… Read More »1998 Archive: The Prepaid Calling Card Ledger
1998 Classic: The Library Database Shift
The librarian looking exhausted while trying to explain how to use the new electronic monitor instead of the old wooden card catalog drawers. Part of… Read More »1998 Classic: The Library Database Shift
1997 Archive: The Life Is Beautiful Balance
Why Roberto Benigni? For making a movie that made everyone cry, and then jumping over the seats at the Oscars to make them laugh. Part… Read More »1997 Archive: The Life Is Beautiful Balance
1997 Archive: The Radio
She hates the “Modern Rock” station. She says it sounds like a “factory having a tantrum.” Part of the 68 Mother-in-Law Jokes: The 1997 “Titanic… Read More »1997 Archive: The Radio
1996 Classic: The Dave Matthews Band “Crash Into Me”
Why the acoustic guitars? For the song that became a mandatory requirement for every college student trying to impress someone in a dorm room. Part… Read More »1996 Classic: The Dave Matthews Band “Crash Into Me”
1996 Classic: The Super Soaker CPS 2000
Why was 1996 the wettest year? Because the new “Constant Pressure System” meant your little brother could snipe you from three yards away with the… Read More »1996 Classic: The Super Soaker CPS 2000
1996 Classic: The NATO Expansion Talks
Why were the Polish generals smiling? Because they were about to trade their rusty T-55s for the chance to learn how to fill out NATO… Read More »1996 Classic: The NATO Expansion Talks
1995 Legacy: The Souvenir T-shirt
Why did the kid look sad? His parents went to the Grand Canyon and all he got was a neon-pink shirt that shrunk to doll-size… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Souvenir T-shirt
1995 Vintage: Internet Dog Logic
That famous cartoon says, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” My Labrador just accidentally ordered 50 lbs of steak via an e-mail list.… Read More »1995 Vintage: Internet Dog Logic