Attempting to use an early internet search engine to find a local hardware store and ending up on a blank page full of blinking under-construction… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Web Crawler Maze

Inserting a yellow wooden pencil into the hub of an old country music tape to manually rewind a tangled mess of brown magnetic ribbon that… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Cassette Tape Pencil Rescue

Attempting to answer a brand-new, pocket-sized mobile telephone and accidentally hanging up on a family member three times because the buttons are smaller than a… Read More »1997 Classic: The Cellular Flip-Phone Fumble

Rejecting any news item or historical fact unless it can be verified by physically pulling open a dusty volume of the 1990 Encyclopedia Britannica on… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Encyclopedia Ultimate Truth

Arguing with the store cashier because the automated laser system didn’t recognize a physically cut-out coupon for a ten-cent discount on prune juice. Part of… Read More »1997 Archive: The Supermarket Scanner Protest

Instantly detecting a half-degree drop in hallway temperature from three rooms away and loudly demanding to know who left the basement door unlatched. Part of… Read More »1997 Classic: The Thermostat Security Grid

Spending the entire evening with a thick, checkered fabric heating pad pinned behind a bad shoulder while watching continuous rerun broadcasts of Wheel of Fortune.… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Deep-Tissue Heating element

Attempting to stand up from a relative’s vinyl-wrapped living room couch in August and leaving a layer of fabric and skin behind with a loud… Read More »1997 Archive: The Plastic Sofa Adhesive Effect

Standing on the edge of the front driveway at 4:00 PM, glaring at any passing vehicle, and mentally calculating if they are exceeding the residential… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Neighborhood Speed Trap

Shouting a sixteen-digit credit card number into a cordless phone three times because the mail-order catalog operator cannot understand Grandpa’s speaking volume. Part of the… Read More »1997 Vintage: The Catalog Credit Card Reading