Maintaining a pristine, twenty-year-old collection of miniature condensed books in the guest bathroom, arranged strictly by publication date. Part of the 34 Senior & Aging… Read More »1997 Vintage: The Reader’s Digest Stack

Exclusively wearing high-waisted polyester trousers that require absolutely no iron work, paired with white orthopedic sneakers that squeak loudly on every linoleum surface. Part of… Read More »1997 Archive: The Elastic Waistband Revolution

Refusing to buy a new movie player because those tiny, shiny silver discs look far too fragile compared to a heavy, reliable plastic VHS tape… Read More »1997 Legacy: The DVD Format Suspicion

Staring directly into the eyes of a diner waiter to verify with absolute certainty that the coffee came from the orange-handled pot and not the… Read More »1997 Vintage: The Decaf Interrogative

Heading to the local movie theater to see the year’s biggest romance film and complaining for three solid hours that the seats are too hard… Read More »1997 Archive: The Titanic Length Complaint

Causing a high-pitched, metallic squeal to echo through the quiet restaurant because the small ear speaker is pressed directly against the frame of a pair… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Hearing Aid Whistle Choir

Instantly ordering a limited-edition porcelain commemorative plate from a late-night television commercial, firmly believing it will appreciate in value enough to pay for a grandchild’s… Read More »1997 Legacy: The Princess Diana Memorial Plate

Completely halting a grocery store checkout line for five minutes to carefully write out a check for a bottle of aspirin and manual balance the… Read More »1997 Vintage: The Checkbook Ledger Stand

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