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How to Throw the Most Bodacious ’80s Pizza Party

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 by Andrew Kardon

“I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen.” Wiser words have never been spoken on the Big Screen, and if you’re a fan of John Cusack or the ’80s, those two short sentences speak volumes. They come from 1989’s Say Anything, which cued a perfect ending to the perfect Bubble Gum Decade. Yes, the ’80s. Atari. Bubble Yum. Cartoons. Star Wars. And the land of horrifically awful (yet I loved every single one) sitcoms. …

I Found a Time Machine and I’m Giving it to My Kids

January 18, 2015June 7, 2012 by Andrew Kardon

A few months ago, I was in my basement and came upon a box of glorious awesomeness. I knew it was down there but had forgotten about it for awhile. Inside this seemingly ordinary cardboard box was my old Atari 2600 video game system. And yes, it still works. I brought it upstairs, hooked it up in the living room and proceeded to pull out the 100+ cartridges I still had for it. I was …