toys These sparking wheels were hours of fun Andrea James

Kids Watch Play-Doh in a hydraulic press make a stringy mess Andrea James

art Watch this very satisfying candle-carving artisan at work Andrea James

video Log onto a BBS 1979-style with a TRS-80 and landline modem Andrea James

video Grace Jones ominously asks: Do you know where your children are? Andrea James

video Thought-provoking list of 1980s movies that shaped our humanity Andrea James

ads Listen to noted perv Bob Crane improv an ad for "Man, Oh Manischewitz" Andrea James

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animals Arizona javelina responds to complaints about golf course destruction: "I ate all your precious golf worms and I'd do it again" Jennifer Sandlin

websites How to grow crops Rob Beschizza

delicious things Here's a place to go for all of your heirloom banana needs Jennifer Sandlin

Euell Gibbons Remembering Euell Gibbons' Grape Nuts commercials Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures When javelinas attack Jennifer Sandlin

music "Institutionalized" is the most Gen X song of all Andrea James

music Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan died in accident, reports inquest Rob Beschizza

siberia A trip to Siberia inspired "Madness Treads Lightly" Polina Dashkova

stay classy Booze it up in style with these Pimm's popsicles Rusty Blazenhoff

picks Bake brown soda bread in a cast iron skillet Jason Weisberger

Things I miss Things I miss: The Swanson TV Dinner Jason Weisberger