When I was young, I had an insatiable curiosity about how things worked.  I would study things for days, take them apart, and examine the "guts."  Electronics were especially prone to suffer my curiosity.One such instance occurred in 1980.  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes B...  read more

Remember when birthdays were milestones you actually looked forward to?I can distinctly remember how exciting it was to turn 13. Despite having already been thrust headlong into the onset of puberty-induced ugliness, turning 13 meant that I could finally abandon the off-brand mountain bike my fat...  read more

My experience with personal ads is long and varied. It's true. I started reading them at 16 (devouring them actually), and I started responding to them at 17. Pathetic, I know. And more than a little bit scary, considering the potentiality for statutory rape. But pubescent underage teens hav...  read more