Anyone growing up in the 80’s loved Mr. T. He was an icon of a bygone and fondly reminisced era. My wife even had a crush on him back in the day (married me because we look so similar;-) But I digress.
What I bet most of us Gen X’s don’t know (or anyone else for that matter) is that Mr. [...]

Anyone in their 30’s and older will remember well the Flintstones. The cartoon was one of my all-time favourites and I reminisce (with nostalgic happiness) the 80’s when the show screened every school day around 4pm. Any cultured kidult will know that the Flintstones equal retro cartoonsville at its very best. I even named my cat ‘Barney’ in honour of [...]

Last night I solved a 30-year-old mystery that had haunted me all my life… subjected me to humiliation, and caused me to think I was either crazy, or that the whole world had been deceived.

I was an absolute Star Wars fanatic from the summer of 77 (when I saw ‘A New Hope’ at 3 years of age) until my teen [...]

We have low shower pressure. It’s very annoying, but at least it saves us on power.
The in-laws have high shower pressure. I had a shower at their house tonight, and was blown away by the strength of the water (almost literally).
It reminded me of an Seinfield episode I once saw, where Kramer desperately wanted more water pressure, and would [...]

Paisley Jade left for the Sistas conference yesterday, so I’ve become ‘Mr. Mum‘ again for a few days.
Last night I put the girls to bed early and us guys (my two sons and I) transformed the lounge into a home theatre by placing the sofa right up close to the TV (to make the 21 inches of screen look bigger) [...]

It’s about time I wrote another retro TV post. Tonight you get to hear about the first cartoon show I ever remember watching… Jamie and the Magic Torch.

‘Magic Torch’ screened from 1977 to 1979 (I don’t remember any re-runs). The show was based around a young boy and his torch (funny that). When shone on the floor, the torch opened [...]

In May I reminisced about my childhood heroes… today you get to read about my top five childhood crushes (lucky you).
5. The Abba girls

I confess my very first childhood crush was on Agnetha and Anni-frid. My siblings were all teenagers when Abba-mania came to the Drake household (late 70s). I was four years old. Ahhhh young love.
4. Daisy DukeI’m sure [...]

Back in the days when I actually went fishing, my buddy Lesmond J. and I would spend hours reminiscing about the TV shows we used to watch as kids growing up in the late 70’s and 80’s. Ahh, the good old days… fishing, while talking about the good older days [cue to wipe tear from eye now].

During one of those [...]