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Tag Archives: 1980′s
Tush Tuesday: George Foreman #Knockoutthefat!
In 1995, Qwerty peoples were reaching adolescence. OJ Simpson went to trial and the glove didn’t fit, so he was acquitted. Timothy McVeigh imposed his terror in Oklahoma City. And I had my first kiss by a ‘real’ boyfriend. One … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Tush Tuesday
Tagged 1980's, 1990s, 1995, corporate crap, Fast Food, Foreman Grill, Generation X, Generation Y, George Foreman, Millennials, Qwerty
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Tush Tuesday: Does this chair make me look fat? Yes.
As a generation cultivated to work mid-level white-collar managerial jobs in fluorescent highlighted office spaces, it’s no surprise we are fatter now than our parents were at this stage in the game. We drive to work, sit at a desk, … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, marrymetv, Tush Tuesday
Tagged 1980's, 1990s, corporate crap, Generation X, Generation Y, Mary Ann Wilson, Millennials, PBS, quarter life crisis, Qwerty, Sit and be fit
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Weird Al Gets Retrospective, Kind Of
I’m fat, I’m fat, you know it. Been spending most our lives living in an Amish paradise. Like a surgeon, cutting for the very first time. These songs and other choice Weird Al favorites are now immortalized in art. This … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Comedy, Music
Tagged 1980's, 1990s, funny, Gallery 1988, Generation X, Generation Y, Qwerty, Weird Al
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TGIF: Perfect Strangers
You no talky like me = hilarity. Why did this show even exist? And for how many seasons? EIGHT! Yes, count’em, eight seasons of Balki and Cousin Larry figuring out their cultural differences. Regardless, I believe this is why Generation … Continue reading
Posted in marrymetv, philosophizing, TGIF
Tagged 1980's, 1990s, balki, cousin larry, Generation X, Generation Y, Immigrant Humor, perfect strangers, Qwerty, TGIF, xenophobia
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Americans are Fat and it’s All Tommy Lasorda’s Fault
After seeing this Slim Fast commercial in the early 90s and hearing Tommy Lasorda proclaim that a big ol’ plate of spaghetti could be a sensible dinner, the American collective ran with that idea and opened 18 kajillion Olive Gardens. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health, Tush Tuesday
Tagged 1980's, 1990s, Bad things, commercials, corporate crap, Diets, Fast Food, Generation X, Generation Y, How we eat, Millenials, Obesity, Olive Garden, Pasta, Qwerty, Slim Fast, Weight Loss
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Music Monday: I’ll tumble 4 ya
For your Monday internet break. . . Boy George at his finest. Lots of dancing his weight from side to side and braided dreads swinging to the beat. Such a clever dancer this one was. And a clever song writer. … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Music Monday, philosophizing
Tagged 1980's, Boy George, Generation X, Generation Y, Millennials, Qwerty
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Tush Tuesday: Buns of Steel
Toes pointed. You’ll feel sometin’ happening. You’ll feel a re-birth, a bun re-birth! Right down there. Yes! Fantastic.
We are adult children
When I was twelve, I thought 24 years of age was old and settled. I would have a car, a house, two children, a partner, a job, and I always imagined a grill in the backyard where we would all … Continue reading
Posted in careers, childhood, marriage
Tagged 1980's, Generation X, Generation Y, quarter life crisis, Qwerty
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