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Confession of a Closet FarmVille Fan

So, what’s the big deal? What is the matter with kids these days? They actually prefer playing computer games and texting on their smart phones to watching TV! They’re missing Saturday morning with Sponge Bob Square Pants, Dora, Bart Simpson and Spiderman! It’s just not – well, American. Why is it the new generation prefers [...]

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 St. Louis Users Group, November 1988 ~  A sinister thunderstorm engulfed the entire valley. Dr. Frankenstein, working in his mountaintop castle, cranked open the windowed ceiling of his laboratory, to catch any bolt of lightning he could attract. The creature laid on a makeshift gurney, waiting for a potent surge of uninterrupted power. His head [...]

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World Series Weekend

 St. Louis User Group: September 1988  ~  “Hey Nick. I’ll trade ya a McGwire for an Ozzie?” “No way, Greg, get a life!” “Okay, so how ‘bout a Mattingly for Rickey Henderson?” “84 Topps? For sure!”  The deal is sealed between two cousins whose 5,000+ baseball card collection is scattered all over the family room [...]

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