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    "OUR 1ST GAY PRESIDENT" Stole My 1980's Jokes! **

    MAY 17, 2012 3:19PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: comedy, gay/lesbian, politics, news, satire, stand-up jokes, 1980's, our first gay president, president obama, san francisco, 2012 campaign, gay jokes, tongue in cheek, spoof

    • 2 Ratings
    • 485 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    "TWINS BORN 5 YEARS APART"!

    JANUARY 5, 2012 2:18PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: a non-surfer's guide to hawaii, lai'd back & sometimes on the side, wet t-shirt, 1980's, tongue in cheek, whimsy, contest, twins, hawaii, news, travel, family, comedy, half true, fictionized for my amusement, huffington post

    • 1 Ratings
    • 198 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Wince N Myra 6: High Wire

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 10:02AM

    By Jeff Maehre


    Topics: cartoon, comics, humor, 1980's, 80's, hipsterism, hipster, todd bridges, willis, television, tv, circus of the stars, circus

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1285 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    AIDS & me & them

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 2:32PM

    By mypsyche


    Topics: aids, 1980's, life-changing experiences, still wishing i knew then what i know now, homosexuality, love, gay/lesbian, health

    • 5 Ratings
    • 373 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Vanishing Act -- My Steven Slater Moment

    AUGUST 10, 2010 6:22PM

    By Marion Stein


    Topics: coke-crazed attorneys, 1980's, open call, i quit!

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1632 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Choose Your Own Adventure : Artichoke and Pea Antipasto

    MAY 14, 2010 1:43PM

    By sueinaz


    Topics: depression, 1980's, choose your own adventure, nostalgia for really very bad times, food/drink, family, loved ones, skc spring peas

    • 0 Ratings
    • 443 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Whitney Houston: The Thrill Is Gone

    NOVEMBER 25, 2009 4:04PM

    By Steven Housman


    Topics: music, oprah winfrey, whitney houston, clive davis, american music awards, 1980's, diane warren

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 9893 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    I Was Peggy Olson

    AUGUST 14, 2009 10:40AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: ibm selectric, women, 1980's, 1970's, 1960's, writing, work, feminism, television, big story, true story, peggy olson, mad men

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 10399 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Ballad of GenX (Poetry Warning)

    OCTOBER 13, 2008 10:32AM

    By Jodi Kasten


    Topics: 1980's, nostalgia, the duckman

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