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    Back to the Future of Rock 'n Roll

    APRIL 9, 2012 8:30AM

    By james poyner


    Topics: music, economy, nostalgia, new jersey, wrecking ball, born to run, rock concerts, springsteen

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1165 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Trial by pie: a step toward my family

    MARCH 27, 2012 7:23AM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: pie, baking, crust, magic, nostalgia, true story, family, mother, cherry, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2087 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Remembering the Superheroes of Archie Comics

    JANUARY 19, 2012 11:04PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: open call, archie comics, comic books, comics, superheroes, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2138 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Summers gone by on Dekle Beach

    JANUARY 11, 2012 9:56AM

    By Polly Waller


    Topics: true story, mud+surfing, travel, gulf of mexico, florida, dekle+beach, storm of the century, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2598 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Little Drummer Girl In The Cemetery

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 1:38PM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: jewish, lutheran, christian, open call, my blue holiday, christmas, hallmark, griswold, merry christmas, chanukah, hanukah, cemetery, divorce, belief/religion, family, little drummer boy, bing crosby, silent night, life stories, nostalgia, dark shadows, funeral, xanax, std, barbie

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1208 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Back to the House at Pooh Corner

    JULY 8, 2011 8:48AM

    By Mel Jones


    Topics: family, poetry, technology, nostalgia, kenny loggins

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 569 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Air Force Life - Going Off-Base

    JULY 6, 2011 9:44AM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: misawa, japan, military, air force, nostalgia, photography

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 909 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Was a Fat Kid Who Didn't Like to Skate.

    JUNE 26, 2011 1:13PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: nostalgia, humor, fat kid, skating rink, roller skating, kids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1305 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Meeting my Dad

    JUNE 16, 2011 9:27PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: nostalgia, humor, father's day, marriage, parenthood, family, open call, my father as a person

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 505 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Filamentia

    MAY 20, 2011 3:41AM

    By fauxScot_


    Topics: open+call, reminiscence, nostalgia, technology

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1534 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Facebook Saved my Birthday

    APRIL 19, 2011 11:35PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: midlife, technology, social media, nostalgia, aging, birthdays, facebook, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1027 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    OMG: My Daughter Has a Driver's License

    APRIL 19, 2011 1:15PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: nostalgia, driver's license, kids, daughter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 675 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    My Hair, My History

    APRIL 5, 2011 11:49AM

    By songweasel


    Topics: spring cleaning, open call, mom, hair, history, travel, nostalgia, austerity, reform, budget, gop, republican legislature, florida legislature

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 1319 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    The Holiday Store

    DECEMBER 14, 2010 7:27AM

    By Nikki Stern


    Topics: nostalgia, life, mothers and daughters, marshall field's, christmastime, department stores, holiday

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2045 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Campy TV Oddities

    DECEMBER 1, 2010 11:13PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: nostalgia, tv, television, legends of the superheroes, kiss meets the phantom of the park, star wars holiday special, captain america

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 1112 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Elgar and My Dad

    OCTOBER 21, 2010 2:47PM

    By LuminousMuse


    Topics: elgar, william manchester, nostalgia, battle of britain, music, pomp and circumstance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2322 Views
    • -3 Comments
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    Things I Lost in the Firewall

    AUGUST 31, 2010 5:09PM

    By Chloe Brown


    Topics: travel, nostalgia, technology, california, wildfire, life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 2029 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Mont St Michel: Mon sanctuaire (updated)

    JULY 13, 2010 11:08AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: travel, sanctuary open call, mont st michel, all photos by francis toussaint, joyeux jour de la bastille, bastille day, ghosts, ramparts, walls, nostalgia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1617 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Premature Burial: A Future Remembrance of Newspapers Past

    JUNE 6, 2009 2:23PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: politics, five-cent beer, data panic, nostalgia, unemployment, jobs, kindle, satire, humor, news, blackberry, google, twitter, journalism, newspapers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 10907 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    I Just Graduated... in a Recession. Yipes.

    MAY 22, 2009 4:18PM

    By Eric G Braden


    Topics: comedy, nostalgia, politics, business, long-shot entrepreneurial schemes, scott pelley, w. wordsworth, the future, bittersweet ennui, unemployment, the real world, graduation, college, recession

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