Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Nice Day for a White Wedding
Whenever I hear the term "white wedding" now, the Billy Idol song starts running through my head.
First Sale
I joined Advanced Systems, Inc. in mid-April, 1978. It began with a two week training program in Elk Grove Village, IL, [...]
A cup of tea, a game of backgammon, and memories of Mao
Dan and Sally invited me in, and with their daughter, we played backgammon, and they made me a cup of tea and offered me some [...]
The Party That Rocked my Block
My first two kids were pretty tame as teens, so when I learned about the ambulance in front of our house and every neighbor [...]
All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal
Back in the days of ‘Higher Education’ for me I ran into this Blaise Quote and kind of took it to heart. [...]
No More Vietnams
My 10th grade Geometry teacher was William Sturley. He had just graduated from college and received a one-year deferment to [...]
Press Queen
Press Queen When I was an undergrad at NYU Heights I was a commuter student, but stayed on campus after classes as much as I [...]
The Typewriter
I loved how the keys plunked and the typebars clattered, the ping of the bell and the thwack of the carriage return.
Trying to work
It was clear I needed a job. Turning twenty, literate (two years of college behind me), energetic, and flexible—surely this [...]
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