You were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.

For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.

The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.

I think it's a bit silly to brand the Internet as the 'downfall of youth.'

I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.

I noticed in the late 1990s that my friends and I were already nostalgic for the 1980s, and by the turn of the century, VH1's 'I Love the '80s' gave all of us an accelerated nostalgia for our generation.

"Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.