I DO THIS THING SOMETIMES – most times – where I compare everything to the year of 1985.

I don’t know why I do this.

Is there some significance to that year? Because newsflash self, I was born in 1989. Clearly four years later. But that doesn’t stop me, I compare everything to 1985, specifically bad music, famous people, things from the “Stone Age”, and everything and anything to do with the Grams.

So happy (one day late) Birthday Grams, who is Eighty now, and the proud owner of the electronic poker game I refer to as Old Game Circa 1985.

Here is Gram’s, ROCKING her party hat. More like, Machelle dropped it on her head and I took the picture faster than she could smack us.

Now just so I don’t look completely unedumucated, here’s what really did happen in the year 1985. I can’t stop saying it. 1985. 1985. 1985. Gotta say the whole thing, because ‘85 just ain’t doing it. Moving on, the facts.

The Good:
1 gallon of gas $1.09
Movie Ticket $2.75
US Postage Stamp 22 cents
Bacon per pound $1.65
The first Mobile Phone Call Is Made in the UK by Ernie Wise

The Bad:
TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah. on June 14th
Volcanic Eruption in Columbia kills 25,000
8.1 Richter scale earthquake strikes Mexico City. More than 9,000 people are killed,
The Unabomber kills his first victim
Boeing 747 Flight 123 crashes into Mount Osutaka, Japan

And most importantly, the Technology. I’m hoping it consists of mini megapixel games so I can prove that I was right:
# The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS,
The first .Com domain name, symbolics.com, is registered by the Symbolics corporation. However, .edu domains, for educational institutions, still predominate over the commercial .com ones
Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
Compact Discs are introduced to American Consumers
British Scientists discover a whole in the earths Ozone Layer

Let me get this straight – gas and bacon were cheap, MIcrosoft debuted and oh the CDs! Most importantly, .COM WAS INVENTED. Suddenly saying “from 1985″ just got cooler.