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As a child aged 11 or 12 years I can recall looking curiously at a new series of cartoon books. The name itself was intriguing - Astérix. As...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:02 AM

Riding the crest of 80s aerobic fitness trends, many entrepreneurial-minded exercise gurus took to the airwaves with the goal of convincing ...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:02 AM

There are certain movies that have the unique ability to both terrify and entertain us at the same time. Especially as impressionable young...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:01 AM

From infancy, we learn that blue is boys and pink is for girls. Even idealistic parents who seek to give their child a more open-minded expe...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:01 AM

It may be difficult now to think of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen as anything other than socialite bag ladies, but back in the 90s they were am...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:02 AM

It's truly a sight to behold when the mainstream kids manage to wrangle something cool and underground from those pesky elitist hipsters...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:30 PM

I have written previously about the 'The Language Experience Approach' to literacy on this blog ( here ). It is a term known primari...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:01 AM

Sitting around today watching the entire cannon of Modern Family available to date on Hulu, I got to thinking about Ed O'Neill playing t...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:02 AM

The 90s may not have been the golden age of Saturday Night Live but it was certainly a consistently funny time for the show, featuring a ver...

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