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Crocs shares were up over 5% in early Thursday trading after the offbeat shoe company reported much better then expected revenue and profits for the second quarter, thanks to lower costs and strong sales.

Davy Crockett may conjure images of huntin', fishin', and campin', but he was actually a national craze born from same marketing machine that pumped up crowds for the opening of Disneyland. In a mere five episodes, the frontiersman went from historical footnote to a folk hero and fashion...

In the days before video gaming, we used to gather together face to face to socialize and play games made of paper and plastic. No kidding. In the mid-80s, a new board game, Trivial Pursuit, swept the nation, to the puzzlement of many. What was it about this game, so similar to the TV game shows...

It's anyone's guess why we had to have them - they were phenomenally ugly - but the late 1960-s-1970's fashion statement for both men and women was bell-bottomed pants. They began (with a gentle flare) in the realm of jeans then fanned out wider and into polyester in the disco years. Two small dogs...

Excuse me. Is that a rubber gasket on your arm, or do you just want to cure cancer? In 2004, the Livestrong wristband, the AIDS ribbon of our day, suddenly appeared on arms from coast to coast.In 1996, champion cyclist Lance Armstrong was told he had cancer in his testicles, abdomen, lungs and...

When I was a lad, Duncan Yo-yo would from time to time send out yo-yo virtuosos to give demonstrations on our playground. We'd watch mesmerized as these wizards would loop their toys, set them to sleep, throw forward passes, toss them under a lifted leg, and create rocking cradles. We would, of...

Note- Two of bloggers shared a passion for this It product, so we asked both of them to share their memories. One My Little Pony wasn't nearly enough. One little pony could not be stabled all by itself in the pink and purple Crystal Rainbow Castle. How many of these acutely feminine, pastel,...

If you were a baby boomer - or the parents of one - then you remember the old-time telephones. You remember the 1930's classic -form follows function - desk phone, clunky, black and squat. You remember when colors arrived and the appearance of the wall phone. If you were a girl, what you remember...

Note- Two of our bloggers shared a passion for this It product, so we asked both of them to share their memories. As a kid, my Saturday morning cartoon line-up included The Smurfs, Pee-wee's Playhouse and My Little Pony. (Oh, how I miss those days!) Not only did a sense of right and wrong come from...

You maybe owned one once. Maybe you spent a few nights transfixed by that torpedo-shaped vertical glass tube full of slowly churning goo. We call it a Lava Lamp, but its real name is Lava Lite, and it may be the most famous lamp in the world, excepting Aladdin's.The first Lava-Brand Motion Lamps...