Will gets all Nostalgic

Yesterday we looked back to 2001. We're going to go back even further today, prompted by an old commercial we caught on Youtube from 1991.  Here's the commercial, Leon Redbone for Chevy. It feels like 1991. The aesthetic is dated but has aged well. Better than 1971, that's for sure. Also this year is the 30th anniversary of a tape us crazy kids made in June of that year.* That time of our lives, that year, a junior and 17, has always been special. When we look back, all we see is the sun. 

Don't know why, there was nothing special going on. We weren't really dating, we weren't on the football team or anything. The Giants won the Super Bowl. We had a bit role in the HS musical, Anything Goes. We still remember our line, 'Hey it's Reno Sweeney and her Angels!' We know all the words to the songs and can still do the dance numbers. We loved, loved, doing Blow, Gabriel, Blow.** 

We wore a lot of ripped jeans and T-shirts, floppy haircut. We looked like a modified version of a late 70's teenager, on purpose. That's the year we discovered classic rock. 

It was just happy. If we could bottle it....man. 

Sometimes we can capture the flavor, the essence of the moment.  We feel silly for reminiscing, but then we recall all the songs doing the exact same thing, Kid Rock, Don Henley, etc etc. 

Here's a great article from the Times of Israel about what a dirty, back stabbing, double dealing sonofabitch Bibi is. Surprise. As noted previously, a more circumspect man would have stepped aside two elections ago. It seems he's going to remain Likud leader in opposition. This blog considers that bad form. Come on Bibi retire. Write your memoirs. Think of the speaking fees you'll command in America. 

A great day before the page, er screen yesterday. On V Corps' front, General Franks will be releasing the 8th Mechanized Division for the NATO counterattack. We found the commander, General David Maddox. Our NATO status update 'shoot around' is turning out great. We have to do US III Corps now, moving out from it's assembly areas in the south Netherlands for the battlefield. After the Ruski advance is stopped on the Weser, they're gonna hammer them. Hmmm...Yes. We think SACEUR is gong to pull a Pershing and insist III Corps isn't used in bits but is assembled for a massive counterattack. Which is one of the reasons why the situation is so dire in NORTHAG. 

*The Black Tape of Mail. It's nothing bad or even interesting. Haven't watched in 15 years. It's in a box someplace in the basement.

**Yes, that presented some challenges in 1991

***We considered cropping that photo but then thought, Cut out the pretty girl, are you nuts?