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Rickey Henderson's 1980 Topps Rookie Card and the Enduring Joy of Collecting and Fandom

For once, I write about baseball.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 10, 2021Rickey Henderson, baseball, collecting, childhood

"Weird Al" Yankovic and the Lost Generation

There is a lost generation of kids without a new “Weird Al” Yankovic album to call their own. Are they beyond help?

Good Blech to It All: A Requiem for Mad Magazine

There are no zany noises powerful enough to express my sadness at Mad magazine’s demise.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJuly 10, 2019Mad magazine, endings, Alfred E. Neuman, The Onion, The A.V Club, childhood, satire, comedy

Daddy's Childhood Stories: Not Safe for Children or Other Living Things

I’d love to be able to lord my own horrible childhood over my sons, but have a little too much respect for them and myself to wade into those murky waters.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 24, 2019childhood, fatherhood, daddy blogging

Michael Jackson, Fathers and Sons and the Death of Tradition

I wanted to introduce my son to the magic of Michael Jackson the same way my father did to me when I was a boy. Then things took a turn.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 20, 2019Michael Jackson, childhood, fatherhood, #Metoo, Leaving Neverland