{"id":13255,"date":"2014-01-25T11:18:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=13255"},"modified":"2014-01-25T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T16:37:03","slug":"book-report-you-must-remember-this-1978-by-betsey-dexter-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/25\/book-report-you-must-remember-this-1978-by-betsey-dexter-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: You Must Remember This 1978<\/i> by Betsey Dexter (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>This book<\/a> was designed as a gift for graduating seniors. It’s got a little place for a to and from in the beginning and a message. Given that 1995 was about seventeen years from 1978 (and ninteen years from now, old man), I’m deducing here.<\/p>\n

It’s a little book of tidbits, a couple lists about news stories and pop culture in the year 1978. <\/p>\n

I was six in 1978, so I don’t remember any of the news from that time. I mean, I do know of the things now: the Camp David Accords, Jim Jones, Sid and Nancy, and so on, but I don’t remember knowing them at the time. The first news things I think I can recollect are gas lines, the Iranian Hostage Crisis, and the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n

The only pop-cultural things I knew then were the television programs: Laverne and Shirley number 1, Happy Days number 2. But I know of the music (“Night Fever” the number one record, higher than “Stayin’ Alive”. Really?) and the books (#1: If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing In The Pits?<\/em>) because the cultural impact is more resonant over the years than the news items themselves.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s a good reprise to bring you back a bit and maybe freshen things up if the Jeopardy! people summon me for an audition this year.<\/p>\n

And, strangely enough, it’s probably a quicker read than this blog post was.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b>
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