Ode to an Era

Now, I didn't live through the 1970s, but Television has taught me a great deal about that lovely era of disco and paisley. I'm beginning to think the Internet might have taught me even more. If you've ever thought about the '70s, whether you're a whippersnapper like me, or lived through themselves but were in too much of a drug-induced haze to actually REMEMBER anything, you might have wondered, "What did they live like back then? What did they do? What did they eat?"

Well, here's the answer to at least one of those questions. Some 1970's Weight Watcher's recipe cards. An Internet classic fore sure. One that's been around for years (I've seen it before) but worth a revisit. It's definitely worth a look if you've never seen it. Priceless, in fact, if just because the commentary on the recipe cards is so hilariously well-written. The "reviewer" must have spent as much time tearing apart those cards as Weight Watchers did putting them together.

And that, my friends, is what I think of when I think of 1974.

I should also mention that every time a UO tour group walks by full of newly admitted students, I want to scream out my office window "NOOOOOO, STAY bACK! DON'T DO IT!!! GAAAAAHHHH!" Not because I'm serious (well, mostly), but because I think it'd be funny to see the looks on their already fear-filled faces. They try to hide behind a mask of boredom and indifference, but no, I see dread and anticipation in those eyes. Turn back, little goslings, turn back!!!!