Back to the '80s

Sometimes I forgot where I am when I wake up.  But I've never had cause to question what year it is until today.  At this morning's safety meeting, my manager shared how she made a non-alcoholic party punch for her New Year's Eve party that really helped her guests cut back on how much alcohol they consumed.  She said she used her recipe from the 1980s and it was a huge hit.

Following the meeting, I walked back to my office and passed a woman wearing these in black:

Since when do they make shoes with Koosh balls on them???

Who Wears Short Shorts?

Multiple colleagues have asked me about American Football.  Not being a huge fan myself, I understand their thoughts that it's not the most fascinating sport in the world to watch.  However, I don't understand their declaration that American Football players are wusses for wearing helmets and pads.  All  I can say is, have you not seen the uniforms for Aussie Rules Football?  Can their clothes be any tighter and can their shorts be any shorter?  And American Football players are wusses for wearing pads?

Don't Australians realize that such short shorts haven't been stylish in sports since the late 1970s/early 1980s?  Short shorts in sports have gone the way of acid washed jeans, permed hair, scrunchies, and shoulder pads.  Needless to say, in Western Australia, those things haven't gone very far.