As a child of the 80s I love the movie The Karate Kid. And if you’ve seen the movie who can forget, “wax on, wax off” and “paint the fence.” Mr. Miyagi agrees to train Daniel in the art of Karate, but it seems to Daniel that he is just being given menial chores to do. But Daniel does it. He waxes Mr. Miagi’s cars, paints his fence, and...

I love vending machines. I don’t know if I would have made it through high school without them. I remember getting sodas like Surge and Josta (now relics of the past) and of course Mountain Dew to get me through the day....