I was searching on my computer for an image from the 1980′s that would capture the era, since I spent so much of today listening to Michael Jackson music and watching videos of the 80′s on YouTube.  I found a few, but the one below is probably my favorite. 

It is from 1982, and is of my dad trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube.  I think the fact that he’s doing this while sitting down on his way up a hill on a trip he made to visit my brother and his family in California is even funnier.  The ever-present cap, his cowboy boots (I’ve never seen my dad on a horse.  EVER.), the bifocal glasses.

It just kind of settled me, seeing that picture.  The 80′s were iconic, but people didn’t all dress like the Cosby kids or wear a sequined glove.  The everyday things were handled by everyday people.  Yes, watching those videos brought me back 27 years.  But so does this picture, probably more.