MCMLXXXII

 

MCMLXXXII… that would be 1982 in roman numerals, in case you were confused or just wondering…

in ’82 i came into this world with little more than a few hairs on my head and even less knowledge in my 3 lb. brain (fyi… 3 pounds is the weight of the average human brain!)

you would think after 25 years i’d know a little more (maybe a lot more) than i actually do… regardless of how little or how much i think i know, there is plenty of life ahead of me and i hope and pray that i can soak it up and enjoy this life and live it for the right reasons… if i can just keep my focus where it should be focused and just show up each day and allow God to use me and shape me as He sees fit i will be just fine…

side note: i feel like the past few blogs i’ve posted haven’t made much sense, not sure why, but if they really don’t make sense than just know it’s not intentional, i’m just in a funk…

having said all that, i’ve been bored and felt like researching a few things about good ole ’82, so without further guilding the lily and with no more ado here for your informational pleasure is nineteen eighty-two…

• the world population was roughly 4.6 billion
• the average life expectancy was 74 years
• Ronald Reagan was president
• the average household income was about $20,000
• gas prices averaged about $0.97 a gallon
• milk cost about $2.24 a gallon
• new houses averaged $83,000 in price
• new cars averaged about $8,000 in price
• first class stamps were $0.20
• the US went through a brief but severe recession
• the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series
• the 49ers won the Superbowl
• Rocky III, E.T., and Annie hit the theaters
• Michael Jackson’s Thriller toped the music charts
• AIDs was discovered
• MRI machines made their debut in Britain
• the first artificial heart was implated in a human
• the first execution by lethal injection was carried out in Texas
• the first Toyota Camry rolled off the assembly lines
• the Commodore 64 (old school computer) was released
• Time magazines “Man of the Year” award was given to a non human (they gave it to a computer)
• Ben Roethlisberger, Jessica Biel, Landon Donovan, Danica Patrick, Kelly Clarkson, Kirsten Dunst, Apolo Anton Ohno, Prince William, Ryan Cabrera, LeAnn Rimes, Andy Roddick, and of course myself were all born
• Keith Green, John Belushi, Will Lee (Mr. Hooper from Seasame Street) and a whole lot of people i don’t know passed away
• Sony releases the very first CD player
• Epcot Center in Disney World is first opened to the public
• the smiley a.k.a.  was born
• here’s a funny one… A man in the UK climbs over the fences of Buckingham Palace and reaches the window of the Queen where he sits and speaks the the queen, even asking for a cigarette before security takes him away
• wow, another great one… Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawn Chair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California in lawn chair with weather balloons attached
• the first Rubik’s Cube World Championship is held
• Cal Ripken starts the first game of what will eventually become his record-breaking consecutive games played streak of 2,632
• the Weather Channel airs on cable for the first time
• Wayne Gretzky scores his 77th goal of the NHL season, breaking the previous record of 76. He would go on to score 92 goals that season, which remains the record
• The Tylenol scare is sparked when 7 people in the Chicago area die after ingesting capsules laced with potassium cyanide

and a TON of other things happened… way more than even i want to read right now and i am way way bored (incase you couldn’t tell from this insanely long and mostly pointless post)

it’s after 4:00 finally… 2 more hours till freedom for the day… hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week… holla!

ct