Beastie Boys are now selling these on their site:

Yes toy figures with all sorts of cool aspects. The price?

$750

To be fair - the proceeds are being split by Pablove Foundation and Alex's Lemonade Stand - two very good causes to help in the fight against pediatric cancer. Plus you get all sorts of cool stuff. I've worked with the latter before, and they definitely do a lot of great work and are very worthy of any support.

But still...seems like a lot of dough to ask for.

Although, now that I think about it, the people that grew up with Beastie Boys (like 16-18) are almost 50. Jesus. So I guess Old Man Beastie Fan can afford it.

Anyways, check them out here.

Song: "Girls" by The Beastie Boys

Event: Childhood vacation/Faulty Memories

I have both a great memory and a terrible memory.  I can recall lines of dialogue, useless facts and other tidbits of trivia with ease.  I tend to remember the placement of items, the speeches of others and other outward displays of behavior.

What I can't do is remember dates well.  Or ages well, either.  I don't mean the difference between the Jurassic and cretaceous period.  I mean, I can never acutely recall how old I was when I experienced something.  I have vague understandings of when it occurred - and I can usually trace the event back to whatever grade I was in at the time.  But it's hard for me to definitively say I was X years old when Y occurred.

This may cause some uneasiness for readers of this feature - a feature that deals exclusively with my memories.

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