I ♥ed the 80's (even though I couldn't remember being there)

You know you have diverse tastes when the bulk majority of your iTunes playlist contains either music from Gilbert and Sullivan comedic operas or else late breaking Kanye West, the end result being "We sail the ocean blue, / And our saucy ship's a beauty;" / "So how the hell could you front on me / There's a thousand yous, there's only one of me." A true masterpiece!

But enough about the K W.E.S.T Pinafore (not yet realized, though there is an H.M.S. Dumbledore...)
No, for the sake of consistency, I will now proceed to discuss the original title of this blog post which is a hazy retrospective on the decade that saw both the Pope and President survive gunshot wounds from assassination attempts, the last days of the Soviet Union, and the birth of a magical place called Care-a-Lot. On second thought, let's just chuck everything and make a CB list, shall we?

Things I Learned from the Care Bears

1. War, famine and disease are not within the Care Bears' spectrum of caring.
   


2. Rainbows are tangible and apparently make structurally sound bridges.
   


3. Considering the lack of senior members in the Care Bear family, one can assume that a) all Care Bears (save Hugs and Tugs) are the progeny of Grams Bear, and b) Grams Bear put out a lot (but to whom?)
   


4. Forced segregation yields no hard feelings or civil unrest. Hey, there hasn't been a Care Bear Cousin uprising yet...
   


5. Crashing a cloud car at extreme speeds from a great height will never prove fatal.
   


6. Being anthropomorphic and sapient is apparently not a good enough reason to wear clothing.
   


7. Love can be channeled into energy to physically assault others (wait a tick, that isn't right...)
   


8. Cancer being the lowest among Care Bears, one can deduce that living within close proximity to the sun does not in fact result in the growth of fatal malignant tumors.
   

Until next time, stay alive, starry eyed and nostalgic. Always.

~CMK