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by on October 12, 2020

Influenced by Max Headroom and the Talking Heads, I published a series of quirky predictions which I distributed to my friends in high school. The year was 1986, and I selected 1988 (the year I would graduate, despite being only two years off) as the future time. These “predictions” were typed on a Royal Futura 400, from which I also made copies for distribution. The spelling is insufferable, though intentional, and the humor is a little darker than I had recollected.

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© 2020, Mark Adams. All rights reserved.

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  • Richard P October 12, 2020, 11:55 pm

    Very entertaining! Now, what will 2022 be like?

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