{"id":838,"date":"2009-04-15T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2009-04-12T18:53:40","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T22:53:40","slug":"back-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Back to the Future\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/backtothefuture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"318\" \/>Ready to feel old?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remember the first time you saw <a title=\"Back to the Future\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Back_to_the_Future\"><em>Back to the Future<\/em><\/a>?\u00a0 It was a pretty cool movie.\u00a0 Remember when Marty traveled back in time to 1955?\u00a0 I remember thinking that 1955 was ancient history.\u00a0 It felt SOOOOOO long ago.\u00a0 That was the era my parents grew up in.\u00a0 To be exact, Marty traveled back 30 years in time from 1985 to 1955.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, six years from now it will be 2015.\u00a0 That&#8217;s 30 years since <em>Back to the Future<\/em> came out.\u00a0 That&#8217;s just as long as there was between 1955 and 1985.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ouch!\u00a0 I feel old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And for those of you who remember <a title=\"Back to the Future II\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Back_to_the_Future_Part_II\"><em>Back to the Future II<\/em><\/a> when Marty traveled to the year 2015&#8230; where the hell is my flying car!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-838\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-838\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-838\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/15\/back-to-the-future\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to feel old? 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