Happy Kool-Aid Day! Whenever people see me, they say stuff like, “Wow, that guy is really drinking the Kool-Aid.” I don’t get what’s so wrong with that, and today proves I’m not alone.

This is The Reset Button from Classic Nerd, resetting your day.

August 18 in Nerd History

Here are 5 things that happened on August 18th for those of us who are veterans of the Console Wars.

I.

Birthdays of honor: Patrick Swayze (1952), Andy Samberg (1978), Robert Redford (1936), Edward Norton (1969), Christian Slater (1969), Kaitlin Olson (1975), Denis Leary (1957), Martin Mull (1943), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Fat Lever (1960).

II.

The phrase, “Me and the boys are just hitting the mountains for a couple of days” became forever tainted when was released in 1972.