Ninjas and Werther’s Original

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. American Ninja. The Octagon. Tecmo. Nostalgia. Dodgers. Claude Code. Dan Brown. And Chuck Norris.

Ninjas. I mean, the word screams cool. Right? Open a 1980s Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, find “cool,” on page 382, and the definition reads something like this (paraphrased):

1, A light chill.

2, Calm.

And 3, Ninjas.

Days gone by, I’d hitch a ride home after Friday night lights, maybe catch The Tonight Show. That Carson guy could tell a joke; he rul…