Generation X falling behind financially — well, duh!

US News and World Report article concerning a new book about Generation X’s lack of financial success. No surprise there, except maybe for clueless Boomers and overly optimistic Millennials.
The book is called (Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents by Nan Mooney.
This is not a new trend really, nor do is it going to go away [...]

Better Jugs

And by jugs I don’t mean breasts, although I am rather found of those particular appednages and have much to….expound upon that subject.
In this case, however, I am speaking of milk jugs. According to this New York Times articles, WalMart, Costco and Sams’ Clubs are beginning to  utlize a new and improved kind of milk jug that [...]

Road trip to Iowa

So approximately 48 hours from now (10:30am) I’m hoping to be close to half-way through my road trip to Iowa. My plan is to leave as early as possible on Wed morning so that I can my take my time. Also, I’m taking a longer route so as to avoid traveling near Chicago and all the [...]

Back in the saddle again

After being bucked from my bike by cold for the better part of a week, I’m back in the saddle again. I made my third bike commute to work this morning. The Weather Channel indicated that it was 63 degrees this morning but it felt cooler. Perhaps because it was overcast. Still, it was a [...]

Obama is cool

And while I agree that being cool is not the most important quality for a president, it sure would be nice to have a cool one for a change.

Road Trippin’

In this Sunday’s New York Times, Michael Paterniti, author of Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain, has an OpEd piece entitled “Goodbye to the Great American Road Trip,” in which he bids farewell to this supposedly American rite of passage from his vacation local on Chebeague Island off the coast of [...]

Obama H/P Index

It’s been over a week since I’ve evaluated my Hope/Pessimism Index on Barack Obama’s chances of winning the White House. So I thought it would be a good time to update.
I have to say that I’m feeling pretty optimistic, putting my H/P I at about 70/30. Although as soon as I say that I worry [...]

Another Gen X quiz

Click here.
But be warned to get your results you have to give up your email address.
Scam.
Maybe. But I did it anyway.

One of Ypsilanti’s finest

Apparently, this dude , displeased with this mother, stabbed her with a fork and then assaullted another women with a — wait for it — frozen chicken.
Yeah. That’s right. Bet you didn’t see that one coming, did you. That’s because you’ve never spent anytime in Ypsilanti, unlike myself. I did my undegrad at Eastern Michigan [...]

Are you know or have ever been a Sad Young Literary Man

So I’m still reading Keith Gessen’s book, All the Sad Young Literary Men, and even though I still find the title a bit on the pretentious side it fits, and I’m still digging it. My attention did wane a little during the Sam part where he’s going on and on about the great Zionist epic he’s [...]