Monthly Archives: October 2009
Should we stay or should we go….
…to California. According to this Time magazine article about the Golden State the answer would be, well, duh! Even with it’s problems — the budgets, unemployment, housing market — and all the braying doomsayers that are sure that California is … Continue reading
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GenX Lit
Title: It Feels So Good When I Stop Author: Joe Pernice Genre: novel This is basically slacker fiction, about a white, 20-something [nameless narrator] who bolts his marriage after only one day. Not sure what the point of not naming … Continue reading
Filed under 90s, Authors, Books, Fiction, Gen X, Generation X, Humor, Literature, Marriage, Music, Pop Culture, Popular Culture, Uncategorized, Writers
Salon.com review of Chabon’s new book..
… “Manhood for Amateurs.” excerpt: Another of the book’s consistent motifs is the disappearance of childhood. With vivid access to his own, Chabon is able to contrast the ways in which his kids’ imaginations are imposed upon and pre-imagined by, … Continue reading
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GenX politicians…..
…are stepping up and taking the reigns, even if we have to shove a few gray-hairs (McCain) and Boomers (Billary) aside to get there. Hey, that’s politics! Better luck next…oops, that’s right, there won’t be one. Sorry. <shrug> It’s happening … Continue reading
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GenX Manhood
I’ve been reading this new book by Michael Chabon. Nonfiction: a collection of essays. Entitled “Manhood for Amateurs.” With an every growing pile of fiction that I want to read, I’m pretty selective about nonfiction books. But I’ll read anything … Continue reading
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X men and aging
The generation not the comic book heroes. Sorry… Mindlessly surfing the web — well, not exactly I was doing my irregular (why does that seem like such a GenX word?)* search for GenX authors/Literature that I may not yet be … Continue reading
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Reason 13z-.kl7…
… to leave Michigan: K-12 budget that is set to pass cuts per pupil spending by $165.oo. That’s $53 less what was previoulsy proposed. Big wow! Especially when you consider that the budget has already been cut by approximately $10 … Continue reading
GenX crusader….really?
My wife just fwd me this article from NY Times Magazine. Jamie Oliver, aka The Naked Chef dude, is evidence that GenX has it’s share of crusaders. And true to GenX form his mission is concecrete and entrepreneurial. He wants … Continue reading
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