Monthly Archives: March 2010
zign zee papers!
Got “served” with my divorce papers on Saturday. Sounds worse than it is. With an amicable divorce you don’t actually get served. Some guy doesn’t sneak up on and just say your name and then shove an envelope in your … Continue reading
Filed under Gen X, Generation X, Life, Marriage, Uncategorized
Amicable Divorce
Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it. Or a myth, an urban legend of sorts. Well, there are law firms that specialize in this sort of thing. Like this one in Royal Oak that C and I are using. They specialize … Continue reading
Filed under Finances, Gen X, Generation X, Humor, Life, Marriage, Uncategorized
Beware of Boomer saboteurs
Great post from JenX67 this morning regarding an article that discusses the ways in which Boomers may sabotage GenXers as there is a succession of power. From the article itself: To successfully transfer power, leaders must gradually share more and … Continue reading
Filed under Baby Boomers, Boomers, Business, Economics, Gen X, Generation X, News
51/49 stat is BS
I was going to write a clever post about how getting divorced was like relocating to Area 51, in reference to the stat that at some point the rate of divorce tipped to over half of all marriages. But then … Continue reading
Filed under 70s, 80s, 90s, Culture, Gen X, Generation X, Life, Marriage, Uncategorized
The First Holiday….
Divorce, as with all major life changes, presents one with a series of lasts and firsts. Last time you don your wedding ring. First time you sleep away from the place you once called home. Etc. This Easter will be … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Gen X, Generation X, Life, Marriage, Parenting, Uncategorized
Bleak mornings in the grim shadow of divorce
Mornings are the hardest right now. Especially with daylight saving time in effect (or is it affect?) and it’s still dark outside. I often wake before the alarm goes off and just lie there in bed, staring up through the … Continue reading
Filed under Gen X, Generation X, Life, Marriage, Uncategorized, work
Am I an Omega Male?
When your life is in transition, major transition in my case, it only stands to reason that you’d engage in some serious self-examination and self-reflection, asking yourself some hard questions. So today I’m asking myself the question: Am I an … Continue reading
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I came this close….
….to chucking this whole blogging gig. What a tragedy that would have been, eh. My life is in such turmoil right now — divorce, moving, possibly losing my job — that I just didn’t think I could muster the enthusiasm. … Continue reading
Day after tomorrow angst
Does anyone else remember that made-for-tv movie The Day After about nuclear holocaust? I do. And it scared the shit out of me. I’m not sure if the fear of nuclear war was there in my head before I saw … Continue reading
Filed under 80s, Books, Culture, Gen X, Generation X, Movies, Television, TV, Uncategorized, War
