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The Club That Isn’t a Club, Club.

GenerationsJune 8, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Reposting this here for my own memory as well. Something I just wrote in response to someone's comment (on a FB group for Gen X) about the 1961-1964 cohort (the early-wave Xers, not Boomers) and how we should start a club. I wrote: We're Xers, so we should start The Club That Isn't a Club, Club. 🙂 And,…

Wholesale neglect

Cultcha, GenerationsJune 4, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When we speak of the wholesale societal neglect GenX children experienced, it's important to understand it was ... well, wholesale ... full, complete, society-wide and institutional. From a WaPo article about children now riding to school in "bike buses" (somewhat organized groups that ride en masse along a specific route), I found this statement so telling: "If…

Cultcha, GenerationsJune 1, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I'm not nearly hip enough to even recognize a fraction of these music types, but take a look at what Kanwar Ranvir Singh of the UK created about GenX and their music contributions. The Nomad archetype, today's Gen Xers, is an "away from the center," splintered, tribe-like generation that contributes much to culture by way…

Generations, gender & fashion, the short version

Cultcha, GenerationsMay 27, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Modern societies have an underlying trend that goes in about 20-year cycles regarding gender distinctions in young adulthood, particularly noted in dress. Hints of the coming shift are seen as a new generation comes of age, which is exactly what is happening with the born-2006-and-after generation no one is paying attention to. (They are the…

Forced to use whatever means

Cultcha, GenerationsMay 26, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I find history so much more interesting when generational archetypes are overlayed on top. I was just reading an article about Caleb Carr's death. (I loved "The Alienist" and "Killing Time.") The article mentioned, among other things, one of his books in which he displayed deep knowledge of the dark side of the life of the…

Meet me for a drink?

Generations, Things I PonderMay 23, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Yesterday, while out erranding or whatever, I passed a Starbucks and had a flash vision of future possibilities; it's this: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if in the next 5-8 years select (to start) Starbucks started staying open much later (almost like a bar), and were redesigned for a more chill/hangout/gather place serving the…

Sense of space

Little BitsMay 1, 2024865Views 0Likes 0Comments

Yep, that’s pretty much how I park. Often. The front of my car always seems so very far away. I do, when noticing how off I may have parked, re-park and get more nestled in to my selected spot, but, yeah, that's pretty much how I often park.

Spreading out

Little BitsMay 1, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I do have a desk. A big one. Even a second one. In an office. A dedicated office. I just haven’t used it much in the years I've been at this place.

Sexploited teen Xers

GenerationsApril 30, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

GenXers'-- the most under-protected (to the point of neglect) generation of the four generational archetypes-- bore the full weight and burden of the teen sexploitation film/ad/industry trend. Says this current article -- "The actress (Brooke Shields) was 11 years old when she was cast in 'Pretty Baby' as Violet, the 12-year-old occupant of a New Orleans brothel…

Neil Howe: the world’s go-to on generations

GenerationsApril 8, 2024998Views 0Likes 0Comments

Curious about generations? Like legit? Neil Howe, demography, economist, historian, is the go-to for understanding, in depth, generations. Here is a sampling of some helpful resources. Neil Howe On The Fourth Turning: How Bad Will It Get, How Long Will It Last & What Comes Next? (PT1) (A little slow – and historic –…

The reigning champ

Little BitsApril 1, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

It may not look like your typical dyed Easter egg, but this little puppy was the reigning champion in three consecutive egg-conking battles earlier today! We had so much fun making these -- me, my mom and my sister-in-law. Mine are the less-patterned ones. And a lovely lunch afterward.

The elites

GenerationsMarch 22, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Each generational archetype has its societal elites. Values-focused Boomers provide the nation's CULTURAL elites. Survival-focused Xers comprise the nation's primary BUSINESS elites. Team-focused Millennials will, as they move into midlife and elderhood, become the POWER elites. And the compliant, helpful 19-and-Unders-in-2024 will become the nation's next TECHNICAL elites.