I have been blogging for more than 20 years. I started off journaling on the Open Diary, and later moved to Blogspot and then WordPress. Even before platforms like the Open Diary made online publishing easy, I wrote a song-of-the-week essay and sent it to all my friends via email. (Feedback was sparse. Ha!) This […]
Filmmaker Looking for Teens in 1989 Film Featuring Children of Vietnam Vets
In 1989 filmmaker David Hoffman recorded a therapy session for Gen-Xers who shared stories about growing up with fathers who were Vietnam War veterans. The teenagers, all of whom appear to have been born in the late 1960s, were filmed at a church in St. Louis, Missouri. “I felt for these kids and for the […]
Win A Parody Marathon Gen-X Car Sticker
In November, this blog’s Facebook page will turn 10 years old! To celebrate this milestone, I’m giving away five Gen.X parody marathon stickers. Favorite Cartoon from Childhood All you have to do to enter is answer a question. What is your favorite Saturday cartoon from childhood? Feel free to elaborate. Why did you love it […]
Where Water Meets The Land
by Chloe Koffas, Contributing Writer Light From A Pixel Growing up in the high desert of New Mexico, every hot and dusty month of July held the promise of the rain of a monsoon season. Thunderstorms like this not only happen on tropical islands with swaying palm trees, they pass through places where the sand […]
The Most Historic Gen-X Landmarks in the World
Back in 2008, I was blogging daily about Generation X, and I came up with the idea of taking a whistle-stop tour of Gen-X landmarks across the world. All along the way I would meet up with Jennifers at coffee shops and interview them for the blog. Gen-X Landmarks Eleven years later, I’m still thinking […]
ICYMI: The Late Gen-X Actress Rebecca Shaeffer Featured on 20/20
Nearly 30 years after her tragic murder, beloved Gen-X actress Rebecca Shaeffer has been featured on 20/20. You may remember Shaeffer as Patty, the younger sister on the hit series My Sister Sam, which starred Pam Dawber of Mork fame. I watched the episode last night and posted it about it on the blog’s Facebook […]
Gen-X Memoirs: Growing Up on Vending Machine Fare
The following story is a guest post by Nicole, a late-wave Gen-Xer born in the latter half of the 1970s. Beyond sharing her very Gen-X name, she wishes to remain anonymous. To be sure, she has become a dear friend over the last decade or so. Nicole’s story brings back a lot of my own […]
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