Like every other Gen-Xer born in 1967, I turn 50-years-old this year. In fact, yesterday was my 50th Birthday! Happy Birthday to me! After all these years, I've learned a thing or two and come to a few conclusions. By the time you're 50, you've lost at least a few...
This Thursday, June 15, is the 30th anniversary of the GIF. What do you think, Gen-Xers? Are GIFS here to stay? More importantly, where were you when you first saw the dancing baby and who sent it to you? For those of you who don't know, GIF stands for Graphics...
Michael P. Mazenko has been writing his blog since 2008. He recently wrote a piece in honor of the 25th anniversary of Douglas Coupland's seminal work, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. He characterizes the McLives of Generation X as a stealth revolution...
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Atlas Obscuria has published a fascinating story about this picture of an elephant foot of lava -- radioactive corium -- taken in 1996 at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. It takes awhile to get to the selfie explanation, but this is a...
Tomorrow, October 21, 2015, is the day Marty McFly and Doc of Back To The Future trilogy fame, crashed into the future. Major media outlets are covering the anniversary of sorts and there's an October 21, 2015 BTTF Facebook page. The BBC published a story today...
Yesterday, was the 30th anniversary of the death of Samantha Smith. In 1983, Smith, an American schoolgirl, wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Prime Minister. Dear Mr. Andropov, My name is Samantha Smith. I am ten years old. Congratulations on your new job. I...
Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the top 10 most defining moments for Generation X. Google has put together a "Google Doodle" to mark the occasion. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a defining moment for Generation X. The Christmas...
I am so wise to think love will prevail. I am so wise. -- Rebecca Schaeffer, 1989 Tomorrow, July 18, 2014, is the 25th anniversary of the death of Rebecca Schaeffer. Schaeffer was a 21-year-old Hollywood actress and model who was gunned down in the doorway of her...
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot. This week we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. Gen-Xers don't remember the day Kennedy was shot. He was inaugurated on January 20,...
Kennedy 50th Anniversary Assassination Newspaper I picked up a special reprint of the November 23, 1963 Dallas Morning News today. It was at the check-0ut stand at Homeland. The 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination is November 22. November 23, 1963 My...
August Reiger is still missing. As of July 28, 2021, August Reiger is still missing. Nixie Adams wrote about him in February 2021 in a post on Medium titled, "Valedictorian Disappears on Hike in Ecuador — The Mysterious Case of 18-Year-Old August Reiger." "The...
Schoolhouse Rock Turns 40 Conjunction Junction. What's your function? Schoolhouse Rock, the cultural common denominator for Generation X, turns 40 On January 13, 2013. The Saturday morning shorts aired between cartoons from 1973 to 1985. They explained grammar,...