A Thanksgiving Story

A Thanksgiving Story

I used to be a public information officer (PIO) for a large ambulance service. Much of my job involved responding to media queries about "bad calls" that reporters would hear on police scanners. Every day I received dozens of calls about potentially horrible...

Moving From Blogger to WordPress

I am now in the process of making the switch to WordPress. My domain has been transferred and within 96 hours it should be pointing to a new host. During this switch, jenx67.com may experience some downtime. So, I'm thinking now is a great time to do one of the...

Generation Flux

Generation Flux

Remember the flux capacitor? It was the core component of Doctor Emmett Brown's time traveling DeLorean in the Generation X hit Back to the Future? It's what made time travel possible for Marty. I thought about it yesterday when I read an article about a new...

Now What?

Now What?

What are life's most difficult questions? Read on to discover one of mine. Esther Cepeda, a columnist for the Chicago Sun Times, wrote an article recently about Gen Xers coming into their own.< Here is an excerpt: “Because they live in the shadow of both...

Generation X Is Stressed Out

Generation X Is Stressed Out

The Daily Beast reports today that Generation X is the most stressed-out generation. The findings come from a 2010 study from the American Psychological Association, Stress Findings in America, which details that women are 8 percent more stressed than men and married...

Where have all the Gen X professors gone?

Where have all the Gen X professors gone?

I thought I'd read everything there was to read about the career trajectory of Generation X, but this post took me by surprise. It's about aging professors and a thin pipeline of Gen Xers readied to replace them in colleges across the nation. Essentially, as the...

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