Detroit Generation X Examiner

Why you may be acting like a Boomer...

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:39:29 -0700

I’ve been out of the blogosphere for a while due to 1) a vacation (awesome, by the way) and 2) taking on a new project at my “day job” in which my learning curve has been a little steeper than usual.One thing I’ve been thinkin...

Enjoy the weekend

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:22:26 -0700

The Day After

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:31:42 -0700

How many of you watched this movie with your family as a kid? Might explain a lot about the Gen X psyche in adulthood.

Facebook is for Xers - but not for the reason you may think

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:04:56 -0700

It turns out that Gen Xers are using Facebook - A LOT. But it's not because we're cool, it's because we're getting old (don't worry, we're still cool). My college friend, Jen, sent me this article (on my Facebook page, no less, talk about irony...

TGIF Humor

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:45:44 -0700

Gen Xers & Boomers - I'd like your opinion

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:41:34 -0700

I'm a regular reader of the Brazen Careerist blog community. Today I read an entry that amused me. I'd like to see what you think. Take a look and report back.

Jeff Gordinier is way cool

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:30:59 -0700

I am a huge fan of Jeff Gordinier, author of X Saves The World. We're even friends on Facebook and I got an email from him once. I love to show this YouTube clip of him talking about his book where he drops the F-bomb while talking about The B...

Work and play

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:40:36 -0700

A couple nights ago, all my friends seemed to be posting to Facebook about their kids’ homework. One was working with their 3rd grader, another with their 1st grader, and another commenting that those two should “just wait until you get t...

So easy a monkey can do it

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:31:16 -0700

I’m going to tell you a secret how to be successful in business during a recession: Stop doing what’s not working.I realize that this seems like a simple premise, and yet there are a lot – and I mean A LOT – of employers who ...

Who makes the best bosses?

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:55:11 -0700

My seven-year-old daughter was really surprised to learn that my boss is a man. Her assumption was that my boss was a woman - and that most bosses are women. I think that's a very different assumption then I would have had at her age. So it got ...

Have you hugged a Boomer lately?

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:41:34 -0700

I just read Boomer Hilary Kaye’s blog post in OC Metro.com regarding how she’s planning to read the new book “Grown Up Digital.” The post wasn’t Earth shattering, but I got a really good Boomer-vibe off it. Wh...

Karaoke - is its appeal generational?

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:17:41 -0700

I recently got a shout out from Kristina at The Debutante Ball for my past experience as a Karaoke queen (B.K. - before kids). It got me thinking about whether or not singing Karaoke is a generational thing - or at least the way we sing Karaoke.My hu...

Homework in preschool

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:39:18 -0700

I think one of the hardest part about being a Gen X mom is the homework. Sure, I can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan. However, I don't think I was prepared for my 4-year-old preschooler to bring home homework - which since she is FOUR, I ...

The Icepick Cometh

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:26:10 -0700

For those of you looking for another Gen X voice in cyberspace, I've found a blog I really like: The Icepick Cometh. Most recently, Icepick explores how Gen Xers not only are cyncial about the world, but about themselves:One thing that escaped m...

Have Baby Boomers gone out of style?

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:49:14 -0700

Marian Salzman, the writer credited with popularizing the term "metrosexuality," says 2008 was the year when Boomers went out of style - and Generation Jones has taken their place. Generation Jones is made up of people who were born at the ...

Office parties and Generation X

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:53:37 -0700

The number one complaint I get from Gen Xers about dealing with Boomers at work is that they don't want to get roped into ANOTHER party, cookie exchange, secret santa, or, frankly, any team building activity. Today, one of my favorite blogs Punk Rock...

Holiday roads: Where Gen X and the Griswolds intersect

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:23:38 -0700

I've been thinking about being a Gen X parent lately. Three things really started me on this thought path. First, do to the enormous amount of snow dumped on us in mid-Michigan, my kids have been home from school - a lot. Secondly, National Lampoon's...

A-ha - we're not so bad after all

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:33:35 -0700

Anyone from the Boomers on down can relate to this: Having parents and other adults harp on you when you were a kid about watching too much television. "Why don't you go outside? Climb a tree?" seemed to be a common question asked by paren...

How dumb are you?

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:48:00 -0700

In light of the recent rumblings as to which is the dumbest, most underacheiving generation, I have decided to do a poll to find out the real answer.

Understanding technological change - is Gen Y just to young to remember?

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:22:37 -0700