Episode 10: World Travels

I’ve always been envious of well-traveled people. I imagined them to be part of this special club that I wasn’t invited to because as a kid my parents were always broke and as an adult I’d always been broke. I had this friend growing up whose Dad had a travel agency. While they…

R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Give it to me or not

“No self-respecting…” was the opening to many a sentence in our house when I was growing up.

Respect, including self respect was not just expected but it was required. I was taught that, while respect couldn't be demanded it was…

An open letter to Generation X

Note: “Generation X” refers to people born in America between 1965–1981. That time frame obviously encompasses more than one generation. For the purpose of this letter, I’m mainly referring to the youngest members of Generation X (born 1976–1981).

A GeoSilverback Answers a Millennial’s Questions about the 80s

At a networking event, I was cornered by a Millennial, and the conversation turned (until the sun went down) to a recent meme about a Millennial wondered how we all lived in caves, and used dead trees to communicate, and…

The Future of TV

“Here we are face to face, a couple of silver spoons. Hopin’ to find, we’re two of a kind, making a go, making it grow…” Sing it with me. “Together, we’re going to find our way. Together, taking the time each daaaaay…” Twenty years ago, I worshiped Ricky Schroeder on my walls, wore his signature…

Gen X to Boomers and Millennials: STFU

“I’m not narcissistic, you’re narcissistic!”

“No, you’re more narcissistic than me!”

Etc. ad nauseam.

The spectacle of watching two of the currently “adult” generations bicker over who…

M-M-My Generation: the Adult Years. Or Where is OUR Sentimental Narrative?

An interesting thing occurred to me. I was watching the terrific 1978 film Same Time Next Year, which was adapted from the stage. I was struck by certain narrative elements. Story points, life lessons if you will, that were shaped in the boomer…