Hipsters Hate Driving
I knew I was getting old the day I saw a car commercial where the driver was clearly younger than I am. So here’s an interesting bit of news: Generation Y doesn’t like to drive. According to Reuter’s...
View ArticleParallel Generations
Why is Hollywood taking an interest in the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation? Are there parallels between the generations of the past and today’s generations? Is history cyclical? From a...
View ArticleShunning Cars … and Life
Last summer I relayed the news that Generation Y hates driving. Now it turns out, everybody hates driving. According to the recent The Exchange article “Why More Families Are Shunning Cars,” the CNW...
View ArticleBlame Parents for Millennials Acting Entitled: Helicopter Parents Have Trophy...
Remember my post from last July “Hipsters Hate Driving”? It was inspired by the Reuters report “America’s Generation Y Not Driven to Drive” that did not once use the word “hipster” but rather...
View ArticleFriday Links: Commencement Addresses by Authors
June seems to have come and gone ever so quickly this year. I suppose that’s the nature of life. The older we get, the faster the days, months, and years seem to pass. I think even Einstein would...
View ArticleNY Chapter of Scripps Book Club Reads “Burning Furiously Beautiful”!
The New York chapter of the Scripps College alumni book club selected Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” as their January read and invited me to talk about the...
View ArticleKurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s Daughter Reads the Beats
Frances Bean Cobain turns 22 today! The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been in the spotlight since the time she was was born. When I was in high school one of my best friends was a...
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