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Baby Boomers: The Selfish Generation
Circle V
This is a powerful and angry indictment of the Baby Boom generation for the ruin it’s leaving behind. It was written by a guest at the request of V and it’s a must read. An excerpt:
Five Years of BloggingThen you decided to get while the gettin’ was good. You helped to drive
up education costs, housing costs, and drive down real wages. You decided it would be a good idea to use all the benefits that made this country great and then, after exhausting the resources, you’d cut them all so your kids couldn’t have them. You wanted YOUR tax cuts, YOUR medical care, YOUR cheap oil.
(Also read, this one by Circle V, It starts: Last night, I watched 6 ½ hours of poker on the Travel and ESPN 2 channels... Reya recommended.)
Life Outtacontext
People who have blogged for five years are part of a very select club. This writer tells his blogging story. An excerpt:
I started blogging before software like Moveable Type, Typepad, and Blogger made blogging ubiquitous. Early on each piece was done “by hand.” Back thenAlso Noted:included a horoscope with each entry. These were painstakingly produced in Photoshop from daily readings in the paper. I would cut and paste each word to make a sentence that was both appropriate to the post and a little off-the-wall, in an ethereal sort of way. This was fun for a while.
Realizations. Sharkbait shares her thoughts after a relative passes. A heartfelt reminder about what’s important.
The Perfect Red Bag. Our writer is sitting next to a man on the Metro who “makes some weird hand signal,” and Failed Southern Lady holds fast to her rule “about not talking to weirdos on the metro.” Nontheless, I “did begin to devise my argument for why he should not blow us all up tonight.”
Massive pillow fight planned, Dupont Circle, Valentine’s Day, reports Cocoricamo.
Last week I experienced two of life's great pleasures: Yannick Cam's Le Paradou and a flight of the Cuvée des Moines Champagnes from Besserat de Bellefon. From Chief Wino.
Tennis-focused blog with an edge: It's all about intimidation. It's all about mind games. From No Man’s Land.
New blog about Gallery Place area: Gallery Place Living. Rome Dining by DC blogger Ceno Ergo Sum.
Blog Change: Tales from the Club has moved. Update links.
posted by kob @ 12:42 AM
3 Comments:
Thanks for the mention. It's been tough, but my blogger friends have had some really great advice.
Thanks KOB!
What kind of camera are you using, kob, because those are great photos.
Sharbait, you're welcome.
Phil -- Thanks! I'm using a Canon G2. (It's an older model. They're now up to G6)
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