Category: Millennials

Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Posted in aging, Boomers, Covid 19, Ellen, emoji, fingers, friends, Google, Marie Condo, memoir, Millennials, social distancing, technology, texting, thumbsLeave a comment

(re-run) You’ve got to help out us Boomers. We try to be cool and stay relevant, but it’s hard, you know, since we grew up in different times. Our thumbs won’t be arthritic by the time we’re old. I know this because I’m already there, and my thumbs are fine. I did strain the third… Continue reading Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Participation Trophy

Posted in Beanie Babies, childhood, children's books, dehydration, doctor, donations, Duplos, ER, memoir, Millennials, pillow fight, sports, stitches, toad, toys, trophy2 Comments

My millennial children like to make fun of themselves for all the participation trophies they earned in childhood, for soccer, basketball, softball, baseball.  Two of them recently ditched the trophies. One of them kept hers. “Why did you guys give us trophies for everything?” Child # 3 asked. “The pendulum swung the other way from… Continue reading Participation Trophy

Cancel Culture or Smart Companies?

Posted in #MeToo, Baby It's Cold Outside, Barbie, cancel culture, college, company, Everclear, Facebook, Hasbro, inclusion, Mattel, Millennials, Mr. Potato Head, Pepe le Peu, racist, roofies, stereotypes, Warner Bros., white privilege1 Comment

Mattel started it off with their non-gender doll as an alternative to its Barbie doll. It’s because families were demanding it.  Long gone are the days of girls dressed in pink playing with big-breasted Barbie dolls. Then Hasbro pulled the mister from Mr. Potato Head. Now it’s just called Potato Head with parts both feminine… Continue reading Cancel Culture or Smart Companies?

Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Posted in aging, Boomers, Covid 19, Ellen, emoji, fingers, friends, Google, Marie Condo, memoir, Millennials, social distancing, technology, texting, thumbsLeave a comment

(re-run) You’ve got to help out us Boomers. We try to be cool and stay relevant, but it’s hard, you know, since we grew up in different times. Our thumbs won’t be arthritic by the time we’re old. I know this because I’m already there, and my thumbs are fine. I did strain the third… Continue reading Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Posted in aging, Boomers, Covid 19, Ellen, emoji, fingers, friends, Google, Marie Condo, memoir, Millennials, social distancing, technology, texting, thumbsLeave a comment

You’ve got to help out us Boomers. We try to be cool and stay relevant, but it’s hard, you know, since we grew up in different times. Our thumbs won’t be arthritic by the time we’re old. I know this because I’m already there, and my thumbs are fine. I did strain the third finger… Continue reading Butt Text Emojis and Other Stuff

Weird Happy Hour Conversation

Posted in conversation, Coronavirus, Daylight Savings, death, drinking, girl friends, happy hour, humor, laughing, Millennials, politics, Quentin Tarantino, toehead, towhead, wineLeave a comment

My girlfriend asked me to meet her at the local outside restaurant on a beautiful 70 degree March evening, where a glass of house wine is only $7.00, and the small bites are good. She wanted to discuss politics, the primaries the day before, and the future of America. “Not Bernie!” she said. “The Millennials… Continue reading Weird Happy Hour Conversation

The Racist and the Ficus Tree

Posted in California, entitled attitude, Ficus, garage sales, hairdresser, humor, Iowa, memoir, Millennials, mom, neighbors, racist, relationships, worst1 Comment

When I was young, the one black boy in my elementary school was my classmate. His name was Teddy. This was white-white-white Iowa in the 60’s.  My first grade teacher, Mrs. Van Cura, got angry at the class one day for misbehaving and said, “Whoever doesn’t behave will have to play with Teddy at recess.”… Continue reading The Racist and the Ficus Tree

Get Some Facetime

Posted in California, cell phones, high school, humor, memoir, Millennials, relationships, school, school shooting, student march, vote, waiting roomLeave a comment

As I stepped into the waiting room at my chiropractor’s office, three women and one guy were looking down at their cell phones, sitting in a symmetrical pattern amongst the u-shaped chairs. Feeling giddy from my fifty-five minute massage I said,” Well, this looks like a blog post to me! You’re all on your phones!”… Continue reading Get Some Facetime

The First Day of Summer

Posted in dogs, high school, kitchen remodel, lawn chair, live music, middle school, Millennials, neighbors, police officer, relationships, shorts, swimming pool, ticket, traffic school2 Comments

Okay, it’s not really the first day of summer, but school got out yesterday, and the kids in my neighborhood are running around in their new-found freedom. I walked the big dog and saw the parking lot to the pool, at the top of the green belt, filled with cars. It was only 1:00 p.m.… Continue reading The First Day of Summer

Get Some Facetime

Posted in California, cell phones, high school, humor, memoir, Millennials, relationships, school, school shooting, student march, vote, waiting roomLeave a comment

(re-run) As I stepped into the waiting room at my chiropractor’s office, three women and one guy were looking down at their cell phones, sitting in a symmetrical pattern amongst the u-shaped chairs. Feeling giddy from my fifty-five minute massage I said,” Well, this looks like a blog post to me! You’re all on your… Continue reading Get Some Facetime