Whoah. I went to tommyrot's link, and then looked at the patterned fabric on my wall, and it was like it was moooooooving. Duuuuuuude.

I tried to watch tommyrot's link, but I don't have that much uninturrupeted time all at once.

I tried to watch tommyrot's link, but I don't have that much uninturrupeted time all at once.

Yeah. Plus it gives you the munchies.

I was born in 1961 and don't feel any connection to Boomers.

1962 here. I've always been told I'm a Boomer (1946-1964), but I never felt like it. I was also part of "the last big high school class." Which meant the schools were too small for us, but the school board wouldn't do anything because the problem would solve itself when we left.

Yes! I was told the same thing. Totally ridiculous.

I remember using an insanely low baud rate to connect to CompuServe (uphill! in the snow! both ways!). joins the cane-shaking chorus

Seriously! (And I'm just barely the tail end of Gen-X -- Wikipedia aside, most people consider 1978 to be Gen-Y/Millenial/whatever.) But these kids today...

Two things I am going to try my damndest to not let Emeline have.

The nice thing about having a boy is there's a good chance I will never have to tell D "No, you may not wear a thong to school." Not 100%, but the odds are at least in my favor. I'm just hoping those shoes with the wheels on them go out of style before he learns to walk, because they scare the crap out of me.

I'm a Gen X'er who lives with her parents (special circs, though!

FWIW, I would totally put unexpected job loss, relocation to have family support while raising child, and finishing education in the special circumstances column (just in case you were thinking I was a total ass).

Off to meet GF for lunch.

Strauss and Howe illustrate their choice of beginning Generation X (they call it the 13th Generation, but whatever) by citing how many college professors started to notice that, as opposed to the Baby Boomers who had the professors lining up to introduce themselves to the students, those going into college in the fall of 1979 were lining up to introduce themselves to the professors. My brother was born in June 1961, and he definitely is more X-er in behavior.

The Silent/Boomer line is demographically 1946, but S&H put it at 1944 instead, which fits with my aunt who was born then and was very Boomer in behavior, in big contrast to the rest of her (older) siblings.

I had a student recently who never did reading, never spoke in class, failed the mid-term, got poor grades on his written assignments, and then emailed me the last week of class to say he was worried about his grade and what could I do about it.

Point and laugh?

My mom has been weirdly apologetic in recent years about not giving me a bunch of material things when I was growing up. Bwuh? I had a happy childhood wherein I had plenty to read, was encouraged to draw whenever I wanted to, and learned to apply myself in school. What's there to apologize for?

Wimbledon: Man. I hope that they show the Henin/Bartoli semi. I want to know what happened to Henin. Did Bartoli just outplay her?