Gen-X Boys, Field Day, June 1979 (Daily Photo)
I have so much fun with the sort-of-daily photo on Facebook, but I often forget to cross-post them here! Earlier this morning I posted a picture of Field Day 1979 and someone cleaned the photo up a...
View ArticleDuring the pandemic, I had some of the happiest days of my life.
I am part of a private online group of writers publishing journal entries every day during the month of June. [A Journal Entry, 6.3.21] Happiest Days During the pandemic, I had some of the happiest...
View ArticleThis 1990s prom dress is too 1990s for the 1990s.
This 1990s prom dress is too 1990s for the 1990s. I purchased the original recently for my collection. I paid around $15, so if you swipe it and put in on your wildly famous 1980s Instagram account,...
View ArticleNew Gen-X Anthem from the Holderness Family
The Holderness Family has created a new Gen-X anthem. The part at the end about collect calling? All true. LOL. The post New Gen-X Anthem from the Holderness Family appeared first on Jennifer Chronicles.
View ArticleGeneration X, Winter 1980
It was such a long winter. One that began on March 13, 2020, and ended just the other day. I spent two springs, a summer, fall, and winter basically indoors. I wonder if I look younger than I would...
View ArticleEverest 78 and a Little Girl on a Snowy Mountain, French Alps, 1978
We were…waiting on a miracle Tryna find ourselves in the winter snow –Ed Sheeran, 2020 Everest 78 In 1978, Pierre Mazeaud became the first Frenchman to climb Mount Everest. The event was widely...
View ArticleLifetouch Declares National School Picture Day. Post your best #GenX school...
Today, Lifetouch, a national school photography provider, celebrates the second annual National School Picture Day, an opportunity to relive and celebrate school pictures, from bowl cuts to mohawks,...
View ArticleBefore Cobra Kai There Was Hong Kong Phooey
My husband Robert is pretty much ready to call it a night every night at 9 p.m. So, the fact he kept me up three nights in a row binge-watching Cobra Kai, is an indication of just how much Gen-Xers —...
View ArticleMTV Documentary Airs on Tuesday
An MTV documentary that was a 2019 Tribeca Film Festival favorite, is set to air Tuesday night on A&E. What would Gen-X look like without MTV? My last years at home with my parents were spent...
View ArticleWe Were Generation X
Kirsten Major is a writer living in New York City. Over the years, she has written noteworthy pieces on Generation X. The following is a piece she wrote several years ago. I linked to it at the time...
View Article⭐️ Gen-X Book Club & Podcast Announcement ⭐️
Here’s a picture of me (front left) with some high school friends, my Care Bears folder (Tenderheart Bear lol), a mullet 😆, history textbook and a preppy crewneck sweater, 1983. It’s the only known...
View ArticleKids Connect Device Reassures Helicopter Parents
Kids Connect with KidsConnect Did you know that 800,000 children in the United States are reported missing every year according to the FBI? That’s one child every 40 seconds. A New Jersey entrepreneur...
View ArticleAARP Welcomes Generation X
AARP has officially welcomed Generation X with a lovely set of colorful and informative infographics. I posted one last week. Here’s the rest. Generation X and Technology This infographic highlights...
View ArticleAARP References Parachute Pants, Acid Washed Jeans in Story About Generation X
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As 2015 comes to a close, AARP celebrates the first of America’s 62 million Generation Xers who hit a milestone and turned 50 this year by exploring...
View ArticleGeneration X Anthology of Life in the Deep South during the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s
Submissions are now being accepted for level:deepsouth, an online anthology that documents the experiences of Generation X in the Deep South during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. The writer, editor and...
View ArticleLife on Bluefish Court, 1970s Kids
I have been blogging for more than 20 years. I started off journaling on the Open Diary, and later moved to Blogspot and then WordPress. Even before platforms like the Open Diary made online publishing...
View ArticleWin A Parody Marathon Gen-X Car Sticker
In November, this blog’s Facebook page will turn 10 years old! To celebrate this milestone, I’m giving away five Gen.X parody marathon stickers. Favorite Cartoon from Childhood All you have to do to...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Inspires Supporters With Speech About Legacy, Generations, Sacrifice
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), talked a lot about his generation and leaving a legacy for his children in the most triumphant third-place finish speech ever made. He came away with 23 percent of the...
View ArticleChristian Slater To Narrate Generation X On National Geographic
Consummate Gen-X bad boy Christian Slater will narrate Generation X on National Geographic. Yea! I’ve written about our lost generation of latchkey kids now in midlife for about nine years, so I’m...
View ArticleChallenger Disaster: 30th Anniversary of an Obviously Major Malfunction
My good friend Chloe has written a tremendous piece about the impact of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster on Generation X – particularly mid-to-late wave Gen Xers who were kids sitting in...
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