Most nests are tucked into branches reinforced with twigs and constructed with love, threads, blades of grass and found bits of ribbon and string. When the structures are no longer housing progeny, mother and father birds find themselves hanging out on a limb with spare energies, once directed further down the limb, swirling around them. […]
A Told You So Moment from the "ME" Generation
“Boomer volunteerism has increased during the past few decades. The volunteer rate for young boomers, ages 46 to 57, is 30.9 percent, significantly higher than the 25.3 percent recorded by the same age group in 1974 and the 23.2 percent recorded in 1989.” — PittsburghLive.com So how do you like them apples? Looks like we […]
Open Source Does Not Mean Free… but it could save you a bundle.
The phrase Open Source Software just means software that costs you nothing, or very little, in comparison to other options for brand recognized software packages from major corporations. We are going to stay at a nuts and bolts level of discussion in this article and not dig into any of the confusing and jargon filled […]
Planet Preservers
Different times require different thoughts and actions. Friends, as I am sure you know, we are headed into very different times. Many say we are headed toward very difficult times as we face: global warming. fundamentalist frictions, a world wide health crisis, over exploitation of dwindling resources, economic clashes between the very few rich and […]
Early Boomers Feel Misclassified Too
I found a great article this morning! Turns out the early boomers, at least some of them,feel they too were misclassified. I’m primarily interested in the description of musicians who were not boomers being used as iconographic images of the Baby Boom. Most of the musicians associated with the Hippie, free love, free sex, anti-establishment […]
The Prototypic Baby Boomer Toots Her Own Horn
I’m reclaiming my authority on this topic. (Yes, you are allowed to have Cartman echoing in your head, “Respect my authority!”) The last half of the baby boom needs me. Well they wanted to call us the “me generation” so I might as well act like I have a super huge ego. Seriously, I ranted […]