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Baby-boomers — as a generalization — have an overw...

2007-03-02T00:05:00.000-08:00

Baby-boomers — as a generalization — have an overweening sense of entitlement. Maybe it was the fluoride in the water, or maybe it was the lessons of Dr. Spock, but liberal baby boomers seem utterly convinced that they are extremely special. Anytime they do something they do not enjoy they seem to expect a merit badge. Bill Clinton is the poster boy of such self-indulgence.

My generation (Jones, remember?) is an interesting...

2007-03-01T12:14:00.000-08:00

My generation (Jones, remember?) is an interesting one. We haven't really seen a true boom economy. I'm fairly lost in all this - only seen inflation, recessions and jobless recoveries in the past. So dearth and a standpoint of scarcity, not abundance, is what I have always known. Rampant inflation and wage and price controls in the 70s, not to mention an oil crisis. Stock market panic and recession in the 80s. Rumours of a dotcom boom, but nothing tangible in the 90s. (In fact, I spent the early 90s in the UK, where inflation was again running rampant.) Twenty-first century starts well, but 9/11 changes all that.

I feel as if everyone around me is making wildly outrageous sums of money, while I sit idly by on the sidelines quietly counting and saving my money, just in case. There are some who are with me, saying, "Just you wait. We've seen boom times before... and bust times." There's even a bumper sticker sold here in Calgary that reads, "Please Lord, let me have another oil boom and I promise not to piss it away this time."

Wonder where can I buy one of those bumper stickers?

I run the Boomer Project, which is on a mission to...

2007-03-01T08:18:00.001-08:00

I run the Boomer Project, which is on a mission to help educate and enlighten marketers how to best communicate with Boomers today. This blog shares my points of view on Boomers and anything else that catches my fancy. Join in the discussion at:

http://www.mattthornhill.com

I guess that new birth control didn’t work as well...

2007-03-01T08:03:00.000-08:00

I guess that new birth control didn’t work as well as we thought back in the “free love” 60’s, eh?

Ed -"The Jones Generation." It's actually used to...

2007-03-01T05:20:00.000-08:00

Ed -"The Jones Generation." It's actually used to describe the ages 41 and 52 which puts me smack dab in the middle!

Joneser Bryan Adams' hit coming-of-age song "Summe...

2007-02-28T20:10:00.000-08:00

Joneser Bryan Adams' hit coming-of-age song "Summer of '69". Allegedly, it was originally titled "Summer of '75", but the Boomer run record company forced him to change the title even though Adams was actually only 8 yrs. old in '69.