The Definitive Guide to Life After 30
Before September 11th 2001, we were the lucky generation. For us, war, death, and destruction was a video game, an exciting movie, or at most a swift military campaign sanitized by the filters of the media. World War II and Korea were before our time and our connection with the Vietnam War came from movies [...]
I recently went to the doctor for a routine checkup and when I received the results of my blood-work the cholesterol numbers were not looking too good. I was a little surprised because I view myself as being in relatively good shape. My diet could be better, but overall it’s really not so bad. It [...]
This is the third installment in our list of Top Ten Financial moves to make in your thirties. Each week we will discuss the next move in the list. Number one was all about getting rid of your credit card debt. Number two was about kicking the debt cycle. This article discusses getting serious about [...]
I recently read an amusing article that claims thirty-something men have it all. It argues that we are at the point in life where our years of grunt work are starting to yield financial gains, younger women are attracted to our new “well-established” lifestyles, we are more attractive than ever, better in bed, and all [...]
This is pretty funny, but it paints a bleak picture of the future. According to this reference guide each generation is getting a little worse. I’m not sure all of this is totally accurate, but it is amusing anyway. One thing is for sure, the Millenials are a particularly unsavory bunch.
This originally came from MadAtoms. [...]
Growing up, station wagons were the definition of uncool. For many, the station wagon was a source of great embarrassment and humiliation. Nobody wanted to be picked up from the school dance in a wood paneled Malibu Classic. As a result, our generation has been largely resistant to the idea of purchasing station wagons, and [...]
There’s nothing cooler than stepping into the boardroom to make a presentation with a huge, greasy, irritated pimple on your forehead. Somehow, anything you are about to say will immediately be discredited by your peers, who might as well be watching you present a book report on To Kill A Mockingbird.
Seriously though, I think [...]
There is a common perception that Generation X is a forgotten generation. Stuck between the Baby Boomers and Millennials, Generation X is only about forty-six million strong. Magazine covers and popular media celebrate the boomers turning sixty, and reminisce about the summer of love and the great social change it invoked. Meanwhile the Millennials, or [...]
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