Culture
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As a Gen X, I was not a huge fan of The Beatles growing up. They came onto the music scene in the early 1960’s. By 1970, the band had broken up and went their separate ways. However last weekend I was going through some old 33 rpm LP albums, and found this gem. The
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Ah yes. It’s been quite a month, America. How are we feeling? One of my favorite scenes from the Animal House movie is at the very end when the Delta House, after being expelled from Faber College, sends the parade crowd into a panic. Ramming Speed! The panic is starting to rise as the second
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This week Elon Musk announced the Tesla “Cybercab”. At the same time he announced “We, robot everything” Which leads us to ask the obvious question “Would you trust an autonomous system?”. Even if it was built by Elon Musk’s Tesla? System engineering safety into a product is a difficult task. Notice I said “into”. You
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When two tribes go to war A point is all that you can score Have you picked your side? Red v. Blue. Quite a July 2024 here in the US. Attempted assassination, GOP Convention, presidential run switcharoo. August will bring us the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. The gaslighting is epic. They will continue to
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Not even talking about the Donald Trump and Hunter Biden trials which are good for media ratings and that’s leading to increased monetary donations to the Trump and Biden campaigns. No, I’m talking about the big money, power, politics, corporate welfare machine “system” We The People have allowed to grow and become unmanageable. As a
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Behold! The 1967 Sunbeam Funwagon! $4995 cash money could get you this fine piece of British Americana. These were produced exclusively for the United States market and you can enquire about this antique which only a few exist. https://davidsclassiccars.com/other-makes/2238-1967-sunbeam-funwagon-rv-motorhome-camper-van.html This one is a partial which the Craigslist reference says $1,400. Which begs the question, “What
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Good afternoon friends. In my last post I discussed the coming decade: One item I did not mention at all is the 2024 election cycle in the United States. The reason it was not addressed is that, in my opinion, it really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Some think it’s “The Most
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Hello again my friends. This entry is here to discuss the decade of chaos 2024-2033. “It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine” – R.E.M. It feels like everything, everywhere all at once is coming apart. That is because it is. The end of Globalization. The end of “Pax
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Hello again, y’all. Last time I posted the discussion followed the years 1945 through 1999. In 1999 the world was in relative peace. The Europeans enjoyed the end of the Cold War so much they decided to form the European Union (EU) in 1999 and by 2000 had minted the Euro. Thanks US for saving
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Long time no see. It seems the whole world is coming apart (and it is). In the next series of blog posts, I will attempt to address multiple layers of history and social / economic cycles to explain what’s happening in our world, focused on the waves of change and where we might be going.
GenX Turns Fifty 