I attended my nephew’s high school graduation yesterday. I was looking at the list of names in the program and it went on for a couple of pages. His graduating class was about 550 kids. Announcing each kid’s name as they received their diploma might take a minute. The kids at his school are pretty … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Roxanne – The Police
A friend of mine teaches grade school and once told me about one of her students. Apparently, the little boy’s parents immigrated to the US, loved American movies and named their son after their favorite actor – Tom Hanks. I asked if people in his class called him Tommy or some other name that didn’t … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Buddy Holly – Weezer
What? No. James was released in 1984 and is one of my favorite Bangles songs. However, if you listen to the lyrics, you’ll discover James is not that great of a guy. A YouTube comment summed it up nicely. James needs to get his shit together. –YouTube comment by mortimersnead5821 If you force me to … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: James – The Bangles
When you’re a kid and have an ethnic middle name, it’s usually something you don’t talk about. You avoid putting a spot light on it and try to fly under the radar. My friends used to ask and I’d tell them the first letter and challenged them to guess what it was. Everybody threw out … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: My Sharona – The Knack
A son once asked his father how he chose the names of the children in their family. His father replied: “I looked out the window when your sister was born and I saw the beautiful sunrise. It was so beautiful, we named her Sunshine.” “When your brother was born, I looked out the window and saw a … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Joey – Concrete Blonde
A friend in college once randomly said to us, “From here on out, please call me Douglas.” We all looked at one another in confusion. Huh? It’s one thing if his name was Doug or he went by Dougie and wanted a more mature sounding name. That made sense. It’s easy to make the crosswalk … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
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