Generation X. The sandwich generation. The peanut-butter between the white WonderBread Boomer bottom and the organic flax-seed brioche Millenial top. Oh, we have our faults. I mean, the hairspray alone is likely responsible for a depleted chunk of ozone. Landfills are full of Jessica McLintock taffeta prom dresses, polyester blend, and lots of single rhinestone…
Tag: John Hughes
Sticks and Stones
Dear Boys, For some inexplicable reason I still can’t fathom, when I was in high school the term du jour for a pretty girl was muffin. At the top of this confectionary food chain, reserved for the prettiest of the pretty, the cheerleadiest of the cheerleaders, was blueberry muffin. Even more inexplicable than the baked good…
48 Candles
Every generation has a Prince Charming. A fairy tale hero, a knight in shining armor. For many growing up in the 80s, it was Jake Ryan. Was there ever a boyfriend as hunky, as dory, as swoon worthy as Jake Ryan? Every girl (and many a boy, I’m sure) who daily lived the social awkwardness…
What about prom, Blaine?
You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That’s the way we saw each other at seven o’clock this morning. We were brainwashed… Here’s an exercise: try explaining what the words jock, nerd, dork and geek mean to your children without resorting to stereotypes. A commute…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 