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Blame the terrorists.. again

January 19, 2009

Generation Y isn’t lazy, impatient, demanding, high-maintenance and self-absorbed. They are just living life fully, in the moment, every day. Why? Because of terrorism.
Huh?
Yes, says Tamara Erickson in a recent podcast posted on Bnet.com. GenY came of age during the era of terrorism and that affected them so much that they seek to be in [...]

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Don’t call me a geezer on twitter

December 3, 2008

Yesterday, I read a tweet from a young someone I’m following who had jury duty. She tweeted:
The judge just told us we are not allowed to create a blog about the trial. The geezers in the room laughed. I twittered it our.
My first reaction was annoyance with the blatant disregard of the judge’s order (yes, [...]

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Another reason GenY is not taken seriously

November 14, 2008

I found this on the guest blogger application form at Brazen Careerist. If your blog has been running for at least a month. Really? Only a month? I know Internet time is compressed, but I would hope they would want just a little more experience than that.
I’ve been blogging for over three [...]

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Me, me, me, me, me, me, me

October 30, 2008

I see this ad in the OMMA Show magazine. If this kid walked into your office, looking like this and said, “It’s all about me…” what would you do? Yeah, me too. And I’d make sure he skidded across the pavement a bit so that his hair would shave off. Free haircut.
Seriously, does this ad [...]

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We didn’t start the fire either

October 13, 2008

A couple weeks ago, Ryan Healy wrote a blog post about how Baby Boomers screwed up the world and how GenY is going to “fix” it. After turning it over in my 40+ brain a bit (Boomers like to think things through before yapping off; part of our charm) here are some observations about the [...]

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You can reach more people with a blog than a bullhorn

September 27, 2008

Last night, I met Kealan on http://election.twitter.com. We have not spoken, I know nothing about her, but she said something during the debates that I thought was interesting and I wanted to be a part of the next really sage thing she says, whenever that is. So, I’m following her on Twitter.
I saw she tweeted [...]

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Election Message to Gen-Y

September 10, 2008

Do you care who wins this election? Here is why you should.
If you are 24 now, you will be 28 when McCain/Palin runs for president again in 2012. Incumbents are almost always favored to win elections, so most likely they will win four more years. That will make you 32 years old. Four years after [...]

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They grow up so fast

September 2, 2008

Cameron Schaefer with BrazenCareerist writes a post about personal responsibility. You can read it here, but here is just a snippet.
This is what’s wrong with our society. We’ve become a people that hold everyone responsible, but ourselves.
Never before have I seen so much blame being placed on everyone but the person in the mirror. [...]

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Grow your own roots

August 29, 2008

I was walking along the back road at the MetroPark and noticed this row of posts that looked like telephone poles, cut off about five feet high. On top of many of them were these little trees that started to grow in the rotting out center of the posts.
These young trees that are growing [...]

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Be patient with GenY; winter is coming

August 17, 2008

Ryan Healy with Brazen Careerist posted an article up on the blog a few days ago, asking GenY to tell companies what they want. A flood of comments have come in since and will probably get a few more as the “old folks” wander into the office on Monday morning and peek at what the [...]

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The kids are alright!

August 3, 2008

I was walking along on Friday and I hear these voices from around the corner. “Mow that lawn straight!” “Don’t talk to me, keep working,” “Turn that mower around,” “Watch the edge,” “Mow AROUND the bush, not in it.” etc…
As I turned the corner, we saw two kids, 12-13 years old. One was mowing [...]

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