Friday, November 7, 2008

generational note

I'm hope it's OK to post over Noel's fascinating account of their trip to Costa Rica (a place I've always sorta wanted to see) but I stumbled across this account of one Gen Xer's response to the election.

An open apology to boomers everywhere
Your earnest, self-important prattle has gotten on Gen X nerves for decades. But now we finally get it.

On behalf of every gray-haired geezer who ever choked up listening to Bobby Kennedy announce the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and for all the times I said "when I was your age . . . " apology accepted. Now, everyone, let's sing 'Kumbaya' . . .

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