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Talking ’bout my generation … did we change the world?

Talking ’bout my generation … did we change the world?

Talking ’bout my generation…
I was reading Baby Boomer Stephen King’s book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and I ran across this:
I don’t want to speak disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world and opted for the Home Shopping Network instead).
Ouch!
Kennth Gronbach (author of The Age Curve that I’ve been talking about) says we Baby Boomers are lazy and self-centered. After all, we’re the generation they were talking about when they coined the phrase “The ‘Me’ Decade” to describe the 1970s.
But are we really that bad? We were …read more

What happened to Bill Gates? And Who is “Slim” Helu?

What happened to Bill Gates? And Who is “Slim” Helu?

B5media has a new business humor blog, BizLevity (does “business humor” sound like an oxymoron to you?), and they recently reported that Bill Gates has slipped in the ranking for wealthiest man in the world. Apparently his stock portfolio has taken a hit on the Yahoo bid news, leaving Warren Buffet (my hero) at the top of the heap (so to speak). And someone named Carlos Slim Helu (and family) in the second position.
Here is a recentvideo interview with Mr. Buffet, including his choice for President and his opinions on the current stock market situation:
Warren Buffet interview …read more


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