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My Dad's 80th Birthday by Fern Cohen views: 38 | rating: 10 | comments: 3

January 24, 2008 07:59 PM EST -- Today is my dad Irwin's 80th birthday. Yes he was born January 24,1928. Like all depression-era dads of the Jewish persuasion, his mantra is "Don't buy me anything; I don't want you to . . . more

A previous generation's pop culture references by gil asakawa views: 43 | rating: 10 | comments: 12

September 17, 2006 10:55 AM EDT -- One of my ongoing passions is pondering the passing of pop culture references. Baby boomers have lived through decades of new hip phrases -- for instance, the hip word for "good" has evolved . . . more

Introduction to The Toy Book by Gil Asakawa and Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 7 | rating: 10 | comments: 5

October 11, 2006 08:10 AM EDT -- Note: I'm re-posting this because when I orginally posted it, it was under the ID boomers.gather.com. I'm leaving that one up since there are a couple of comments on it and links to it. But I wanted . . . more

Just Say No by Carol Roach views: 97 | rating: 10 | comments: 85

July 09, 2007 05:08 PM EDT -- No this article is not about former first lady Nancy Regan’s wonderful anti drug campaign for children called Just Say NO, but it is about another important subject.  It is about women’s . . . more

"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.": an excerpt from "The Toy Book" by Gil Asakawa & Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 10 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

October 08, 2006 10:35 AM EDT -- Authors' note: "The Toy Book" is a social history of baby boomer-era toys. This is an excerpt from "The Big Bang Theory" chapter, which starts out covering the cowboy craze of the . . . more

Introduction to "The Toy Book" by Gil Asakawa and Leland Rucker by gil asakawa views: 12 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

September 06, 2006 10:54 PM EDT -- Note: This is the introduction to "The Toy Book" (Knopf, 1991), written by Leland  Rucker and me  as an homage to the playthings of the baby boom generation. Our original working title . . . more

The original King of the Monsters by gil asakawa views: 11 | rating: 9.5 | comments: 3

September 10, 2006 10:29 PM EDT -- Note: I'm re-posting this to a couple of other groups. I feel it's especially worth discussion in light of North Korea's frightening entry into the age of nuclear warfare. I recently finally . . . more

Those Were The Days by Marilyn M. views: 13 | rating: 10 | comments: 6

August 28, 2007 09:04 AM EDT -- Things were certainly different back in the Leave it to Beaver days.  Today's kids probably feel sorry for us, since we didn't have computers and game consoles to keep us busy.  Even . . . more