Word: boomerism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost-50 baby boomer who still loves the fun of baseball. I remember coming home from school in the spring and fall holding a transistor radio to my ear and listening to the announcer describe my favorite team's game. Will it be the same for my eight- and 11-year-old children? Nostalgia may appeal to us boomers, but what about the kids? Want another generation to grow up fans of baseball? Schedule more day games! Time after time, I have to tear my kids away from televised baseball in the early innings because it's their bedtime. During...
...influx at the monasteries includes a small contingent of Gen Xers, but the majority are their baby-boomer parents, taking stock of the past as they swing around to look into the fog of the future. "You peel off life's accessories and come in nakedness before the Lord, asking 'What do I do with my life?'" says Father Tom Gedeon of Notre Dame's Retreat International association, explaining the appeal of retreats. But isn't this just the latest fad of the Me generation? Twig Branch, 42, a Presbyterian insurance agent based in Charlotte, N.C., who first attended...
Like it or not, baby boomers get pretty much whatever they want. They've got the numbers. They've got the votes. Now the generation that insisted on competitive pay for women wants to shield part of that pay from the tax man by eliminating the so-called marriage penalty. You can bet boomers will get their way this time too. And in this case they should, this boomer says. The basic flaw in the current system is so absurd that something must be done...
...Toss by Boomer Esiason: Esiason was a quarterback for 14 years and is currently a host on Monday Night Football. His first novel (with Lowell Cauffiel) is a thriller featuring a rookie quarterback whose life is turned upside down when a former QB is murdered...
...headlines political jokes, trying to become the Mort Sahl of the '90s. The New York Observer described one of my early performances: "He holds the microphone like a dead fish." Trust me, I've grown as an artist. I have a monthly gig, along with four other talented baby-boomer comics, at the Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan. The Washington Post dubbed our performance LAUGH RIOT IN THE BIG APPLE. My sold-out one-man show in Paris prompted Le Monde to gush, "Jerry Lewis, move over." (O.K., I made that last...