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Even George H.W. Bush--the patriarch of the namesakes--is getting into the swing of things. Sources tell TIME that the former President, who once famously referred to his Mexican-American grandchildren, including George P., as "the little brown ones," recently urged his son's campaign to hold a national Hispanic event aimed at luring Hispanics away from the Democrats. The way things are going, the Republican Convention will be a fiesta de la familia...
...most of the fun ones are. Michio Kaku, a physicist who discusses what will replace silicon chips in powering computers (try DNA), can't wait for the day when "objects will be animate and intelligent, and they'll talk to us. It'll be like a Disney movie. Our grandchildren will be incredulous that we lived way back when things didn't answer when you spoke to them...
...very much doubt that our grandchildren will understand the distinction between that which is a computer and that which...
...shift our personal time in new ways, leaving and receiving messages at mutual convenience. On a yet larger scale, social behavior will also become more asynchronous, with all of us moving in much less lockstep rhythm and with more personal cadence than we do today. Our great-great-grandchildren will find it very odd that their ancestors commuted in traffic or huddled around a TV set at a particular time...
EXTENDED-FAMILY VACATION Three-generation trips have increased 25% since 1994, in part because grandparents are living longer. They are also more likely to live farther from grandchildren than in years past, making vacation time important for maintaining family ties. On the rise too are grandparents and grandchildren traveling without the middle generation. A study found that 16% of senior trips include a grandchild, up from 5% in 1991. Grandtravel grandtrvl.com creates trips for all ages...