Before we get too ahead of ourselves

I have to admit. I have a few Boomer friends. Not many, granted, but a few. I also have three siblings...all Boomers. To their credit, however, they are Boomer only in age, not in mentality. I am proud to say that my influence has obviously kept them on my side of the coin.

Yes, I say that in jest. Obviously. Notice how only the Boomers got offended by that last statement up there? Thank you for proving my point, Boomers.

But I digress....

I have a pink folder. Inside the pink folder is data I've collected over the past little while regarding the generation gaps between Boomers, Xers and Ys. Boomers think they have a pretty good handle on this phenomenon, but trust me, they don't. Completely in the dark. It's a side effect of self-absorption, from which many of them suffer. Started in the 60s with their whole overly zealous yet poorly thought out ideals.

Case in point: it's no coincidence that with the dawning of the Boomers' retirement on the horizon, that the pharmaceutical companies are producing in record quantities such useful - albeit hazardous - drugs as Viagra and Cialis. So much for free love. Or peace, for that matter.