More is More For the "We" Generation

USA Today reports a publishing boom among Baby Boomers. Quelle suprise! Whether one calls it the "third act" or "deep middle age," Boomers are continually redefining and reinventing what it means to be "we."

Leap! is a book born from a woman at 56 dealing with unemployment, a relationship breakup and an empty nest.

I think I'd have more fun reading the novel, Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty. Now if that doesn't make you feel old, I don't know what will, but it sounds like it could be a wild ride.

I wish this generation didn't span 20 years and include 78 million American born. I think the span of a generation should be reduced to 10 years. Someone at 43 experiences a different life cycle completely than someone turning 60. The "generation gap" made sense in the 60s. Adults didn't even wear jeans (for crying out loud!), but the advent of the commercial Internet over the last 13 years has created a "technology gap" more than anything. Those under 50 are riding the wave; and those over 50 are treading water, barely. As a test, ask someone who's pushing sixty about LinkedIn, MyBlogLog or You Tube, and they'll probably guess "names of rock bands."

I mean no offense. I'll be turning 50 this month and grateful that two years ago I joined the "Tech Generation." I just made it under the wire. Next year, I'll be turning 49.