After waking up Thanksgiving morning and getting my 26-pound turkey stuffed and in the oven, I took the rare opportunity to sit down with my lovely new bride, Michele, and peruse that morning's Tampa Tribune over a cup of strong coffee. As Michele enthusiastically plunged into the pile of post-Thanksgiving sales ads, I made my way through the sports, national and local news and eventually to the obituaries, which I check with regularity to make sure I'm not listed. ...more

December 3, 2007

Three years ago we chose to call this column Boomers & Beyond. We've had fun discussing what so-called experts say about American generations. Among the interesting things we've learned is the fact experts don't always agree on their assessments of the generations or the timetables in which they fall. For instance, some say the Baby Boomer Generation consists of people born from 1946-1964. Others call it the Boom Generation and classify it as those born 1943-1960. What we dub as "beyonds" in this column would actually be Americans belonging to two specific generations. One is the GI Generation that Tom Brokaw calls the Greatest Generation. They were born from 1901-1924. The other is the Silent Generation. It's made up of individuals born 1925-1942 (or 1925-1945,) depending on the expert or the source of books and articles one may read. ...more

November 30, 2007

System: Microsoft Xbox 360 Also available for: Sony PlayStation 3, Windows PC ...more

October 12, 2007

Tonight marks the debut of PBS documentarian Ken Burns' seven-part, 14-hour film 'The War,' which tells the story of World War II through the personal accounts of men and women who lived through it. It was six years in the making, and it's expected to have the scope and power of his landmark series, 'The Civil War.' ...more

September 23, 2007