With the baby boomer generation already in their 60’s, it’ll be interesting to take a look at what their lives will tell us about them. Between retirement, investment, and general plans, the Boomer generation is living a quite leisure life. Can you blame them? They grew up with the ideals that success was the only…
“People try to put us down Just because we get around!” So sang Roger Daltrey so many years ago about his own generation, which would be the baby Boomer one. Generations didn’t mean a whole lot once upon a time, but they certainly do now. Generations define the way entire demographic groups think as a…
We had lots of schoolteachers growing up. Their quality varied greatly. The best ones taught us life lessons that still guide us years later. Today’s FamilyFirst site is devoted to a teacher like that. His name is Pat Ward. He taught chemistry at East Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma (is that Oklahoma really necessary?…
The boob tube. The idiot box. The one-eyed monster. A couple of generations back, there was no such thing as television. Entertainment was either the radio, reading, or family fun and games. Then, in the 1950’s, everything changed. EVERYONE had to have a television. That leads us to today. It would probably be impossible for…
It is always nice to visit old friends. Yesterday’s FamSite took us back to the 1980’s and an old video game. Today’s takes us back even further, to our childhood, and our parent’s childhood, and even our grandparent’s childhood. It is the ever popular and delicious candy snack Cracker Jacks. The caramel-coated popcorn and peanut…
It is always nice to visit old friends. Today’s FamSite takes us back to our childhood, and our parent’s childhood, and even our grandparent’s childhood. It is the ever popular and delicious candy snack Cracker Jacks. The caramel-coated popcorn and peanut candy has been around since late in the 19th century. It is fondly remembered…
Movie serials were popular in the 1930’s and 1940’s. These episodic cliffhangers brought generations of kids, both young and old, to the theatres to see the latest installment, and see how the hero got out of the predicament they got into last week. It was, and still is, great entertainment. The Internet can be used…
The freedom and liberty that we enjoy in our country today is often taken for granted. But those freedoms are the result of long struggles by our forefathers, who often paid the ultimate price for their beliefs. Today’s FamSite is one that takes a look at that hard road of freedom. The site is called…
Movie serials were popular in the 1930’s and 1940’s. These episodic cliffhangers brought generations of kids, both young and old, to the theatres to see the latest installment, and see how the hero got out of the predicament they got into last week. It was, and still is, great entertainment. The Internet can be used…
Disney music has always had a special charm or fascination. Whether it is from a movie, television show, or a record, there is something in them that generations have enjoyed. Today’s FamSite looks at a fan site that features that music. The site is called Lidwina’s Disney Song Collection. It is a site that is…