John L Micek wrote:
>> This is remarkable. While they mention Howe and Strauss in passing, 
>> noting their book GENERATIONS, they make no reference to the duo's 
>> DEFINING analysis of Generation X, 13TH GEN: ABORT, RETRY, IGNORE, 
>> FAIL. This is like writing a book on the history of rock and only 
>> giving The Beatles one sentence.
>
> Funny .. I thought I was the only member of our generation to have 
> read this book. It left a profound impact on me, making me realize 
> that I wasn't alone in my plight.
> For a few years, I even edited an online magazine called "13" that 
> took its title from their book.
I have recommended it to a LOT of my fellow Xers, and most of them come 
back with the same kind of reaction you had. Up until I read it, I 
wandered around wondering what the hell was wrong with me. While there 
are plenty of things wrong with me, I'm sure, it wasn't until reading 
13th Gen that I realized it wasn't just ME.

X is what it is, but it is that way for some important reasons.

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with the lights shining sideways when the night is down, 
or going in strange places with a dog nosing before you 
and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to the cities where 
you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love in every 
shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty, 
hungry stomach failing from your heart."

                 John Millington Synge