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Life in the Boomer Lane

Be warned that there’s a new acronym on the street: HEBBS. This is not to be confused with Donald Hebbs (a Canadian psychologist), Bobby Hebbs (singer and songwriter of the hit song “Sunny”) or Hebb’s Auto Service in Halifax, NS.

HEBBS, High-Earning Baby Boomers, are defined as Baby Boomers who live in households that have an annual income of at least $100,000.

Just where did HEBBS come from? Apparently they were discovered by Scarborough Research, those data-collecting folks who do things involving mixing up a lot of numbers and then flinging them out randomly as “statistics.” Statistics of all kinds are then available to both normal people and politicians who can use them, usually erroneously, to both impress and appall people.

Why care about HEBBS? According to Scarborough Research, HEBBS account for 9% of the adult American population. To put this into perspective, 9% of men are colorblind. 9% of…

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My Voyage Through Time

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Today is the birthday of the Vatican’s Secret Archive, which dates back to January 31, 1612. The archive is full of amazing documents. Despite the colorful comments that can be found tied to the fact that the archive remains “secret,” this archive houses some of the most fascinating documents in the world. Documents in the archive have been made available with the pre-approval of authorities (of course) to academics and historians over the years. My guess would be that preference is given to scholars whom convey a positive image of the church. There are more than 50 miles of shelves in this archive. The records contained in the archives span 12 centuries of history. As an archivist who loves history, science, and the stars, my favorite documents housed in the archive would likely be those associated with the Trial of Galileo. He was a bit of…

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