In the pre-summer, halcyon days of a decade ago, an idea took shape and was realized. After establishing and building out a website in the week before, Mister Boomer published his first post on June 6, 2010. Misterboomer.com was going to be a place of nostalgia, history and personal recollections that would hopefully bridge a connection of the times between Mister Boomer and ultimately, the shared experiences of the Boomer Generation.
Mister Boomer has been fond of reminding boomers that our generation has witnessed a tremendous amount of history: cultural, political and every other “…al” you can think of. Since his inaugural post, our generation has transitioned to a senior population and well, what a long, strange trip it has been.
Yet those are stories for another day. Today we celebrate what misterboomer.com has been able to achieve, thanks to you, our loyal readers. Mister B thought long and hard about how he would mark this occasion. Top 10 lists and favorite posts? Been there, done that. Should we mark the occasion by calling out what is actually happening outside Mister B’s door this very day? Today’s Black Lives Matter certainly echoes years of Civil Rights protest that boomers experienced fifty years ago as children and teens. At the same time, the country is under attack by a virus that does not stop at national borders, and is disproportionately affecting older Americans — including boomers — and especially black and brown Americans. There’s certainly connections to be made to both subjects, and perhaps Mister B will research them for another time.
On this day, he simply wanted to remember the way it all started, with a post about a practically universal experience for boomers: a bowl of sugary cereal. Without further ado, here is an encore presentation of Mister B’s very first post about Kellogg’s Sugar Pops, yellow milk and all: