Now matter how hard I try, I can never seem to come to everything at once. Earlier on in February, I thought I figured out my direction. In regards to the site and podcasts, not in life. Who can figure that out? I’m 52, and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. Just when I think I have it figured out, I realize that the stuff I believed is boring. Yet, at the same time, I have begun to see new things I want to try. But in order to do this, I need to consider branding. While I tried to write as I wanted, my new update came to me over the course of a day,
A lot of what was causing me issues was the amount of work I gave myself. I had to believe in the old concept of “work smarter, not harder”. Not in a passive income sort of way. More in a “not to overwhelm yourself before you start”.
However, in order to achieve that new voice that I mentioned, I needed to make some changes. Reboot the whole style and content of the blog and podcasts. I was up to four – possibly five – shows a week. The idea of doing many on a every two-week schedule seemed like a good idea. The trouble was that I had to be ahead so much that I was overwhelmed before I started. I needed to just be whelmed.
Part of the New Update Involved Streamlining
Cutting and combing podcasts seemed like a smart thing to do. The Gen-Xer Pod and The Lazy Geeks had a lot of crossover capability. A few years ago, Adam stopped doing the show because he was getting bored with the news. In 2026, I felt the same thing. It is all about AI, social media outrage, and billionaires buying companies out of spite. That was truly boring.
However, discussing my thoughts on some things going on around me seemed a better concept. The Lazy Geeks will remain, as it is the flagship of the brand, but it will be rebooted. Gone will be the weekly rehash of the news. I will redesign it to be a weekly show that will cover a particular topic as a main story. While at the same time, discuss how much of what we are facing started in the distant pass. Combine my love for technology with my love for history.
Gone is Pop Culture Cinema. It may come back in another form. Just I don’t know how I want to frame it. Also, there were plans to bring back a religious show about deconstructing my faith. At the same time, I wanted to restart Great American Sh*t Show. Over the last decade, evangelical Christianity has become one piece of the MAGA cult. If you are one, you are definitely the other. There was an opportunity to combine those two shows. It definitely is part of this shit show.
With four shows drawn down to two, this will allow me to produce more content on a weekly basis. Not only that, I can double my concept for ideas by mixing the shows together. As well as bringing my newly conceived Summer of ‘90 as a audiobook type of show. But that will be a later addition.
The New Update will Affect the Blog
The blog will push more of my passion for writing. Yes, I will write stories that will be more opinion. Maybe a news story will catch my eye, and I have something to say about it. I will still post trailers and look to write reviews. Some will be film or TV reviews. Others will be of software that I’m using.
Others will simply be blogs about how life as a Gen-X differs very little from life now. Yeah, much of the peripherals have changed, but the overall concepts haven’t. Much of how we handle life is a timeless story that impacts every generation. Just some involved horses while others involved EVs. Things we saw as cool and innovative have some serious impacts after a generation of use.
Much of this comes as a result of aging and memories. I am not one of those that believe life was better when I was a kid. Somehow convinced that my generation was the last great generation. Much of my generation remembered what we were supposed to be, while others rolled over and showed their bellies. Many of those that rolled over were the metal heads and “fight the power” kids I knew in school. Now, they believe sucking a boot is the American thing to do.
Gone are the categories of tech, gaming, film, TV, and the like. Those stories are done. They’re old. They need to retire. You either evolve or your die. Would I have changed this whole thing fifteen years ago? No. Even knowing then what I know now? Yup.
Maybe I would’ve tried harder.
Now, I think the world needs the concept that much of this has happened before. And, some of this is uncharted territory. Not only do I believe this will help younger people understand things in the lost form of nuance. Maybe teach my generation that new things aren’t scary. They won’t be the cause of the end of civilization. However, many of the things they believe will save it, will definitely end it.
Join this ride with me.