wasn't me writing about shopping, it was writing about what shopping did to women. >> thompson: guisewite's "cathy" comic strip ran for 34 years before she retired, in part to end more time with her aging parents. but now, guisewite is back, wit w book of humorous essays: "50 things that aren't my fault." it chronicles what happened after guisewite's retirement. >> thompson: you write about, sort of, again, being caught in the middle now, in this-- in this stage of life. >> well, people call this the sandwich generation. and it squashed than that. i feel-- i call it the panini genion. because, on one hand, i'm caring for aging parents who d m't listen and on the other hand, an aging daughter who doesn't listen to me. and t i'm squashed middle, in an aging body that definitely does not listen to me. and aware, like so many of my generation are, that we're running out of time to do all ught wengs that we tho still want to do. >> thompsogu in the book, ewite tries to convince her 90-year-old parents to wear emergency alert pendants. and then, there's trying to understand the world of her daughter, no