As we begin the fourth year of this blog, I look like this: Hot, huh? This is the result of some overzealous yard work on Sunday. I was soooo happy to finally be working in the yard again! Somehow, I picked up a strain of poison ivy so virulent that I’m thinking of calling the [...]
Did you watch the first episodes of the new series Life this past Sunday? If not – you’re not missing anything. The filmmaking is amazing and Nature – as always – is a great subject. Unfortunately, Oprah is doing the voiceover and she kills the show. Even Chris looked over at me while we were [...]
Yeah – we all know by now. I will admit to being one of those who had heard of Chilton, but really didn’t know the music until the Replacements sang about him. By that time, all Big Star and Chilton records were out of print and CDs re-releases were in their infancy. But the “need [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I thought we would talk about an Irish band no one knows about. That band would be Horslips. They never had the following of a Pogues or Waterboys or that band with the silly name – U2. And a friend from Belfast referred to them as Ireland’s Aerosmith (and not in [...]
What the hell is wrong with people? Or is it just politicians? No one seems to know what is important anymore. They are just getting fired up about crazy, mindless stuff. Look at New York. I mean, New York of all places. First, they ban trans-fats – effectively destroying centuries of cannoli baking. Then they [...]
STOP IT WITH THE GRAPHICS!!!! The Logos! The Promos! The cut-screens! The holographics! The sound bites! Twitter screens! The Sound effects! The crawl at the bottom of screen! The endless, pompous titles over and over again. Wolf F-ing Blitzer!!! Just stop. Shut up and tell me the NEWS, for god’s sake.
Welcome Jane Aynat Nolan – my nephew’s new baby girl born yesterday evening! This makes my brother a grandfather (and only a year older than me!). Congrats to Tommy and Nicolette! There’s been a rash (no pun intended) of baby girls on both sides of the family. Had a visit from young Charlotte on Saturday, [...]
Panic is starting to set in. It has been more than two months and still no interviews. My part-time stuff is disappearing (as it was bound to). I finally have ONE interview set up for next week (based on a phone interview from January). The rest of my resumes sit in limbo – either under [...]
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