http://www.gorkyrises.com the writings of C.J. Nolan Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:10:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/03/10/why-i-hate-cnn/ 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 ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/03/08/birth/ 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 ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/03/03/hmmm/ And we are back from my birthday travel. Amsterdam was great. I really love that city. Kerry and I didn’t have much time (Friday was beat by the post-flight nap), so we basically just went around to our favorite haunts. The weather was raw and damp ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/25/so/ See? At the store (w/the lovely Kerry in there>) On the street. At the train station. http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/23/bikes/ Today. Now I start getting the AARP mail... But first! You know what I LOVE about Amsterdam?? Bikes! This is a biking town. The roads are for bikes and there are bike parking lots everywhere. Cars are a distant fourth when it comes to transportation ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/21/50/ I’m sitting with a glass of wine – in front of the Olympics – with a small group of dogs at my feet. The rest of the family are in the city. Kerry went back in to have dinner with the sisters and Chris went back in to ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/17/wednesday-night/ Yeah... I've been waiting for this for a long while. http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/12/snow/ “Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow…” It’s lovely outside. I’m not in the desert, the yard is redecorated with snow and the puppy LOVES rolling around in it. Pretty happy, right now. So – music. It’s been a while. I haven’t been idle, but most ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/10/added-to-ipod-72/ I was driving this morning, picking up the puppy from having what could only be his second bath after being rescued from the “kill shelter”. Noah cleaned up well, and they always look so adorable with that little scarf on – which I guess signifies that he is momentarily ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/02/05/thinking/ I’ve been back a little over a month now. Since then: - We have a new dog, who is a lovely person and a big ball of energy - I have re-defined my room and have thrown a bunch of crap out of the house (thank god for “big garbage” days). Spring ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/01/30/updates/ I went to a spa last week. The first time I have ever been anywhere called a “spa”, let alone one like this. The idea germinated a few months ago when Kerry was in LA visiting a friend. She went with the friend to a Korean spa/sauna ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/01/26/the-spa/ Or not. Look – you know how crappy I think this past decade was for music. It was so crappy that I have come home after two years and ALL the record stores have closed. People are buying singles again (this time off the Internet) and radio ... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/01/20/top-ten-of-the-decade/ Done and functional. And the filing cabinet: Throw in a new printer and it all works quite nicely. Granted - many CDs and toys were sent to storage. But in my red room, they may someday return... http://www.gorkyrises.com/2010/01/16/the-office/