My CPKC Holiday Train chase begins next week, and I’m preparing like a fiend for it. I’ve already scouted out various photography spots and leisure spots, hoping to improve on past captures and to snag brilliant new captures. While I’m getting in position … the CPKC Holiday Trains (yes, there are two of them) are…
Read MoreReturning to the Paint Cohoes Studio and Gallery
Last year, I submitted one of my artworks, a collage of vintage Civil War storefront coins and a macro photo featuring the patriotic war cry “Shoot Him on the Spot” at an entry in the Paint Cohoes Studio and Gallery Call for Art. The image was well-received and hung on their gallery wall. I even…
Read MoreBuilding art, bringing art, and BUILT art
I gotta love it when several of my artistic endeavors dovetail into one busy day. Such was the case yesterday. And it started off simple … and become more complicated as the day progressed. Beginning with assembling an art piece. I printed one of my Cold Spring Harbor 3:16 photos as a 13×39 construct. That’s…
Read MoreThe Saturday Blogroll Recap, November 7 2026
Lots of stuff to do today around Chuck Miller World. I must drop off an art piece to the Albany Center Gallery (and renew my yearly membership) for the Members’ Show. I also have to stop by AAA and renew my auto coverage policy (I’ve had AAA for nearly two decades, and it’s helped me…
Read MoreMurder Most Puzzling – and a puzzle most murdersome
My girlfriend Suzanne received a jigsaw puzzle / mystery box for her birthday. It’s part of a series called “Murder Most Puzzling,” where you assemble a jigsaw puzzle and then look for clues in the puzzle to solve a murder. And we tried the puzzle. Let me tell you … the puzzle was harder than…
Read MoreIf the future of music is Lyreca, I’d rather be blind and deaf.
I keep hoping that at some point, the people in charge of artificial intelligence will use it for something that would benefit the world. You know … how to eliminate famine. Or how to eliminate poverty. Or how to eliminate terminal disease. Unfortunately, that’s not happening. Because these data centers and digital farms are instead…
Read MoreLike I would ever eat at a Sonic …
Yesterday afternoon, I received a weird email from one of my credit card companies. It apparently claimed that I had spent over $500 at Walmart that afternoon, but the card information didn’t match. Uh-oh. “The card information didn’t match” usually means something sinister. Immediately I went into lockdown mode. I normally check my credit card…
Read MoreRemembering Tony Butala
Tony Butala and I first met in 1999. At the time, I was a freelancer for Goldmine magazine, a music collector’s biweekly paper. My editor wanted to know if I was interested in covering the opening of a brand new music museum in western Pennsylvania, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Sure. Why not? In…
Read MoreThe end scene of Wildwood
Last weekend, I took Suzanne to see the new stop-motion animated film Wildwood. It’s a fantasy piece about a young girl who tries to rescue her baby brother, who is captured and taken to a mystical world just past the railroad tracks in Portland, Oregon. And when I say “stop-motion animation,” I’m not talking about…
Read MoreDarnell Washington has bigger balls than the NFL does
Darnell Washington is a massive tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And by massive, I mean seriously massive. He’s listed as 6’7″ in height and 265 in frame. Imagine that kind of target catching a ball and running upfield. He already has five career touchdowns in four years for the Steelers, including three this season.…
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