I am in mourning. I am devastated. I am distraught. My beloved 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier, the one I’ve colloquially named “Lightning’s Girl,” is dead. Unrecoverable. Destroyed. All because of a deer carcass. On June 20, I was on my way to East Greenbush for an event. To get to East Greenbush from my house,…
Read MoreHe was just reaching for a corn dog … right?
The Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. is Donald Trump’s party for America’s 250th birthday. It’s also an unmitigated disaster. If you’re talking “state fair” like the ones that appear each summer, this “fair” has about as much entertainment as if someone set up a few kiddie rides in a department store parking lot.…
Read MoreThe difference between professional and amateur
Let’s get this out of the way right now. A professional photographer is one who is paid for their work. An amateur photographer is one that takes photos and does not get paid for the results. This is an important distinction. Because I do sell my photos, and I have taken photos as part of…
Read MoreThe Saturday Blogroll Recap, June 27 2026
Hi everybody. Hope you’re having a good weekend and that all the things you have scheduled will take place. Enjoy it. And if one of those scheduled things is “read to see what the people on my blogroll are saying this week,” then you’re in luck. Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read MoreThe New Christy Minstrels: The folk group that lasted for centuries
(These liner notes for a New Christy Minstrels “Best of” CD compilation were written by Chuck Miller in the late 1990’s.) To the uninitiated, “folk music” might conjure up visions of the Kingston Trio pondering where all the flowers have gone, or Peter, Paul and Mary questioning if the answer to world peace and harmony…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Soak Your Bagels!
I know this sounds like one of those goofy TikTok hacks, but apparently it works. I do enjoy a tasty toasted bagel in the morning, preferably with a schmeer of butter or cream cheese. But toasting bagels can be a chore. You hope to slice them perfectly down the middle so that both slices will…
Read MoreThe Green Hornet was too much like Batman, and not enough like Batman.
After the breakout runaway success of the 1966 Batman TV series, there was an attempt to create another super-crime-fighting half-hour drama series by the same network. And with the same production company that operated the Batman TV series, we received The Green Hornet. The Green Hornet originally existed as a popular 1940’s radio drama, and…
Read MoreI admit it, I’m a broad-minded person.
I appreciate professional wrestling. I appreciate the storylines, the athleticism, the drama, the passion, the spectacle of it all. Not the WWE stuff, mind you – I kinda left that world behind. For me, it’s All Elite Wrestling and its subsidiary company, Ring of Honor, that captures my attention. There’s incredible talent in AEW; you…
Read More17 PSI on a Sunday
Last week, I finished my college reunion, packed my car, and planned a leisurely trip back home. Maybe a stop along the way for some relaxing tourism, something to cap off a wonderful weekend. I started my car. The display started beeping. And the dashboard alerted me to a problem. My front right tire was…
Read MoreFor the Saratoga Seventeen
Back in my stereoscopic 3D photography phase, I took two Nikon Df cameras to Saratoga Harness for an attempt to create an entry for an upcoming 3D competition. One of those images was called “Pacing the Trotter,” in which horse trainer and safety rider Robyn Mangiardi (on the horse) guides driver Chris Long (in the…
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