There were plenty of all-star variety TV shows on back in the day. Depending on your personal tastes, you could watch variety shows from established masters of ceremonies like Ed Sullivan; or you could enjoy comedy / musical stylings from Sonny & Cher, Tony Orlando & Dawn, the Captain & Tennille, Donny & Marie, Lawrence…
Read More“My Cousin Vinny” on the Royale with Cheese Movie Club
For those who are new to my blog, the “Royale With Cheese Movie Club” features films that everybody in the world has seen – but I’m finally getting around to watching them. The blog feature is so named because it took me decades to get around to watching Pulp Fiction. Among other films. Last night,…
Read MoreChuck Force One has bushings and they hurt.
One should never expect a new or used car to NOT have some previously undiagnosed mechanical issues. Trust me. The perfect car out of the box usually says “Hot Wheels” on the undercarriage. Every one of my cars has, at one time or another, picked up some sort of mechanical problem. Most of them were…
Read MoreBuh-Bye, A Taste of Italy.
The news hit last Sunday like a clean wash of rain over a sewer field. A Taste of Italy, the restaurant whose owners used Islamophobia and hurtful and bigoted rhetoric to attack a family who had just lost their autistic son in a tragic accident, is no more. The owners sold the lease on their…
Read MoreThe Kodak Panoram meets Herrington’s Pumpkins
I’m still testing out this Kodak Panoram 3A camera – a camera so ancient, its tech support was probably authored by George Eastman himself. This camera is supposed to give me super-ultra-wide photos on 120 film stock (well, with a special modification to the camera’s interior chassis), and the last time I tried it out…
Read MoreThe results at the Big E, 2026 edition
Right at the beginning of this blog, I have to tell you this. My girlfriend Suzanne is a trooper. She went through every Big E tradition and superstition with me without batting an eyelash. Superstition #1 – get to the Big E as early as possible. That means leaving Albany at sunrise, so that we…
Read MoreThe Saturday Blogroll Recap, October 3 2026
Good morning, my blog family. Time once again for the recap of this week’s photos and thoughts and words from the great bloggers on my personal blogroll. As you know, I set aside one day each week – Saturday – to share these with you. Hopefully this encourages you to visit their sites and see…
Read MoreSo here’s what I did with a highland cow
Okay. Yesterday’s blog post revolved around my plan to try the craft known as “punch needle” – essentially punching a string or yarn or floss through a fabric to create a pretty pattern upon it. And the plan was to do this while my girlfriend Suzanne and I watched the Pittsburgh Steelers football game yesterday.…
Read MoreWhat am I going to do with a highland cow?
I am not one to back down from a challenge. And when my girlfriend Suzanne showed me a new art crafting technique that she thought we would both have fun with – something called “punch needle” – I was intrigued. I mean, I have worked with fiber arts before, between latch hooks and yarn embroidery,…
Read MoreBatman is not happy with me
Ah, time to write another blog post. Up and at ’em. 17 years without a day off … what shall I write about this morning? Wow. Seventeen straight years of blogging. Holy consistency, Batman … “Mr. Miller … we need to talk for a moment.” About what? “Well, you seem to lean on a certain…
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