Every so often, I see this Facebook post about how on last night’s episode of Jeopardy!, there was a question about the Tomb of the Unknowns, and that none of the contestants got the answer correct. The post then follows with a litany of trivia and history of the Tomb Guard soldiers and their work…
Read MoreUntil you can take the stone from my hand, grasshopper…
You probably don’t remember the TV show Kung Fu. It was quite popular in the early 1970’s – a Western where a half-Chinese Shaolin monk travels the Old West in search of his brother, while avoiding capture from bandits and bounty-hunters. And if you could get past the heavy amounts of yellowface in casting David…
Read MoreThe CPKC Holiday Train deadrun
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…
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