Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. A quick note before we go through the blogroll recap this week; make sure that before you go to bed tonight, you set your clocks back one hour. So if it’s 3:00, you set it for 2:00. And in America, we set 2025 back to what, 1931 or something?…
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That does it, I’m betting on Transparency next Sunday!
I’m probably the kookiest harness horse better in the world. I’ll bet on a horse’s name, I’ll bet on a horse’s color, I’ll bet on a horse that dropped two pounds of manure before the start of the race. And once I start betting on a horse, I’ll keep dropping coin on that stud race…
Read MoreThe Congregation of Carissima
Sometimes you work on a project and you think there’s a goal in sight. And suddenly … without warning … you’re taking a different route. Robert Frost points to the other road and say, “Take this one, it’s less traveled.” I shall explain. Last month, during my Hamilton College 40th reunion, I took some of…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 8 2025
Good morning everybody, time to get that cup of coffee and that blog post. I can’t provide the coffee, but I can sure provide the blog post. Well, blog posts, actually, as they come from the wonderful people on my personal blogroll. Take a read and enjoy. Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read More#5 Win, Place, and Show
While experimenting with rapid-fire infrared shots in my modified Nikon Df camera, I wanted to see if the camera could capture high-speed images in this format. So I set up the camera at Saratoga Harness and tried to capture a rapid-fire photo burst of the horses as they crossed the grandstand. And here’s the best…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 7
Pay Me To Knight, the harness horse known around the stables as “Junior,” has won two races at Saratoga Harness so far this racing season. He’s also had a close second, a fourth, and a couple of races where he didn’t do as well as usual. This time, he’s back in the sixth race –…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 2 2024
So … I’m in a really good mood today. And there are plenty of reasons why. First off, Hamilton College, my alma mater, just knocked off the #1 seed Amherst on Friday afternoon en route to the New England Small College Athletic Conference finals in women’s ice hockey – and one more win will send…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 3
I started out with a $100 bank on my year-long bet on a trotter at Saratoga Harness. The horse, officially known as Pay Me To Knight, but colloquially known as Junior, won his last race by a neck, which turned my $20/win bet into a $47 payout. Now before you ask me about why I’m…
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