1985 was the year of the television anthology series. CBS brought back their second iteration of The Twilight Zone, while NBC resurrected Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But NBC also had another anthology series in the mix – a show called Amazing Stories. Each self-contained show featured drama, fantasy, horror, science fiction and excitement. It was a…
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A laundry service and the 40-day challenge
I’m still on the mend from a broken ankle and the subsequent surgery. In that time, I’ve developed various survival skills and the like. Delivery services for food, for example. But one thing I haven’t been able to work around has been laundry. When I moved to the Town and Village in 2010, my apartment…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons improve to 4-0, beat Columbus 127-121, and I HAVE A RING!!
Before Saturday night, I had two rings in my possession, two rings that I hold dear to my heart. One ring is my high school ring, a ring from the Street Academy of Albany, a symbol of achievement when the whole world seemed against me. One ring is my NBL Canada championship ring, awarded to…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons go 3-0, 136-121 over Raleigh, and I get an American Idol solid!
After six weeks of being cooped up like a quarantined patient, I finally had a chance to leave my home in the Town and Village for more than just a doctor’s appointment. And trust me, there’s no better cure than an Albany Patroons game. I was able to hobble into the Armory – doctor said…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 15 2020
Good morning, good morning to you. I’ve been updating my personal blogroll for the past two or three weeks – adding new bloggers, updating old blog links, that kind of thing. So you’ll be seeing some new and previously unfeatured bloggers in this week’s blog recap, and I hope you like what they write and…
Read MoreBefore CSI and Quincy, there was Wojeck
I’m going to introduce you to a very gritty 1960’s procedural drama series. It tells the story of a medical examiner who works with the police in solving murders. And if you’re a fan of CSI or Quincy, or even more regional shows like Da Vinci’s Inquest or the like, you’ll find many of the…
Read MoreRush Limbaugh helped me decide to vote for Pete Buttigieg
Look, it hasn’t been easy to find a political candidate for the 2020 Presidential election. It hasn’t. Ever since my original choice, Kirsten Gillibrand, dropped out of the running, I’ve been looking at my options – do I go with Sanders, or Warren, or Buttigieg or Biden or that one billionaire or that other billionaire…
Read MoreProgress report on the broken ankle
Tuesday morning. I already had an overflow of emotions – hope for progress on my surgically repaired broken right ankle; worry that some minute thing I did in the past five weeks might have derailed all the progress; and weariness because I asked for an 8am appointment. Driving’s still out of the question, so I…
Read MoreFrankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Welcome To the Pleasuredome” is an Album I Want to Be Buried WIth
Honestly, I’m going to need another coffin for all the music I want to take with me to the next world. And since this is a two-LP release … 😀 There’s something to be said about Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Their group name came from a newspaper headline about Sinatra making his first film. Their…
Read MoreSo I watched the Oscars last night …
It’s not like I had a dog in the fight this year … you know, a film that I thought deserved every Oscar it was nominated for. That was in 2016, when Mad Max: Fury Road received a ton of nominations and walked away with six trophies. This year … it was kind of weird. …
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