Last Saturday, I purchased three Easter cactus plants. The plan? Photograph their brilliant blooms as closely as possible. At least do it before the plants drop dead from too much Chuck-exposure. So between Saturday night and Sunday morning, between battling blooms falling off the stems, and stems falling off the stalks … I was able…
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Some Easter Cactus for the weekend
Why in the world did I buy three of these guys? What is wrong with my mental status? Chuck – a man whose gardening skills are so poor, they could kill a DRAWING of a plant? Well … I bought three of these. I bought a baby Easter cactus. Three of them, to be precise.…
Read MoreThe Saturday Blogroll Recap, March 14 2026
Good morning, blog readers and faithful. Yes, it’s time once again for another blogroll recap, to examine the great works and images and thoughts of the people who populate my personal blogroll. So let’s get started. Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read MoreSundays are for War and Peas
I love reading satirical comic strips. That included newspaper strips like The Far Side and Caldwell, both of whom were hilarious and thought-provoking. Of course, we’ve moved from newspapers to the internet, and since 2011 the duo of Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz have created a hilarious Sunday four-panel webcomic strip called War and Peas.…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Many Rainy Nights
If you’ve never experienced the voice and poetry of Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, you’ve missed so much. Even if you’ve only heard the Pogues’ Christmas song “Fairytale of New York,” that’s just not enough to really appreciate what MacGowan brought to the musical world. Take, for example, this track. The Pogues song “A Rainy…
Read MoreIt’s been 25 gorram years already…
I enjoy good science fiction as much as the next person. Give me a good Star Wars movie or a good Star Trek TV series, and I’m a happy man. Is there a TARDIS nearby? Might there involve a time-traveling telephone booth? (air guitar riff) Then again, some science fiction fandom can border on the…
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More tests with the Infrared Zodiak Fisheye Connection
Last month, I tested out some new modified infrared lenses on a combination of my Nikon Df infrared-modded camera. And the first tests were rather impressive. I could achieve 720nm infrared shots with a fisheye lens that wasn’t previously designed for such adventures. With a warm day yesterday, I felt it was a good time…
Read MoreThe Saratoga Racers deserve better.
Back in February, with the Albany Patroons on hiatus, and the New York Phoenix’ new season not starting yet, my winter basketball minor league experience seemed closed. Then I received a phone call that the Saratoga Racers – a team in the American Basketball Association – needed an announcer for their games. Ah, why not.…
Read MoreDePaula Chevrolet must REALLY want me back … but I have a REALLY long memory.
At one time, I used DePaula Chevrolet for all my car maintenance, going all the way back to the 1991 Pontiac 6000 that I took away from my Grandma Betty so that she wouldn’t test the theory of a 92-year-old woman driving with cataracts and a valid Massachusetts driver’s license. And for the most part,…
Read MoreThe Saturday Blogroll Recap, March 7 2026
Before we start the recap of the great things occurring on the blogroll, let’s all wish a big fat Happy Birthday to someone I’ve known in blogging for nearly 16 years. That would be Roger Green, he of the “Ramblin’ with Roger,” as he turns 73 this morning. Go over to his blog today, wish…
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