Last November, after the successful showing of four of my prints at the New Jersey International Photography Exhibition, I gathered up my courage and attempted another “call for art.” This time, I aimed for the bullseye – the dream of having one of my artworks hang on the walls of a New York City art…
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A homemade View-Master® reel featuring one of my favorite subjects of 2022.
It arrived in the mail yesterday. Well, five of them, along with viewers. I shipped three off to special recipients as Christmas presents, and I’m keeping two – one to care and one for a spare. It’s my homemade View-Master® compatible reel and viewer. Wanna see? Yes you do. That’s right. These shots from my…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Stort’s Frito Pie
Sometimes you can create tasty meals on the fly, especially when your dinner prep time is virtually non-existent. Case in point. On days when I’m driving home from the day job, I’ll stop at one of the four Stewart’s along my route home. (No, I didn’t misspell anything in the headline, the proper pronunciation of…
Read MoreInsomnia spurs creativity.
During my Sunday photo shoot of the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railway train, I set up my gear so that the train would pass across Route 9N. Now when a train bisects a road, the railroad crossing sign flashes and a little gate drops. And lights flash on and off as the train passes. And…
Read More“If you bring the snow, I’ll bring the Nikon.”
Last week, I treated myself to the Capital District model train show at the Empire State Plaza. It’s a chance for me to check out the rolling stock and train collectibles, fantasize about building a gigantic model railroad layout in a two-room apartment, purchase a couple of refrigerator magnets, and leave. This time, I spotted…
Read MoreA Christmas gift for Lightning’s Girl … that may arrive by, oh, I don’t know … Easter?
Over the past five or six years, I’ve saved up every single General Motors loyalty point I could get. Bring the car in for a repair? Get some loyalty points. Pay for another six months of SiriusXM satellite radio? Get more loyalty points. Points points points points. Last year, when I thought I had enough…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 10 2022
So I know today’s blog post is an early post. And I have an explanation. I live in the Town and Village of Green Island, and about six months ago, several apartments at a waterside development caught fire and were destroyed. During the current reconstruction and restoration of the apartments, the Green Island Power Authority…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 9, 2022
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s show is a mix of early 1980’s New York City club and dance hits, which back in the day were quite…
Read MoreThey’re making another Left Behind movie? Why? No, seriously, WHY?
The Left Behind novel series – 16 books, to be precise – tells the story of the people left behind after the Christian Rapture, and their attempts to prevent an antichrist from taking over the world. There. I just saved you 5,000 pages and $20 at the used book store. You’re welcome. Seriously. The Left…
Read More“What are you doing on Channel 6?”
I received an email from WRGB newscaster Liz Bishop a few weeks ago. Apparently Liz found one of my old blog posts and wanted to talk to me. No, not this one. It’s actually THIS one. It’s an article I originally wrote for Rugby magazine in 1993, and reblogged it in 2011. It’s about the…
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