I recently was blessed with ownership of two new cameras for my arsenal, thanks to one of my wonderful blog readers. I was able to purchase a Nikon F2S 35mm shooter from him – it looks like it’s in great condition, and I can’t wait to start using it. At the same time, I also…
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Spammer pretending to be Verizon, spamming me through Verizon. Wow.
I have cell phone coverage through Verizon. It’s a love-hate relationship with Verizon, sometimes they treat me like I’m just a bill-paying schlub, and there are other times when they barely acknowledge even that. But yesterday, they sent me a gift through my cell phone. Well, “Verizon” sent me a gift. Let me show you…
Read MoreAnother attempt at “Snowflake on Red.”
The last time I tried to capture a snowflake with my new Google Pixel 6 Pro camera, I was in a hurry, and the snowflake I captured wasn’t exactly point-perfect. But it was a start. Yesterday morning, it’s 15 degrees outside, and as I’m heading to my car, I see it’s got a mixture of…
Read MoreSome things to root for in the Steelers’ regular season finale.
As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I totally understand. Our postseason right now hangs in the balance. To make the playoffs, three things have to happen. Pittsburgh needs to defeat Baltimore in Baltimore this Sunday. The Indianapolis Colts have to lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville. And the Chargers-Raiders game on Sunday night can NOT…
Read MoreThe First Amendment doesn’t apply to private entities.
Yesterday morning, as I was checking my Twitter feed, I received some very interesting news. And I’d like to share it with all of you. That’s right. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) spouted off one too many times about misleading and incorrect COVID-19 information, to the point where she apparently earned her fifth strike from Twitter.…
Read MoreThe Royale with Cheese Movie Club: Don’t Look Up
For the uninitiated, the Royale with Cheese Movie Club is a list of films that, for one reason or another, I finally watched after it seems everyone else in the world has seen them. Yesterday, I was able to enter a new tally into the Club by finally watching the film everybody has an opinion…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 1 2022
Hey, guess what. It’s a new year. 2022. But it’s the same blog. And the same Saturday blogroll recap. So let’s check out who’s been blogging in the latter week of 2021, and what else is going on in the world today. BLOGS FOR TASTE Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Amsterdam brewery project gets state…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 31, 2021
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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Midnight Oil Tarkine RESIST 7:06 PM Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy The Age of Consent 7:11 PM…
Read MoreWait until he finds out those crypto coins are worthless.
I get it. Brandon Brown is a struggling race car driver in NASCAR’s Xfinity series, one level below the top Cup level of motorsports. He’s been driving for a few years, mostly in underfunded rides. But by sheer skill and luck and glory, the racing gods blessed him with his first win, a checkered flag…
Read MoreShe came in and caught me sleeping on the couch.
We’re going to spin the clock back to 1982. I was a reshmen at Hamilton College, and inbetween actually studying for classes and trying to actually garner an education, I finally scored my first recurring radio slot on the campus radio station, WHCL. Understand that at the time, the good prime radio slots were claimed…
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