I have to tell this story before I tell the one referenced in today’s headline. Back in 2008 or so, I used to reside on a sports message board known as Our Sports Central. It was a site for minor league sports aficionados, and I hung out in the minor league basketball portal, where we…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 10, 2021
Good morning, wonderful blog readers. Hope you’re all having a great summer, and I want you to enjoy a little time reading the blogs and photography output of my fellow bloggers on my personal blogroll. So let’s have at it. BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words” blog, “The last picture?” (Read this first.)…
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The Pride of the Palace
Although I haven’t used my Kodak Medalist II camera (“Kodak Red”) in a long while, I felt it was in need of a maintenance and upgrade. Somewhere along the years, Kodak Red’s internal rangefinder prism broke, and one of the focusing rings on the lens locked up. And yeah, it was just a BEAST to…
Read MoreHey, Scammers – I’ve got itches in my pants!
Ah, it never ceases to amaze me. The scammers will call any day or night, hoping to get me hooked into purchasing some extended vehicle warranty that’s worthless, or they’ll try to sucker me into a vacation to the sunny shores of Utica. One of the tactics these scammers will employ is to have a…
Read MoreCaption Time: Who likes ice cream?
For anyone to understand the incongruity of this photo, one needs to live in upstate New York. Stewart’s convenience stories (or, as we locals call them, “Storts”) have the best hand-scooped ice cream pints and quarts for year-round purchase. So much so, that if you see in this photo, apparently even an ice cream truck…
Read MoreA possible puff of smoke from OnwardMobility?
Recap. As I’ve previously blogged, I’m holding onto my BlackBerry KEYone cell phone for dear life. It’s four years old, and my cell phone carrier – Verizon – is rumbling that it may cull this phone and all other BlackBerry phones from their available operating network by the end of 2022. At the same time,…
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A little pink postcard from Des Moines, 2021 edition
Okay. Deep breath. There is a pink postcard in my mailbox. Not a canary yellow postcard, as has arrived in the past, but a neon pink one. The postcard came all the way from Des Moines, Iowa, home of the Iowa State Fair, or as I call it, one of the spokes in my 2021…
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2021 Fireworks, Part 2
Back in 2018, I received special permission from the New York State Office of General Services to photograph the Empire State Plaza fireworks show from a special walled-off location at the side of the Empire State Plaza. In fact, I even blogged about it. I didn’t do the fireworks show in 2019, opting instead to…
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2021 Fireworks, Part 1
Background. Last year, I was fortunate to photograph a post-graduation fireworks show at the Jericho Drive-In, which made me very happy. That photo of the fireworks, alongside the distinctive Jericho Drive-In sign, received a “Best of” award at the 2020 Big E online photography competition, so I’m happy for that. This year, the Jericho hosted…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 3, 2021
Happy Independence Day Weekend, and I hope you all go out and enjoy the fireworks shows and celebrate the holiday. And what better way to celebrate this holiday than to enjoy the writings and photographs and observations of the men and women who populate my personal blogroll. Take a look and take a listen, and…
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