Here’s what happens when you mishear things. During the day, while I’m working, I listen to an Australian oldies radio station, Gold MX in Albany, W.A. It’s mostly music with a few regional commercials. One of the commercials is for a scenic boat tour along the Kalgan River on the riverboat Kalgan Queen. Hey, if…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 30 2021
Some updates for you, especially for my fellow bloggers who used to blog on the TImes Union’s portal. The TU made it official; they’re shutting down their community blogging portal on Friday, February 5. Now if you were a community or independent blogger, and you wish to get your blog archives from the TU, contact…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 29, 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 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Tonight’s edition of the Nightowl Radio Show is a dive into a history of sampled music. Time Artist Song 8:01 PM Big…
Read MorePlay with your $GME, but stay away from my $BB
By now you’ve heard of the new stock market game, where a series of Redditors have figured out how to game the market and battle against hedge funds to make themselves a sweet pile of cash. I’m already seeing it on my FB feed, where some of my friends have made some serious bank by…
Read MoreSo long, Times Union blog farm. You were a golden goose, and the TU killed you.
Background. In 2009, I had a little independent Blogger blog – wrote a few posts here and there, nothing major. Well, apparently a few of my blogs caught the attention of Mike Huber, the person in charge of the Times Union’s cadre of staff and independent blogs. He asked if I wanted to join up…
Read MoreCaption Time: Does the USPS run on Dunkin’?
This won’t be a very long blog post today; I have a medical procedure first thing this morning. So hopefully, when the procedure is over and the anesthesia wears off, I can log into the blog and see lots of inspired, funny (and clean) captions for this image. Come on, people. Show me your creative…
Read MoreI see your sea shanty and I raise you a Danceteria.
Apparently the big kick on social media right now is a sea shanty called “Wellerman,” a song about a New Zealand whaling vessel. Of late, the song has received newfound appreciation as performers like Nathan Evans have turned this song into a TikTok sensation. Now, of course, with all the “Bernie Sanders and his Mittens”…
Read MorePreventing those who want to serve, while claiming stolen valor, is bullshit.
Four years ago, Donald Trump declared that trans men and women were not allowed to serve in the military. And although your Twitter account was shut down, your old Tweets are still visible in the blog post I wrote four years ago. I’m just glad we have a real President now, someone who can take…
Read MoreSo did my 70mm “Force” project work?
Background. I have a canister of 20-year-old expired Kodak Portra 160NC film. It’s 70mm wide, which means that the only camera in my arsenal that can handle it is my AGFA Clipper Special f/6.3, which takes 616 (also known as 70mm) film. Last week, I packed a strip of the film in the AGFA, and…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 23 2021
Good morning, everybody. Sadly, as much as I would love to start today’s blog postwith the recaps, I need to address something that happened to one of my fellow former Times Union independent bloggers. For this, I’ll immediately ask you to read Rob Madeo’s “Keyboard Krumbs” blog, “This One’s for the Bloggers.“ Lale Davidson wrote…
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