I own an 80-200 f/2.8 telephoto lens. It’s one of my most durable lenses, I’ve owned it for nearly 15 years. Heck, it goes back to the days when my primary camera was a Nikon D70. It’s an adaptable little shooter, it has been with me through my ownership of a Nikon D700, and my…
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Deadliest Catch and the loss of Nick McGlashan
I’ve watched the Discovery Channel show Deadliest Catch for years. For those not familiar, Deadliest Catch is a docu-series about Alaskan crab fishing. Being a crab fisherman in the Bering Sea is rife with dangers – everything from falling overboard into the icy waters, to getting injured by heavy equipment (with rescue help hours away).…
Read More14 Badges, a Coin and a Bumper Sticker.
There’s still a big part of me that loves the Great Escape amusement park in Lake George. Of course, I loved it when it was Storytown, but that’s me. And over the years, either through online acquisitions or from visiting the park itself and getting one handed to me by the great sheriff Wild Windy…
Read MoreAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Avenue
He knew that enticing aroma. A mixture of fragrant peanut butter. It was a change of pace from yesterday’s bread loaf, and didn’t require chewing through the plastic bread bag to get it. But Tick knew the risk. That aroma was attached to a trap. Tick could see the big steel bar. One nibble the…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 26 2020
Good morning to all. Hope you survived the Christmas hangover. And now it’s time to check out the bloggers and photographers and writers and podcasters on my personal blogroll, and see if they’ve been naughty or nice. I’m thinking mostly nice. BLOGS FOR CHRISTMAS Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “A(nother) Christmas miracle.” J. Eric Smith’s blog,…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 25, 2020
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. This episode is a special Christmas-themed episode, featuring songs that celebrate the holiday season. Time Artist Song Release Label 8:00 PM ’63…
Read MoreBachelor Gift Wrapping
So here’s the deal. When Christmas comes, I need to bring gift-wrapped packages to that special someone. But, as you know, I am a bachelor. And bachelors do, well, let’s say, bachelor things. And that includes the fine art of wrapping Christmas presents. See, in the past, my tactic for wrapping gifts was this. Take…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: It’s all in Whodini’s Wand…
John Fletcher passed away yesterday. I know that name doesn’t sound familiar to most people. He was better known by his stage name Ecstasy. Again … I’m seeing blank stares. Ecstasy was in a rap group with his friends Jalil Hutchens and Drew Carter – and as Jalil, Ecstasy and Grandmaster Dee, they were the…
Read MoreWWE Icons: Imitation is the Sincerest Form of…
There’s a show on the VICE channel called Dark Side of the Ring, which is absolutely phenomenal. It looks at historic moments in professional wrestling, gets as many people as it can to talk about those moments, and gives a no-nonsense, no-filter recap of the story. Like, for example, here’s their overview of the infamous…
Read MoreChuck’s best moments of 2020
It wasn’t an easy month. Not by any means. External drive collapse. Broken ankle. COVID. No, I didn’t have COVID, but I definitely had the other two things. So as I personally wish a big eff ewe to 2020, I do want to say that there were actually some great moments this year. Great personal…
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