Empire State Plaza fireworks, 2020 Edition

So I’m submitting this awesome 2020 fireworks photo from the Empire State Plaza’s 4th of July celebration. And you’re looking at me as if I grew a second head.  “Chuck Miller, don’t bullshit your readers,” you say to me.  “Everybody knows that the Empire State Plaza 4th of July festivities were cancelled this year, due…

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Hey Spectrum, bring back the El Rey Network NOW!!

Here’s what happened. I was looking for something to watch one night, and that meant a game of cable box roulette – scroll up the dial until something catches my attention, whether it be the Alaskan railroad show on National Geographic, or a Bar Rescue episode on Paramount Network that I’ve only seen about 20…

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McGreevy Pro Lab saved my ass. Saved ten years of my ass.

Background. I always give credit to those who have been there for me. That includes McGreevy Pro Lab, a film developer and print shop in downtown Albany. They have been my pro lab of choice for the lion’s share of my Competition Season artworks. They will do whatever it takes to satisfy their customers, and…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 10 2020

So last week, I mentioned that I was currently battling this new WordPress editor that WordPress “volunteered” upon me. Some readers have offered tips and tricks on how to get back to the old classic editor, but after much thought, I decided that I need to make this new editor work. At some point, those…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 9, 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. Time Artist Song Release Genre Label 8:00 PM The Plimsouls A Million Miles Away Everywhere at Once Pop Geffen 8:04 PM The…

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I finished watching Star Trek: Lower Decks and…

This morning, I finished watching the final episode of the first 10-episode season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, the animated entry into the Star Trek universe. It’s one of those Star Trek entries that CBS: All Access has been running for the past three years, including their flagship Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard…

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Would you like some tomateos with your luttuce?

It’s morning in America, and I’m pissed off at my local Speedway gas station. Last Monday morning, I pumped some gas – no problem there – and then went inside to purchase some items; a couple of cans of Red Bull, some chips, and a slice of their breakfast pizza – which, by the way,…

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The Amish Mafia need to reunite and solve this problem here.

A long, long time ago, I used to do very snarky (and popular) recaps of a certain Discovery Channel TV show that purported to expose the seamy underbelly of organized crime in South Central Pennsylvania and the like. Yeah, I’m talking about the Amish Mafia. This was the show that offered Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus…

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