Chris Jericho, have you lost your mind???

I personally think that professional wrestler Chris Jericho has been one of the most talented and charismatic professional wrestlers of the past 25 years.  He’s phenomenal on the microphone, he has wrestling moves that are still strong, and he has wrestled five-star matches with everyone from Stone Cold Steve Austin to Kenny Omega.  He’s currently…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 8 2020

Greetings, and welcome to the weekly recap of the great bloggers and writers and photographers from my personal blogroll.  I set aside my Saturday blog to showcase the works of other bloggers, because I want you to see and read and enjoy what they say.  Trust me on this. So let’s get started, shall we?…

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One last legacy for Cardachrome and the Blackbird

Long-time readers of my blog will remember the two car nicknames at the title of this blog post.  Cardachrome was my 2005 Saturn Ion, the second car I ever personally owned.  I had that car from 2010 to 2012, when its myriad of electrical issues convinced me it was time to get a different car. …

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Elbo Room’s liquor license wasn’t the only thing that bounced…

News came yesterday that the Elbo Room, that venerable dive bar on Delaware Avenue in Albany, lost their liquor license. Andrew Cuomo's administration has suspended the liquor license of the Elbo Room, which was Cuomo's favorite bar during his Albany Law School days. (Left, Cuomo press release. Right, a quote from an old @JimmyVielkind/@timesunion profile…

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Click Click Click Click Click Click….

That sound you just heard was my external hard drive – a six-terabyte storage unit that carries nearly my entire photo archive – making strange noises. This is not good. This is very not good. Over the years, I’ve dealt with hard drive and disc drive failures before.  I’ve had friends and companies reconstitute the…

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Footloose on the Royale with Cheese Movie Club

Yes, I know I’ve never seen Footloose. It came out in the early 1980’s, and I never honestly had a chance or a desire to see it.  Yeah, I heard all the songs from the movie on my radio, and I saw the music video with clips of the film all the time on MTV.…

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I’ve got a Dirty Pair to show you…

I do enjoy watching anime.  But my initial forays into anime involved watching American-dubbed and American-edited versions of such Japanese TV shows as Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers), Mach Go Go Go (Speed Racer), and Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets). So one day, back when the Thruway Inn in Albany was hosting a sci-fi convention…

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