I first met Tony Goldmark at, at all places, a “Weird Al” Yankovic fan convention in 2000. Yes, there are such things. Yes, I went to more than one of them. Tony at that time was a very talented song parodist, and could compose some nerdcore with the best of them. Tony has a few…
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There are nominations. It is the way.
We live in very crazy times right now. VERY crazy times. And yesterday, I received a teensy tiny bit of normalcy in my crazy life. Somewhere along the line, the Emmy Award nominations were announced. And among all the usual nominations (Jeez, can you give the award for Best Supporting Actress Comedy to D’Arcy Carden…
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A Capital District-themed drive-in speaker: The Mohawk Drive-In in Bluetooth
Some time ago, I chronicled, step by step, how I took an old, beat-up drive-in speaker and turned it into a beautiful, Bluetooth-enabled speaker. Yeah, I can do things like that. So I tried again. Only this time, I had a specific purpose in mind. Walk with me. This is a vintage Simplex speaker. In…
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Hi, Beatrice!
At the current point in my life, although I would love to own a pet, I really can’t have one. Pets take a LOT of time and commitment, and although I appreciate those who CAN manage that relationship with their canines and felines, I know that I’m not able to provide that time at this…
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s Two Versions of Copyright Protection
Taylor Swift is fiercely protective of the copyrights to her songs. From where they stream online, to her battles with her former management over the rights and ownership of her first six albums, she’s been an advocate for copyright protection. Which makes this latest news about her more perplexing. Recently, Swift released a brand new…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 25, 2020
So, normally I would list the blogs from my personal blogroll and direct you to enjoy them. But today, I’m going to ask you to read a specific blog first. This one, from the Girl Gone Smart platform, “Girl Gone Local: Unsolved mystery in upstate New York.” The unsolved mystery is the murder of Betty…
Read MoreApologies that aren’t apologies, 2020 edition (or: New York Strong defeats Florida Man)
By now you might have heard of this. House representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – you know, the person who beat the odds to defeat a ten-term senator and revitalize New York’s 14th District, has been working hard in her freshman Congress stint, despite the misogyny and unabated vulgarities thrown at her. And recently, she received a…
Read MoreJennifer Hager’s Wall of Gratitude
Jennifer Hager and I went to college together. We were good friends – and if you could say someone was “kind of intelligent,” Jennifer was certainly “intelligent and kind.” Still is, in fact. Although the years have guided us on different paths, we recently re-connected on Facebook. And apparently, during COVID-19, she’s found a new…
Read MoreOne inch.
It’s 5:00 in the evening, and I’m on my way home from downtown. Day job is done. I leave the office building through the rear entrance, so that I can walk down to the parking garage and get my car. To leave the back of my building, I have to cross a very narrow street. …
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Order in the Court
The 1960’s TV sketch show “Laugh-In” spawned several different national catchphrases, and it was not unusual to drop a “Sock it to me” or “Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls” or “Fickle Finger of Fate,” etc. One of those catchphrases was the innocuous but totally infectious phrase, “Here comes the judge.” This was…
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