Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I’ve known Professor Daniel Nester for a long time. He and I used to be Times Union community bloggers together. Then we left to open up our own blog portals. I’ve also known Daniel to be a dedicated fan of the band Queen (because everybody should be a dedicated fan of the band Queen), as…
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It’s Saturday morning and I’m on a scouting spree. Let me explain. In 2006, the Catskill Game Farm closed operations, and all the animals inside went to new homes. A new ownership group is currently offering tours of the old grounds, and is in the midst of renovating the property into a camp site. On…
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Every so often in our lives, we come across images of things from our past. And we want to do something with those images. For me, it took a lot of procrastination – but then, just out of nowhere, I created something. And I hope you like it. For more than 50 years, Hoffman’s Playland…
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As you are aware, I am a big fan of the Jericho Drive-In and what they’ve done over the years. Not just satisfied with being a decent outdoor movie getaway in the Capital District, the Jericho has opened up an ice cream shop (Twist), they’ve opened their drive-ins for fundraisers and charity events, and now…
Read MoreGood morning, good morning, it’s a beautiful day outside and you need to get your Vitamin D, so go outside and play. Yeah, that sounds like your parents kicking you out of bed and out of the house for the day, right? But before you go outside and play, at least take a moment and…
Read MoreEvery year, the New York State Fair offers some abnormally insane “fair food,” a melange of meats and cheeses and sugars and deep-frying. A few years ago, it was the Defibrillator, a beef patty with bacon and fixings, wrapped between two grilled cheese sandwiches. A couple of years ago, it was deep-fried matzo balls at…
Read MoreMy regular blog readers will know that I detest robocalls, spambots, telemarketers and cold call swindlers. I detest them with the same loathing and hatred shared only by those who are dragged to a Smash Mouth / Nickelback concert tour. That’s why I’m excited to hear that Bill H.R. 3375 – the “Stop Bad Robocalls…
Read MoreI hadn’t planned on watching Netflix yesterday – but I was looking for something that I could watch while I was doing something else. And what I found on Netflix was a rather intriguing documentary. The film, Jack of All Trades, is a documentary about the son of a baseball card store magnate and how…
Read MoreI couldn’t sleep. So I took a pack of old Kodak Instamatic 126 film into my dark room (which also doubles as my bathroom after midnight), cracked open the Instamatic cartridge, and rolled the film into some medium format backing paper. I’ll use this for a future photo shoot, somewhere down the road. But while…
Read More“Hi, and welcome to the new Rivers Sports Book, what would you like to bet on?” Yes, I tried to make a bet yesterday at Rivers. It did not go well. Me: “Do you take bets on basketball?” Rivers: “Yes we do, sir, what would you like to bet on?” Me: “I’m going to put…
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