Pastor Charlie Muller has achieved so much in his quest to make the Capital Region a better place. And this year, he needs your help. See, Pastor Muller has taken care of many young people over the years, those who have survived abusive home lives, or who need to find a better home than the…
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A hacker in a blackout
So at around 5:00 last night, I was working on a couple of projects – just a crafting thing, mind you – and waiting for a basketball game to stream online. Then the lights went out. Poof. Darkness. Wait a second. I paid my light bill. I ALWAYS pay my light bill. What’s happening here?…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, November 24, 2018
So has your body clock reverted back to normal time after staying up all night for Black Friday shopping? Did you basically spend your life savings buying flatscreens and PS4’s this year? Well, here’s something you can do that’s very low cost, and you can do it at your own time. And that is ……
Read MoreEquinox Thanksgiving Turkey Day Deliveries, 2018 Edition
Thursday morning. Up and at ’em, it’s delivery day. For on this blessed occasion, we get up – load our cars with dinners – and take them to families throughout the Capital District so that they too might enjoy the holiday season. The Equinox Thanksgiving Day tradition. It’s something I enjoy doing every year. And…
Read MoreThey Shall Not Grow Old: An incredible film restoration project
I am a huge fan of restored motion pictures and vintage films. Back when AMC was “American Movie Classics,” they would host an annual weekend “Film Preservation Festival” on TV, with commercial-free broadcasts of restored and preserved films – such as the Todd-AO version of Oklahoma, the roadshow version of It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad,…
Read MoreThe intraocular option
Prescription eyeglasses are a constant in my life. They’re my identity – with them, I’m Clark Kent; without them, I’m Matt Murdock. If you wore glasses in school, you were the nerd, the geek, the dweeb, you were “four eyes” or “windshield face” or something less pleasant than that. Kids would take your glasses and…
Read MoreI’m driving for Equinox one more time…
Your Thanksgiving tradition may involve dinner with family and friends, the kids fighting over who gets to pull the wishbone, your cousins fighting over whether the Dallas Cowboys will actually make the playoffs this year (they won’t), your niece wanting to know why there’s a big inflated Snoopy floating down a New York city street…
Read MoreOne Jacksonville Jaguars chain tossed away…
Long time blog subscribers will know that I am a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers football fan. It goes back to the days of the Immaculate Reception, and continued through six Super Bowl championships. But recently, being a Steelers fan also means feeling a bit snakebitten. That moment when you look at the schedule and you say,…
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Returning to Rexleigh
I thought I was done with driving to the hinterlands and photographing the Rexleigh Covered Bridge that spans the Battenkill River. I mean, after my triple-blue-winning Washington County 2:30 a.m. picture, with the Rexleith Bridge in the foreground and the Milky Way in the distance … I thought I had captured my “Rexleigh shot” and…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, November 17, 2018
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. Winter has arrived – a little earlier than scheduled – and I want to get some photos this morning. But I can’t take a single shot … until I share the shots of my fellow bloggers, podcasters and photographers. Makes sense, right? These people deserve your attention, so give…
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