I shouldn’t be out here this early in the morning. No. I should return to bed and sleep a few more hours. But I can’t. I’m right near the ocean, and I want to photograph an ocean sunrise.
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Week 5 of the Graney’s Stout Spring Trivia League
There’s a very simple, hard and fast rule about weekly competitive bar trivia games. No matter how many wins you have, no matter how successful you were last week or last weekend or last night … you can still end up in the middle of the pack today. Case in point. I was still on…
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In the Constellation Sylvania
How strange is this cosmic world of coincidence and happenstance. Let me explain. It’s Monday night, and I’m in Atlantic City waiting for the announcement of the World Tavern Trivia national championships (spoiler alert: my team won). I wanted to get some souvenirs and gifts while I was here, so I’m in the gift shop…
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Results of the 2017 World Tavern Trivia Championships
When I went to sleep Sunday night, I thought that my Stir Crazy trivia team had completed a successful round in the first day of the two-day World Tavern Trivia National Championships in Atlantic City. When I woke up Monday morning … I had no idea how successful we were. Out of 60 correct answers…
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Day 1 of the 2017 World Tavern Trivia Championships
Last year, I participated with the Stir Crazy trivia team in the 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships in Atlantic City. We came in second place – just barely nosed out by a squad called “That’s What She Said” – and we vowed to return in 2017 and improve our status. For me, it’s nice to…
Read MoreThe Incident at A.C. Moore
Yesterday, I needed to take care of some errands. And one of those errands involved returning some framing materials to the local A.C. Moore hobby shop in Latham. No big crisis – I bought too many products for my project, and I wanted to return the unused portions and put that money back on my…
Read MoreGet an Albany Patroon to run your sports league
I have never shied away from my love for the long-departed Albany Patroons basketball team. Two championships, five regular-season titles, and a slew of NBA players and coaches came from our little Continental Basketball Association team. And today I want to take a moment and salute one of those former Patroons and his successful involvement…
Read MoreNo, VIDA, you can’t have my photos…
Here’s my issue with telemarketers and cold calls. They give you this whole crock about how they love your (writing, photos, look) and they want to (promote your work, hire you for events, cast you in a movie), and although they (have no budget, want you to pay, still want you in the movie), they…
Read MoreThe last, sad, remaining Amish Mafia story
For three years, I had fun reviewing the godawful trashy reality show Amish Mafia, the program that purported to reveal the secret society within a secret society – the crew of enforcers and thugs and gangsters among the Plain Folk of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I had a lot of fun reviewing and snarking on those…
Read MoreWeek 4 of the Graney’s Stout Spring Trivia League
Before I start this trivia recap, I need to take a moment. I wouldn’t be playing competitive team trivia on Wednesdays had I not participated in all those Brown’s Brewing trivia matches of long ago. Those Wednesday nights were lots of fun, and the fun was surely increased by trivia host Ryan West. Over the…
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