When I was a student at Hamilton College – 1981-1985, to be specific – we did not have the ability to participate in NCAA postseason tournaments. Our conference at the time – the New England Small College Athletic Conference – prohibited teams from playing in tournaments that lasted one week past our final regular season…
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My NCAA Tournament overall pick to win is… Kentucky Wesleyan!
In the past, I’ve avoided participating in the NCAA basketball tournament “bracket madness” game. Personally, I think the setup punishes mid-majors who have to participate in “play-in” games just to make the round of 64 – especially when the SWAC and the MEAC conference champions have to play against each other for the right to…
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Return to the Troubled Bridge Over Water
Last year, I took my Nikon Df camera through the Adirondacks and captured some great photos. One of those photos, taken in Warrensburg along Route 9, was of a distressed wooden bridge that spanned a small stream. Now at the time, I thought the picture I took would be awesome for competition season. But after…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: More forgotten 70’s pop tracks
Every so often, I hear a rare classic pop song on my Sirius/XM satellite radio station. Usually it’s during a broadcast of American Top 40, which airs on the “70’s on 7” channel Saturdays at noon (with a rebroadcast Sunday at 9am). And it’s kinda cool to hear those rare tracks that only got as…
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Bachelor Cooking: Fried Pierogis
First off, if I’m going to do these “Bachelor Cooking” recipes, I should add a searchable category on the blog for them. So I did. Now that the housekeeping is out of the way… One of the good things about bachelor cooking is that if you don’t want to wimp out and get fast food,…
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News from the 2017 Photo Regionals…
Last week, I dropped off my three entries into the 39th annual Capital District Photo Regionals art show at the Albany Center Gallery. All three will remain on display, along with over 300 other photographs, at the Albany Center Gallery until March 10. That’s the time period for the Photo Regionals’ “Salon Week.” And after…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: A dose of Northern Soul
The best way to describe “Northern Soul” music is that it sounds like a 1960’s Motown record, it’s danceable, and it’s rare. In most cases, Northern Soul tracks were songs that never made it to the pop or R&B charts, but some astute collectors snagged copies, and played those copies all night in the dance…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, March 2, 2017: Ten for Thursday
We have a lot of great posts this week, and I want you to enjoy and read each and every one of them. You know the drill. The Times Union has dozens of independent bloggers and writers on this portal, and sometimes it can get overwhelming to find your favorite writers and columnists. So every…
Read MoreDracourage Blanco??
There’s always one thing in my cars that ends up causing them to spend time in the body shop. With the Blackbird, it was windshield replacement – and thank God I had a complete glass coverage plan, I was swapping out broken and cracked windshields in that car more often than I felt necessary. With…
Read MoreKellyanne Conway’s feet on the sofa – tres déclassé
I think there is a White House staffer who has, on his wall, a little poster that says, “Kellyanne Conway has not embarrassed the President for three days straight. The record is four days straight.” I say that because yesterday, when President Trump was meeting with presidents and chancellors and leaders from historically black colleges…
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