Last week, I had to run some errands. Drive here, drive there, pick this up, purchase that, drop this off, you know… And of course, I’m doing all this in the middle of a snowstorm. And everything went well, I was able to complete this errand and that errand, take care of this and that……
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Week 15 of the “Catch the Mania” trivia tournament at The Ruck
Two weeks to go and the Ruck-specific “Nemesis” team is locked and loaded. All we need to do this week is score at least 66 out of a possible 90 points. Simple, you say? Yeah… here’s the rub. By participating in this tournament for all 16 weeks – including next week – we get to…
Read MoreYou can modify your Facebook “look back” movie
You’ve seen everybody’s Facebook movies. They’re great, aren’t they? A look back at your time on the social media platform, all the memories, all the imagery… I liked seeing them. So I clicked on the Facebook link and watched the one they created for me. And I thought they could do better. There were a…
Read MoreReturn of the Revolog
Last week, I shot one of my two rolls of Revolog Tesla film – film that was pre-printed with electricity bolts and the like. My first shots turned out nice; I especially liked the one photo that featured a small lightning strike near the old Olympic Bar sign on South Pearl Street. Now that picture…
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K-Chuck Radio: All Colors of the Rainbow
To quote the opening lines from a Walt Disney television show, “The world is a wonderful world of color…” And on today’s K-Chuck Radio, I present to you songs that not only reference color, they also make color part of the lyrical metaphor. DON CORNELIUS AND THE SOUL TRAIN GANG Spectrum The classic voice of…
Read More“You took a selfie with a cadaver?”
Okay, this is just ten levels of ewwww… According to the website PetaPixel.com, which in turn came from a UPI report, a high school student in Alabama went on a field trip with her classmates to the University of Alabama at Birmingham anatomy lab. It should be noted that the anatomy lab contains several medical…
Read MoreWant to visit the set of Downton Abbey? SURE YOU DO!!
Okay, this is cool. In an effort to raise money for those whose in the Philippines whose lives were destroyed by last year’s Typhoon Haiyan, the cast and crew of the ultra-popular PBS show Downton Abbey are offering this special prize. One lucky winner – and a guest – will fly to London and visit…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, February 6 2014: Ten for Thursday
Hi there. If you’ve arrived at this blog via the Times Union’s page in the print edition, then welcome. Every Thursday, I turn over my blog to showcase ten of the best blog articles and posts from my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers. I hope you enjoy these blogs, and that they engage…
Read MoreThe Snowstorm School Closings Secret
It didn’t matter which school of “The Twelve” I was attending at the time. They were all in the Northeast – ten in New York State and two in Massachusetts. But the moment I woke up and looked out my bedroom window and saw a blanket of white snow on the ground, with more snow…
Read MoreWeek 14 of the 2014 “Catch the Mania” trivia tournament at The Ruck
The important part of last night’s game for my Ruck-specific “Nemesis” team – Donna, Dylan and yours truly for the night – is that we finished in second place at the tournament – even with a poor showing in the sixth round (everybody’s favorite category – “Science”), and we took home some bar swag as…
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