Okay. All I need to do now is get ready to go deliver turkey dinners for the Equinox Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner. Have I taken care of everything? Yes. Okay, I’m out the door. See you later. Oh wait. I forgot something. It’s Thursday, and I need to share with you ten fantastic blog posts…
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Collarworld: Thanksgiving for Ndoto
“It will be a great feast,” Vincent the king orange tabbycat smiled. “Thanksgiving in Collarworld is a wonderful time.” “Will we get treats?” asked Butterscotch the calico cat. “My master used to give me meat scraps from the Thanksgiving table.” “We will all get to enjoy the great feast,” said Vincent. “This is our chance…
Read MoreBig Brothers Big Sisters Big Brains Trivia 2014!
The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region are once again sponsoring a trivia contest fundraiser, and here’s how you can participate – and maybe even win some cash and prizes. This January, there will be four different locations and four different chances for teams to test their knowledge of magnificent minutiae, all to…
Read MoreWeek 4 of the 2013-14 Ruck Trivia Tournament
Last week was a big three-stage boost for my “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!” trivia team. We took the overall win last week and earned the $20 “Ruck Bucks” certificate, so that’s a major plus. And in the overall cumulative standings, we’re now in third place among all Ruck teams, and tenth place…
Read MoreCaption Time: toss and catch
Greenfield Village Re-enactments, a photo by chuckthewriter on Flickr. I took this picture a few years ago, back when I had my old Nikon D70 camera. This shot was taken at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, the place where Henry Ford purchased and relocated several residences of famous inventors. So I’ll let you come up…
Read MoreRisking their life for your entertainment
For the past few years, I’ve photographed several daredevil stunt shows – three times at Lebanon Valley Speedway, and once at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Every time I photograph these events, it’s a mixture of excitement and danger, of thrills and chills and spills and what-in-the-blessed-name-of-Joie-Chitwood-are-these-people-thinking action. I’ve made friends with several of the stunt…
Read More❄ and ☃ and 4:00 in the morning
I should not be writing blog posts at four in the morning. Can’t help it. I woke from a half-peaceful sleep. It’s cold this morning. I can feel the winter chills on my skin. I knew there were snowflakes in the evening air last night; I glanced through the Venetian blinds from my living room…
Read MorePreservation in Saratoga Springs via a candelight tour
I believe in the preservation and restoration of the Capital District’s buildings, homes and iconography. And with that in mind, I want to let everybody know about an upcoming event in Saratoga Springs that fits that very purpose. In two weeks – on Friday, December 6 – the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation will host a…
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K-Chuck Radio: Sing About a Kennedy
First off… Check out the new “K-Chuck Radio” logo. Well… until I design a better one, this is the logo that will appear whenever there’s a new K-Chuck Radio blog post. And if you’re a fan of Australian 70’s radio stations, you’ll instantly recognize the “O” as part of the logo of Melbourne radio station…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, November 21, 2013: Ten for Thursday
It’s time once again for everyone’s favorite TU community blog recap. And I want to make things perfectly clear. If I could make this a “Twenty for Thursday,” I most certainly would. Maybe someday I will. But for now, here’s ten really well-written blog posts by my fellow Times Union community blog writing compadres. They…
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