Are you enjoying this feature in my blog? Are you reading my fellow Times Union community bloggers and enjoying their posts and articles? Do you come back here every Thursday to see what the cadre of bloggers has created for you? Do you wonder why the Times Union still hasn’t bothered to feature these same…
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Tap-dancing with LinkedIn’s spam and zombie e-mails
Like millions of us, I have a LinkedIn account. I don’t use it or check it often, I’ve really never felt that it’s been THAT beneficial to me. Lots of times, I just want to cancel it. I don’t care if it’s supposed to “build my brand.” I’m not a brand. I am a free…
Read More“Amish Mafia” episode review: Judgment Day
So apparently this wrap-up episode of the second season of “Amish Mafia” promises to answer all your questions. The cast members / reality stars of South Central Pennsylvania will sit down in front of the cameras and explain why they did certain things, why they didn’t do other things, and why they’re in a world…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Stones
Butterscotch, the calico cat, looked down at the jewel of penance around her neck. It was still inky black, a deep ebony hue against the rich fields of Indigo Acres, the agrarian farmlands of the afterlife pet waystation known as Collarworld. “I don’t understand,” she mewed. “I’ve done everything I possibly can to atone for…
Read MoreMore on the WPTR “Ballad of Albany” song
A week or so ago, I posted a clip featuring an Albany-centric song called “The Ballad of Albany.” Sing along with me, now… But I wanted to find out more about the song. Why it was recorded, who the performers were on the song… Thankfully, my blog readers provided tons of info about the song…
Read MoreThe 11’8″ bridge… sudden sunroof syndrome!
Do you know what “sudden sunroof syndrome” is? That’s when your truck or bus or large hauling vehicle tries to navigate under a bridge – only to discover that it’s about an inch or two taller than the bridge clearance. Next thing you know, your truck has developed “sudden sunroof syndrome,” in that the top…
Read MoreThe best parodies of “What Does The Fox Say?”
You know it has to happen. Songs like these that come completely out of right field. Artists whose songs just get played over and over and over again. To the point where you like them, then you really like them, then you’re sick of them. Then you never want to hear them again. I could…
Read MoreThe Jericho Drive-In Polar Panorama Project
It’s Saturday night. And I want to get this right. I have my Nikon D700 camera, with the 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor E-series pancake lens, ready to go. If I do 180 degrees on the tripod, going from the back of the drive-in to the front, I can make this work. And in the words of…
Read MoreThe Aerographic Film Project
A week or two ago, one of my Facebook friends sent me a link to photos that were taken with aerographic film. Aerographic film is 70mm film that was used for reconnaissance photography. Hey look, there’s Havana, are those missile silos? I’ve seen a couple of developed shots of aerographic film on flickr; Robert A.…
Read MoreDan Fogelberg taught me everything about life
Sometimes I look for inspiration in the oddest of places. And today… the inspiration comes from singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. No, I have not turned in my “man-card” by admitting that I enjoy Dan Fogelberg’s music. Trust me. There are more than enough guys out there who will not only admit to liking Dan Fogelberg’s ballads;…
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