Normally, my Competition Season consists of five different state and county fairs and collectives, beginning with the Iowa State Fair, following with the local Altamont and New York State Fairs, and finishing with the Big E and the Durham Fair. Last year, I skipped the Durham Fair due to situations beyond my control. And this…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 14 2024
Hi folks, another day, another blog post, another Saturday, another wrap-up of the great blog posts and photos and writings by those people who populate my personal blogroll. And if you happened to notice that the blogroll is a wee bit smaller this week … well, it was time for my annual blog-culling. If there…
Read MoreThis drive-in speaker was rescued from a fire
I have another drive-in speaker restoration project premiering today on YouTube. And in this one, the drive-in speaker looks reasonably decent at first appearance – but when I opened it up, the speaker was burned to bits, the internals were full of ash and cinders, and some of the screws were essentially fused into their…
Read MoreCelebrity Deathmatch: Marjorie Taylor Greene v. Laura Loomer
I have no respect for MAGA troll Laura Loomer. This (takes a deep breath to choose words carefully) woman is psychotic. I also have no respect for knuckle-dragging Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Trust me. Go through my blogging history. So when Laura Loomer was one of the Trump sycophants who accompanied Trump to his…
Read MoreNine Hundred Eleven Words: a Personal Remembrance of September 11, 2001
NOTE: The following post was originally published on September 11, 2009, and was repeated on September 11, 2011. It is repeated today for obvious reasons. The day started out horribly. Two days beforehand, my wife’s grandfather, Samuel Ginsburg, passed away after a long and valiant battle against Alzheimer’s Disease. That day, we were going to…
Read MoreThe day I paid $1.39/gallon to fill up my car
I own a 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier hybrid sedan (nicknamed “Lightning’s Girl”). I can operate this car on full electric power (with a maximum of 60 miles on a full charge) or I could operate the car with its gasoline-powered internal combustion engine (garnering up to 400 miles on a full tank of fuel). There…
Read MoreChris Boswell 18, Atlanta Falcons 10.
I am a true fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, going all the way back to the Immaculate Reception game of the 1970’s. I’ve followed them through eight Super Bowl games and six championships; I’ve cheered at the highs and grumbled at the lows. I’ve called out the good days and I’ve made my point clear…
Read MoreI don’t like correct predictions like this.
So last Thursday, after the horrific school shooting in Winder, Georgia that wounded four people, wounded a dozen more, and traumatized everyone in the area, we found out more about the shooter. We found out that he had received an AR-15 as a Christmas gift from his father, and that he developed a total hatred…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 7 2024
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. As you know, Saturday is a day of rest for me, where I share the photos and thoughts of those on my personal blogroll. And since I have to trek to Syracuse today to pick up my artworks from the New York State Fair’s photography competition, well, today’s post…
Read MoreWhen it Played in Albany: November 6, 1972
I don’t know why I picked this day of all days to search the vintage newspaper archives. But I haven’t done one of these “When It Played in Albany” blog posts in a long time, so let’s travel back 50+ years and see what was showing on the big screens. And back in 1972, the…
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