The Robot that Took Over Harriet Gibbons High School

Flash back to 2007.Β  I was working for Toy Collector Magazine, an online publication that focused on the rarest and most popular toys, games, dolls and trains.Β  The publication lasted for about two years; it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed working there. Especially when it allowed me to give something back to…

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The “Royale With Cheese” Movie Club: “The Sixth Sense”

Wait – Chuck, you’ve never seen The Sixth Sense?Β  With Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment?Β  How could you have never seen The Sixth Sense?Β  Did you know that there’s a twist in the end of the film, where – No. no.Β  Don’t tell me.Β  I know this film’s been around for over a decade,…

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Kodachrome film could become “Kodachrome: The Movie.”

Remember last year when I – along with thousands of other shutterbugs – took the last photos with Kodachrome film and sent them off to Dwayne’s Photo?Β  You would have thought that Parsons, Kansas was the greatest tourist attraction in the Midwest; people were driving from all over the nation to get their film to…

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I love cameras as much as the next person … but … um…

Andy Gregory, one of the many authors of the Times Union’s CRUMBS blog, sent me this little video clip.Β  It’s a time-lapse shot of a person getting a tattoo. So I’m watching it, and frame by frame, step by step, I see the person getting a standard twin-lens reflex camera tattooed on their forearm… then…

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TV Cliche #43: Your new neighbors are…

Ah, you’re living in the TV suburbs.Β  You’ve got a mom, a dad, a couple of siblings and a pet dog.Β  And suddenly, in the first episode, you discover that your next door neighbor – or the person who’s renting a room over your garage – or the cute couple across the street… are… It’s…

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Ten Science Fiction Shows That Never Got Any Respect

Science fiction shows can build a devotional following in nothing flat.Β  If a science fiction or genre show hooks you, you don’t want to let it go.Β  You want it to last for years and years and years, even if the actors playing the main characters leave the show and are replaced by other actors.…

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Week 5 of the $2,000 2011 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament

There have been many questions regarding this year’s tournament.Β  Will Get That Poison Out win back-to-back tournaments?Β  Will Woo Hoo a Go Go or Team Fist shock the world with a victory?Β  Will my Street Academy team claim the big bucks?Β  Will Team Schooled step to the plate and win? Nah, those are easy questions…

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Another Dance with the Chance

Okay, it’s official.Β  I am a masochist.Β  I keep trying to break through, hoping for an acceptance by The Chance.Β  An acceptance for one day.Β  Just one day.Β  Let me in.Β  Let me try.Β  Don’t keep me out.Β  Don’t block me. So that’s why, when I saw there was an opportunity for a rare Saturday…

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In Praise of the Poky Little Puppy and What-A-Jolly Street

Sometimes, the simplest of texts are indeed the best of texts. Jason Purvis penned this blog post, asking people about what would be the most appropriate and enjoyable children’s books.Β  And for the love of me, the only book I could recall reading over and over again, and essentially begging my mother to read to…

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