Today is August 7, 2024. Prior to my time as an independent blogger, I blogged for the local newspaper, the Albany Times Union, from August 25, 2009 until I left the blog farm on April 1, 2017. Well, “left” is the easy way to describe it. “Escaped” is a better term. Although I did have…
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Holy crap, Heather Kovar’s back in the news.
I really wish I didn’t have to write this blog post. Seriously. Last December, I blogged that former WRGB news anchor Heather Kovar – who was released from WRGB after a trainwreck broadcast where she appeared disoriented, disheveled, and countering the effects of something that can be measured in “proof” – had found a new…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl XIII
And in the end, I finished as a winner. Well, I didn’t win the tournament, if that’s what you thought I meant. No, I finally put the final flower in a 17-year-long garden of team trivia competition. From the first day I walked into a Tuesday night contest at Hooters in Crossgates Mall, to last…
Read MoreTonight is the end of a personal trivia career, win or lose.
It seems like an eternity ago. But nearly twenty years ago, I stopped into the Hooters at Crossgates Mall on a Tuesday night, and played competitive team trivia as a one-man team – and finished the night in third place, winning a bucket of chicken wings that would have fend a four-man squad. That was…
Read MoreThe drive-in speaker said “does not work.” And it was full of sand. But that’s not the BIGGEST mystery here.
These drive-in speaker restoration projects are becoming more and more fun. Case in point. A few weeks ago, I acquired an RCA drive-in speaker from an eBay seller. I was intrigued by the unit, especially because the back of the chassis had the words “DOES NOT WORK” scribbled on it. Okay, I like a challenge.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 3 2024
Are we in August already? Jeez, it seemed like it was July just last month. 😀 Okay, corny dad joke done and out of the way, it’s now time to recap the wonderful bloggers and photographers and writers and thinkers that populate my personal blogroll. Take a look, leave a comment on their page, and…
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(Best of) The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 2, 2024
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. This week’s show, originally broadcast on March 4, 2022, features songs inspired by, or that take their lyrics and message directly from,…
Read MoreA Bisectional Rainbow at the SUNY Admin Building
A nasty thunderstorm rolled through the Capital District yesterday. A tremendous deluge from the skies. But by 5:00 p.m., the rain cleared away. The sun peeked its rays through the remaining clouds. Which … of course … means one thing and one thing only. Rainbows are in play. A late-afternoon rainbow in the Capital District…
Read MoreJoey Mannarino is a weird MAGA chud-brain.
Long-time readers of my blog know that I have no respect for MAGA chuds. From Donald Trump all the way down, my belief is that these knuckle-draggers are weird, they’re misguided, and they’re as shrill as fingernails on a chalkboard. I also have no respect for MAGA trolls who can’t keep their stories straight. Or…
Read MoreA drive-in speaker perfect for Mad Max, Crocodile Dundee and Dot & the Kangaroo
Yep, I’m still on my “restoring drive-in speakers” kick. And this time, I took an old speaker that once hung on the poles at the Aspley Drive-In in Brisbane, Australia – yeah, JUST a little bit outside of where I live – and cleaned it up, restored the innards, and made it look great once…
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