One of the greatest comedians of my generation was the late George Carlin. And yes, I could quote his most famous routine, the “Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television,” but that’s not where I’m going here. Carlin had a comedy routine where he demonstrated how language can increase or decrease the impact of…
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The Charity Races at Saratoga Harness
I haven’t used my Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 lens in a very long time – mostly because at one point, it developed a fEE connection error when I attached it to my Nikon Df. But this time around, when I used my silver Nikon Df, and a quick adjustment on the lens barrel from what was…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 27, 2024
Good morning and happy Saturday to you, my wonderful blog family. As you know, Saturday starts off with breakfast and fresh air … and it also starts off with a recap of this week’s features from my fellow bloggers and photographers and thinkers. So let’s get started. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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(Best Of) The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 21, 2022
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. Tonight’s episode, originally broadcast on January 21, 2021, features songs that pulled their subject matter directly from the works of classic literature.…
Read MoreBarcalounger says NOOOO!!
Let me start off by saying, in the annals of fairness, the rumor about Republican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance and furniture is false. Untrue. Never happened. See, at some point in time, somebody posted on social media that, in quoting several pages of Vance’s book Hilbilly Elegy, that Vance allegedly turned a latex glove inside…
Read MoreDemagoguery repeats itself.
Four years ago, I blogged about the nomination of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 Presidential campaign. Not so much about her record in politics – but about all the knuckle-dragging racist, sexist, vitriolic horseshit that Republicans tried to throw at her. And not less than three days after President Biden…
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My entries for the 2024 New York State Fair Photography Competition are …
And now comes the big kahuna of Competition Season. The New York State Fair’s Photography Competition. I’ve participated in this show for 15 years, and my success / failure rate has run the gamut from six entries accepted with five ribbons (and two first place silks), to a stretch of several years where NOTHING made…
Read MoreHow did I get hooked on Harbor Freight??
Let me start off by saying that I never understood the appeal of Trader Joe’s. You try to park in a lot that charitably holds 20 cars if your driver is skilled in Tetris, then you go in the store and all the food is branded with Trader Joe’s specialty brand names. This apparently is…
Read MoreCaption Time: Hold still, little bunny…
So after finishing my blog yesterday, I needed to run some errands. And on my way out the door … I saw a hare. A rabbit. A bunny. And normally when I see any sort of nature creature, it flies away or runs away or hops away. But this time, the hare stayed there. Okay,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 20 2024
Hi everybody, the work week is done, it’s time to rest and decompress from the work week before we have to go back for another work week, amirite? 😀 So let’s continue the decompression with a recap of this week’s posts and photos and thoughts from the bloggers on my personal blogroll. Enjoy! Have a…
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