About a month or two ago, I started showing some of my photos on the reddit “photocritique” subreddit forum.ย The first one I displayed, the Coca-Cola “split film” image, suddenly got a ton of hits – and a visit from the editors of PetaPixel.com, who wanted to run an article on the tricky format.ย I…
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K-Chuck Radio: music from my high school days
What I’m playing now are the songs and grooves that I heard in high school.ย These were the tracks that we purchased at Blue Note Record Shop or Midland Records or Record Town or Just A Song.ย Granted, you’re not going to hear too many of these tracks on your local oldies station – which…
Read MoreA new photography project: Best if used before you were born
Your packaged food comes with an expiration date.ย So do your batteries, your medicines and your camera film.ย Depending on a film’s storage, you have a chance of getting acceptable photographs for up to a few years past the date printed on the film’s box or wrapper.ย That’s why most photographers put their film in…
Read MoreOne last high school goal… please let it come true.
In 2009, the Albany City School District created a Hall of Fame to honor those public high school students who have excelled post-graduation, and administrative staff (principals, teachers, etc.) who have guided these young minds on to greatness. The Hall of Fame accepts nominations for candidates associated with Albany’s public high schools, past and present.ย …
Read More“This is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, pull over right now, Mr. Miller!!”
It’s early spring, 1994.ย I was writing for Hockey Ink! magazine at the time.ย Hockey Ink! was a minor league monthly tabloid-size newspaper that – well, I’ve blogged about the highs and the lows of working for Hockey Ink! in prior blog posts. Now that year, the Albany River Rats were on their way to…
Read MoreSo another school of mine bites the dust…
It’s a sad but poignant joke.ย Because of situations involving my family, I attended several different elementary and junior high schools between 1968 and 1981.ย I’ve half-snarkily called my educational experience “The Twelve,” in that from kindergarten in Slingerlands Elementary School to my senior year of high school with Street Academy, I was enrolled in…
Read MoreSo whatever happened to the girl who drove the Fagbug?
You may or may not know the story of Erin Davies.ย Let me give you the Reader’s Digest update. In 2007, Erin Davies’ 2002 Volkswagen Beetle was vandalized.ย Some cretin spray-painted “FAG” and “U R GAY” on her vehicle, simply because the girl had the unmitigated gall to put a rainbow reflector on the rear…
Read MoreWeek 6 of the 2011 $1,000 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
It’s noon on Thursday, and I’m heading home.ย I’ve just driven 3 1/2 hours from Quebec City to the Canada-USA border, and after a quick pit-stop at the duty free store (by the way, did I mention that the Canadian dollar is now at par with the US dollar?), it was time to visit the…
Read MoreReturn to St-Liboire – Tim Horton’s and a credit card
Wednesday morning.ย I’m on the road for Game 2 of the Premier Basketball League semifinals between the Rochester Razorsharks and the Quebec Kebs.ย Game 1 was probably the most hotly contested playoff game I’ve ever seen from two PBL teams, and Rochester barely got the win, 114-110 in overtime.ย Now I’m on my way to…
Read MoreVacation Time in New England – 1970’s edition
Some of my favorite childhood moments involved spending summers in Boston with my grandmother. During those times, I could get away from issues involving my family, and I could spend some peaceful time with my Grandma Betty. She lived in a small blue cape-style house in West Roxbury, and if I behaved myself all week,…
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