Schadenfreude, a word most theatergoers only know as a song title in the Avenue Q play, is German for taking pleasure in the misery of others.ย Schadenfreude is when you’re driving down the highway, and you see that the cops have pulled over a speeder.ย As you drive by, you glance at the person who…
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Why I cleared out 95% of my entire record collection
I blogged about this a few years ago on my old blogspot.com website, but hey I feel like sharing today – and in the years since that blog post was written, I think it’s important to follow up. Flash back the spring of 2009.ย Vicki and I are living in a two-family house in Pine…
Read MoreGoing from a Michelin to a Schwinn?
This happened about a week ago, and I’m still trying to figure it all out. It’s Monday night at Brown’s Brewing in Troy.ย I’m waiting for my upstairs trivia table (#21) to vacate, so that I can get there and have my dinner and wait for my trivia teammates Jeremy and Alexis to arrive.ย There…
Read MoreJeremy McNamara, the ASPCA and the NYC Half-Marathon
A couple of things you need to know.ย My Street Academy trivia teammates are also my best friends.ย They’ve been there for me, and now I want to help one of them out.ย And since I’ve got a weblog and the power to update it, well then by gosh by golly I’m going to use…
Read MoreThe “PBL Pivot-Flex Play” Photography Project
If I’m going to use this Rolleiflex for more than just atmospheric nature shots, I need to find the right film and the right application. The application was a PBL basketball game. The film – Ilford Delta 3200 ISO black and white film. You’re not going to believe what I’ve got up my sleeve this…
Read MoreCocktail Onions and McSweet Treats: A Reconnection with Jim McCaslin
The power of this weblog never ceases to amaze me. Earlier this January, I wrote a blog post about an old friend of mine. Back in the early 1980’s, Jim McCaslin, a mobile disc jockey from Melbourne, Australia, used to send my old college radio station Australian and New Zealand import records, so that WHCL…
Read MoreIt’s Caption Time again…
You know the drill.ย Photo by Chuck Miller.ย Caption by you.
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg showed me who’s boss
On Wednesday, I saw a news report that Facebook was going to institute a new program whereby any status updates you make – no matter when or how long ago they were made – can be turned into instant testimonials for advertiser product.ย The last thing I needed was to go on Facebook and find…
Read MoreWeek 20 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Yowza, yowza, yowza. No, I’m not quoting the refrain from Chic’s classic dance track “Dance, Dance, Dance” (you know, the hit they had BEFORE “Le Freak”).ย It’s an old reference to a motion picture called They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? The film chronicles the story of a dance marathon that seems to last for weeks…
Read MoreGoodbye to the Frost Heaves
I really hate when a minor league sports team folds.ย I really do. Sometimes it seems like the team is trying to get out of the market as fast as possible, trying to burn its bridges and then blame the fans for the lack of support.ย Oh, it’s the fans’ fault the team is leaving,…
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