Unlike my year-long love affair with Kodachrome, I’m not feeling the same amount of love for another slide film.ย Not that I didn’t try to feel something emotionally for it – I’ve grown to like working with slide film, and I thought this type of slide film might be just as interesting to work with…
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Christmas in Iverhill: The Green and Orange Flag
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Friday, December 21, 1973. Magedoma Lumber, the last major employer in the town of Iverhill, had already shut down for the day, with only a…
Read MoreTrivia Perfection at Brown’s Brewing
Iโve played trivia at Brownโs Brewing in Troy for two years.ย I played at Brownโs when the trivia competition was a 60-question game on Wednesday nights, when Ryan West was the host.ย I played there when Zach Hilton took over for Ryan, and it was at that time that my trivia teammates, Jeremy McNamara and…
Read MoreThe Facebook Cartoon Profile Show, and why I chose Davey and Goliath for my FB picture
Admit it.ย Over the weekend, you either changed your Facebook profile picture to a favorite cartoon from your past, or you know some of your friends who did so.ย ย You know, it was a project to raise awareness of child abuse by replacing human faces with cartoon faces.ย Or something like that.ย It got to…
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What’s in a middle name?ย We carry our middle names as the markers of grandfathers and grandmothers and relatives of long ago.ย We know of our middle names when our parents use them when calling for us – a sure sign that we were in big, big trouble. As we grow up, sometimes we use…
Read MoreCaption Time
Here’s a picture that needs a caption.ย I took this shot last May at Tulipfest.ย Are you feeling creative today?
Read MoreSome Forgotten Holiday Specials
As the Times Union is currently running one of their NCAA-style “what’s the best” holiday movie or holiday song or holiday whatever, I am reminded of some holiday specials that didn’t make the cut.ย Here’s four that missed the list – that you should search out if you get a chance. I remember that every…
Read MoreNews from London regarding my Kodachrome submissions…
The rain still cascaded down upon the Capital Region as I began this blog post.ย There was enough rain and foul weather in the sky to put Noah back in the shipbuilding business. So here’s the deal.ย Last month, I discovered that the Association of Photographers, an organization in Shoreditch, London, will host a gallery…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Has it been two weeks since the last time there was an Elbo Room trivia matchup? Yeah, it kinda was. But like clockwork, the teams returned to Elbo Room last night for another round of competitive bar and tavern trivia, with a big fat wad of $$$$ waiting for the winning team at the end…
Read MoreThe Kristie Tunick story – was it all a cyber-begging hoax?
This is why I can’t trust anything any more. A while back, a friend of mine alerted me to a YouTube video in which someone told the plight of Kristie Tunick, a Las Vegas woman who suffers from a very rare disorder.ย Here’s my original blog post on the topic. Now I’m finding out that…
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