I was thinking about something today.ย How, in a matter of an instant, our lives change when two unrelated cars collide.ย Instantly our plans and destinations change; we suddenly start looking for insurance cards in our glove boxes and trying to explain to the officers who was at fault and who wasn’t paying attention. And…
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Welcoming a Rolleiflex TLR into my camera family
I received a Facebook message from Teri Conroy, fellow TU blogger and owner of Wunsapana Farm in Altamont.ย Apparently when she was cleaning out some items in her house, she found a camera that her stepfather had given to her many years ago.ย She had no use for the camera, it was gathering dust in…
Read MoreThe Deck Chair from the Titanic
Ian McCarthy is the general manager of the Saint John (New Brunswick) Mill Rats of the Premier Basketball League.ย Before then, he was the general manager of the team when it played in Manchester, New Hampshire as the Millrats (one word, it’s two words now) from 2007 to 2010; and before then, when the team…
Read MoreWeek 10 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
We are now at the halfway point of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament.ย One team, Stern Fans, has already claimed their berth in the finals.ย There are still seven spots available. Now does this mean that there are only eight teams eligible to play?ย Not really. See, the best way to get involved in…
Read MoreAnother “Tron: Legacy” movie trailer…
Okay, it’s confirmed.ย I heart Tron about as much as Amanda Talar hearts John Mayer. So every time a new trailer comes out, as we get closer to the December 17th premiere, I get more and more stoked.ย Already I’m looking forward to the cutting-edge special effects that actually make Jeff Bridges look 30 years…
Read MoreTen songs to rev up your day!!!
Sometimes you just want a song to get you motivated.ย To get you out of bed and ready to greet the morning.ย Something that, if the song was stuck in your head, you wouldn’t mind at all. So let’s start off the day with some great music, with tracks that are brighter than sunshine and…
Read MoreA Thousand Word Lipogrammic Blog Post
Okay.ย Gotta do this.ย No backing down now.ย Normal wisdom says it won’t work.ย A blog post, missing … um … with this proviso, could I still do this?ย Can I post a thousand words in a blog without any shortcuts, any configurations, only applying diction with a non-consonant missing?ย Tough.ย Mighty tough.ย But I…
Read MoreA Prayer for Kristie
I never want to see something like this happen to anyone.ย Ever. But when I received this video clip from a friend of mine via Facebook – well … Background. Once upon a time, a beautiful girl named Kristie Tunick fell in love with the man of her dreams, a guy named Brian Mendenhall.ย They…
Read MoreThe Poem
I was not having a good day Monday.ย The slushy rain-snow-sleet mix that came crashing down on the Capital District seemed to turn every other driver in the area into imbeciles.ย Nothing like poor traction on I-787 to make some idiots want to DRIVE FASTER! I needed some good news – something to pick me…
Read MoreA long, long time ago, in a cinema far, far away…
Well, actually it was last Friday night, so we can’t really say “long, long time ago.” I was playing Trivial Pursuit: Star Wars Edition.ย It was me versus a couple of RPI kids (essentially two on one, or as I like to call it, a “trivia fair fight.”).ย Some fair fight.ย They beat me six…
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