Sometimes I will run a Google news search on my name. It’s not to be vainglorious; sometimes I get inspired by what other people who share my name have done, and it turns into blog posts. And then I saw this piece, which ran a few weeks ago in the Austin American Statesman. And it…
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The Housing Lottery
It’s one of the most stressful times in college.ย You’re finishing your freshman year, and in addition to all your finals and study periods, you have to worry about where you’re going to live next semester. Welcome to the wonderful world of the college housing lottery. As a Hamilton College student, I was well aware…
Read MoreI can hear the basketballs bouncing already…
The Premier Basketball League is getting ready to start its fourth consecutive season.ย And I’ve been with the league since Day One – January of 2008. So how did a guy from Albany get involved with a sports league that doesn’t even have a team anywhere near Albany? For that, we have to go back…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Championship Tournament
Last week at Elbo Room, I tried to win the week by myself.ย Didn’t work out so well. This time I have a full compliment of trivia teammates – plus two. That’s right – in a special one-night-only meet-up, joining myself, Jeremy, Alexis and Erin will be Cassaundra and Kelsie. Who and who? Cassaundra –…
Read MoreCan you caption this picture?
This was taken during the 2008-09 Premier Basketball League season. Photograph by Chuck Miller. Caption by you. Have fun with this one!
Read MoreResults of the 2010 St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest
Last year, I submitted two HDR (high dynamic range) photographs in the 2009 St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest, in which photographers must base their subject on something in the cemetery grounds. St. Agnes is part of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese of cemeteries, and is one of the earliest “rural” cemeteries, in which a large…
Read MoreTen Oddball Vintage TV Game Shows
There are classics in television game show history. Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune. Match Game. Joker’s Wild. Price is Right. The Gong Show. And then there are game shows in which you sit there and watch – and scratch your head, wondering what the heck did I just see? Games with strategies that are mixtures of…
Read MoreThe Albany Pine Bush in “efke” black and white
Again, I started messing around with black and white filters… trying to control the black and white image into more than just point the camera and press the shutter button.ย These photos were taken with my Nikkormat FTn camera, 50mm f/1.4 adjustable lens.ย I switched between a Tiffen 85B orange filter, a Bower Red filter,…
Read MoreAh, to watch a Yankees game without hearing John Sterling or Suzyn Waldman…
So last night, I finally attended my first New York Yankees home baseball game.ย Went to the Stadium with a couple of good friends and had a fantastic time.ย Yankees won the game over Tampa Bay, and we had some amazing seats – although they were in the high rows (the 400 section), it afforded…
Read MoreUAlbany 1, Hamilton College 0
Back when I was a high school senior and was sending out college applications, the guidance counselors recommended several colleges and universities in New York where they felt I would thrive best, and I dutifully filled out the applications and wrote the essays and gave my best efforts. Essentially, I applied to four colleges.ย Here’s…
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