I swear … there are people who will freak out over any perceived slights to their beliefs. And this weekend – there were two separate slights going on. And they both involve Easter. The first one came from conservative groups who are hollering that the submitted designs for the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 30 2024
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. We’re coming down to the end of March, which means that spring (and in the Northeast, at least two more snowstorms) are on the way. But before we put out the patio furniture, let’s take a moment and read the blog posts and photos and thoughts of the amazing…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 29, 2024
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreThe Tick Tock Symphonette
For nearly two hundred years, watches from the Swiss company Longines has graced the wrists of the world’s most admired and respected people. Albert Einstein owned a Longines watch, so did Audrey Hepburn. Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes were Longines aficionados, as are tennis legend Andre Agassi and actress Jennifer Lawrence. I say this because…
Read MoreIt’s made out of foreskins and cow leather??
I’m currently in the final states of recovery and repair from my recent surgeries. Because my left foot had to be opened up to remove the infected tissue and bones and whatnot, there wasn’t enough natural skin left on my foot to seal it back up with stitches. So we now have to turn to…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Pass it on the left-hand side…
On my “Nightowl Radio Show” series, I often put together something called a “sample example,” where a chunk of one song can be heard in a second song. Well, in last week’s broadcast, I showed how one of the biggest worldwide hits of the early 1980’s was actually cobbled from the frame of THREE different…
Read MoreDonald Trump and Psalms 3:16
You could build a museum of failure to all the products Donald Trump has endorsed – products that either flopped, went bankrupt, or were outright swindles. Let’s see … catch me if I miss any – Trump Steaks, Trump: The Board Game, Trump Mattresses, Trump Vodka, Trump Ice Water, Trump shirts and ties, Trump video…
Read MoreTwo weeks to the eclipse … and the weather reports are not helping.
The Great North American Eclipse will take place on April 8, 2024. This will most likely be the last solar eclipse I can photograph in my lifetime, although there are two other solar eclipses in the next ten years – one that passes through Mecca, and one that visits Sydney. But for now, this will…
Read MoreThe zoom power of my Nikkor medical lens
Background. I recently acquired a Nikkor Medical 120mm f/4 lens for my Nikon gear. The lens pairs well with my Nikon Df digital camera, now let’s see how well it works with my Nikon F2S shooter (“Nikon Athena”). I hooked the lens up to Nikon Athena, slapped a roll of expired Fuji Superia 400 into…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 23 2024
What’s all this white stuff outside my home? Running to check the calendar … yep, supposed to be spring. Then again … I live in the Northeast, so I should expect snowstorms when I least expect them. And by typing that, I just realized that I did the same thing over 40 years ago when…
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