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Yeah, sorta. See, there’s this little thing in popular music called the duet.  And in many cases, if the artists aren’t in the same studio together, sometimes the producer can create a duet where none existed.  This has been accomplished in the past, most notably in pop songs like the 1978 ballad “You Don’t Bring…

It’s May of 1985.  After four years of hard work, self-sacrifice, struggle and battle, including dealing with several overwhelming family issues that threatened to derail my education, I can finally walk across the podium at my college commencement, accept my diploma from Hamilton College president Martin J. Caravano, and receive a special gift that every…

They’re coming.  You know it won’t be long.  You know you’ll see them at Yankee Stadium.  You’ll see them at Cowboys Stadium.  You may even see them at Joe Bruno Stadium. It’s the vuvuzela. No, I’m not doing a blog post about personal body jewelry. The vuvuzela is the the plastic horn that you heard…

“I can’t believe we’re stuck here in Albalee!” That was Saturday night at about 8:00 p.m., about an hour past the scheduled departure time for Amtrak’s Lake Shore Limited to get me to Chicago for an important meeting with the Premier Basketball League, whose offices are based in Chicago. Since my meeting was scheduled for…

Oh sweet lord it is. According to the All Over Albany blog, the intro to Phantogram’s infectious song “Mouthful of Diamonds” is being used by the New York State Lottery for its a new Powerball commercial. In the commercial, a person buys a lottery ticket, then walks out of the subway – except that he’s…

NOTE: These are meant to be taken as humor and satire, and are not to be interpreted as any sort of malicious attack on state workers.  Besides, if you’ve got better state worker jokes, add them to the comments section. Q. How many state workers does it take to change a light bulb? A. One,…

I got involved with Facebook about a year ago, when some of the players I know from the Premier Basketball League “friended” me.  So I joined.  And eventually I began “friending” people as well.  I played card games on Facebook, I shared some of my photos on Facebook, I got back in touch with college…

I’ve had this happen many times in my life.  Breakups.  Lost opportunities.  The kind where you just want to go home, stop by a Stewart’s on the way and pick up a tub of ice cream and some soda and some candy, sit in front of the television, and pop a film into the DVD…

This happened about two weeks ago.  And I’m still thinking about it. It’s a sunny Thursday morning.  I’m in the car, driving to pick up Washington Avenue to access one of the interstates.  Truth be told, I was actually on one of the side streets, waiting for the traffic light to change from red to…