I missed last week’s start of the $2500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament, but it’s time to get back in the mix. The Elbo Room Trivia Tournament has been going on for a couple of years now, and it works as such. Teams compete for about 15-20 weeks, and each week the top three teams earn…
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Hey timeshare telemarketers – it’s on like Donkey Kong
Edit… retype… update… if I can just concentrate on getting this article written, I can have it out the door in time for deadline. RING RING RING RING A quick note for all. The telephone in my home office is a bright red Western Electric 2500 push-button bell-ringing phone from the 1970’s. I like having…
Read MoreMy 10 Favorite Comic Strips of All-Time
My wife knows my routine when it comes to reading the Sunday Times-Union. I get dibs on the comic strips. Sunday morning without the comic strips is like breakfast cereal without milk. I gotta read the funnies, I gotta see what kind of mischief Hägar the Horrible got himself into, how Beetle Bailey avoided Sgt.…
Read MoreNew Published Article – Purple Heart Hall of Honor
Earlier this spring, I visited the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, a museum a few miles north of West Point. The Hall of Honor, a museum dedicated to the history of the Purple Heart medal, is currently involved in recording oral histories of those who fought in battle and earned this treasured award. I…
Read MoreOde to a 1971 GE Wildcat record player
Over the span of my life, I’ve owned two types of record players. As an adult, my primary turntable (and the one I use to convert my 45’s to .mp3 so that I can listen to them in my car) is a Technics SL-1200 MK2 quartz-driven turntable. But that’s not the phonograph I’m blogging about…
Read MoreMy next photography assignment – a significant basketball memorabilia auction
I enjoy collecting vintage game-worn sports jerseys. I mostly collect basketball jerseys, but I’ve acquire a couple of hockey sweaters over the years. Granted, my collection tends to gravitate toward minor league and international gear – for example, my wife’s sister, who lives in Israel, brought back a Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball jersey for me…
Read MoreCongratulations to Chuck Miller, Lawn Mower Racing Champion and no relation to me
I can understand that “Chuck Miller” is a generic name – according to The U.S. Census in 2000, Miller was the sixth most popular surname (only trailing Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Jones), while “Charles” or “Chuck” is the eighth most popular given name in America (behind James, John, Robert, Michael, William, David and Richard).…
Read MoreBuilding My Own Custom Cell Phone Ring Tone (and you can, too!!)
Chuck Miller explains how to create your own customized ring tone, and to not be a slave to your cell phone carrier’s designated ring tone library.
Read MoreWhy can’t I get a good watch??
All I want is a decent timepiece that will last a long, long time, and will be able to provide the correct time to me more than twice a day. Of course, if I ever won the lottery, the watch you see on the left is the only timepiece I would want on my wrist…
Read MoreNever settle for just good enough
“Never settle for just good enough” was the mantra my high school English teacher, Roberta “Bonnie” Diefendorf, drilled into me. And without those words, I wouldn’t be here today. My name is Chuck Miller. Nice to meet you. For the past twenty years, I have achieved a reasonable amount of success as a writer and…
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