This coming Tuesday, there will be a vote to increase the budget for the Albany Public Library. This vote has the potential to keep the Library and its branches open during the weekends and at evening times, and it will help keep these learning organizations available for anyone who needs to use them. While discussing…
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“And taking the stage now, R.C. Victor!!”
I saw the photocopied advertisement taped on the side of a restaurant window. Thursday nights, 6:00 p.m., it’s a comedy Open Mike night at Broadway Joe’s Bar and Grille in Albany. A comedy open mike night. Oh my lord. Do I want to get back involved with that again? Do I want to return to…
Read More“This is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, pull over right now, Mr. Miller!!”
It’s early spring, 1994. I was writing for Hockey Ink! magazine at the time. Hockey Ink! was a minor league monthly tabloid-size newspaper that – well, I’ve blogged about the highs and the lows of working for Hockey Ink! in prior blog posts. Now that year, the Albany River Rats were on their way to…
Read MoreReturn to St-Liboire – Tim Horton’s and a credit card
Wednesday morning. I’m on the road for Game 2 of the Premier Basketball League semifinals between the Rochester Razorsharks and the Quebec Kebs. Game 1 was probably the most hotly contested playoff game I’ve ever seen from two PBL teams, and Rochester barely got the win, 114-110 in overtime. Now I’m on my way to…
Read MoreMarc Hunter: the reason I’m donating to Kevin Marshall’s charity
Hey everybody out there, if you haven’t visited Kevin Marshall’s blog and thought about donating to his fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s event April 10th – in which, if the Manville Shark receives $1,000 in donations, he will become the BALD-ville Shark – then by all means, visit the link above in the blog post,…
Read MoreKia Ora, I’m flying Air New Zealand!
Air travel can be a pain. You go through the TSA checkpoints, someone’s examining your luggage and carry-ons, and don’t even get me started on the pat downs. Then, after you’ve climbed into your semi-comfortable seat, before you can even taxi down the runway, you get a ubiquitous – and boring – description of the…
Read More“Hey man, you won the lottery!”
It’s Saturday morning, and I’ve got a 4 1/2 hour drive scheduled for Rochester. The day before, I had purchased five Quick Pick Mega Millions lottery tickets at my local news counter, Coulson’s on State and Broadway. I usually don’t check my tickets the day after the lottery; if I happen to be at a…
Read MoreCasey Heynes: when the bullied kid fights back.
Casey Heynes had been bullied and teased and tormented for most of his school-age life. Kids called him “fattie.” They slapped him in the back of the head. Even in high school, Casey contemplated suicide as a way to make the torment stop. Then one day, in high school, it all came to a boil.…
Read MoreWhat happened to the YouTube clips?
Every so often, I’ll get a comment on one of my old legacy posts. Often it’s a disgruntled customer who got shafted by Rocky Mountain Film Lab, or someone who still remembered wrestling announcer Joe McHugh. I’ll get someone who wished they could go back to the Great Escape when it was Storytown U.S.A., or…
Read MoreWhy I’m skipping the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament
Nearly everybody I know participates in the NCAA basketball tournament in one form or another. I bet this morning they’ve already downloaded their tournament brackets and are furiously filling them out for their office pool or for an online competition. They’re carefully deciding which team they want advancing. They’re checking every available data source to…
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