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There’s a website out there called Cameo, in which you can pay to have an athlete, actor, musician, public figure, whomever, wish your best bud a Happy Birthday or a congratulations or the like.  You could get Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars to congratulate you on your retirement; you could get Kevin Conroy to do…

I keep thinking about all we’ve lost this year.  Maybe it’s the developing PTSD from the COVID-19 sequestration, maybe it’s hearing all the frightening news each morning and not seeing any glimmers of hope. And to think … only a couple of months ago, we were bemoaning 2020 as the year Kobe Bryant was killed…

Yesterday, someone I know asked if I would join him and several other people in a group order of food from the legacy restaurant Katz’s Delicatessen.  They were planning on ordering some delicious corned beef – the kind that’s soaked in brine for weeks and has that melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness.  I told him I would look…

One of my good friends, blogger Lazygal – she’s over on the blogroll as the writer of the “Killin’ Time Being Lazy” blog – sent this to me. She sent that to me, thought it might be a decent jumping-off point for a blog post. So let’s play along. What if Boy George thought he…

Remember mood rings?  Those skin-jewels that changed color, purportedly based on your mood, but in actuality based on your skin temperature?  Yeah, back in the 1970’s they were a fashion trend, along with feathered hair, cowl-neck sweaters and leisure suits.  I get it. Well … apparently someone got their mitts on a couple bottles of…

Last year, I bemoaned the loss of the Necco Candy Wafer Company and their Tums-tasting Sweethearts candies.  Those things were great for Valentine’s Day, and you know I’m right.  Plus, as a kid with New England roots, I enjoyed chomping on Necco Wafers, even though they had the consistency of chalk. In 2019, Spangler Candies,…

I have heard many stories about the procedure necessary to name a car.  You want a car’s name to be impressive and exciting.  You don’t want that name to be associated with failure or ineptitude. which would explain car names like the Edsel.  Or the Tempo.  Or the Aztek. At the recent Singapore Motor Show,…

When I was a kid, I fell in love with a film called Star Wars.  I stood in line for an hour at the old Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 in Northway Mall to see it upon its release, and was blown away by what I saw. Of course, I wanted some toys to go with my Star…

In the past, my Equinox Thanksgiving Day turkey drive started at some ungodly hour of the morning – maybe 1:30 a.m., as I would get up that morning, drive to the Empire State Plaza, and be the 20th person in line to take foods to those in need. A couple of years ago, I was…

Today’s the day.  It’s a day I’ve looked forward to all year. For on this day, I will gladly deliver turkey dinners to someone in the Capital District. I am an Equinox Thanksgiving Day delivery driver. I’ve done this for years, and it’s been fun every time.  The car is completely cleaned out in anticipation…