I promised myself I wouldn’t do any more of these. I really promised. Cross my heart and hope to die. And then … while sniffing around eBay … This showed up. Jt’s a burlap sack, featuring a Native American maiden. It didn’t look like the typical potato sack Indian image, which was either a gruff-looking…
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Who wants to buy some boobies for $200?
This is hilarious. I understand you can purchase lots of things in the Facebook marketplace, but … seriously, folks … My friend and blog reader Roz posted this on her Facebook page. Apparently this came up in her Facebook Marketplace searches, lo and behold, right in the Clifton Park Garage Sale site. That’s right, folks. …
Read MoreMy three entries for BUILT 2019 are …
Oh look, BUILT has arrived. BUILT: Albany Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes, is Historic Albany Foundation’s annual charity gala / silent auction, where all of the submitted artworks have to contain some tie-in with Albany’s history and architecture. So if you like artwork that represents the Empire State Plaza, or the State Capitol, or the RCA…
Read MoreThis “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco” rug could be yours! It’s now on etsy!!
Last year, I crafted a latch hook rug and chronicled its construction on my blog. I later entered the rug at the New York State Fair’s Arts and Crafts competition, and it took a ribbon. And now … it could be yours. Yep. I’m selling it. I’ve just made my Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco area…
Read MoreNot the kind of Cougar that would capture a young man’s fancy…
There is a subgenre of car modification and collecting known as the kit car, where you can take a fiberglass chassis and attach it to the interior of a totally different vehicle. Let’s say, for example, you and your friends built this car from scraps and chunks out of the junkyard, and it runs decently…
Read MoreThe Daily Gazette loves my Hoffman’s Playland sign
A few weeks ago, I finished my re-creation of the iconic Hoffman’s Playland sign. I hope to enter this picture as one of my submissions for BUILT, Historic Albany Foundation’s charitable auction and fundraiser. And for a lark, I posted the picture on the social media site reddit. Hey, remember when I said that I…
Read MoreApparently Nelson is Mr. March …
Four years ago, my best buds Jeremy and Katie rescued Nelson, a pitbull who needed a forever home. At first it was a struggle – but in the end, Nelson and J-Mac and Katie bonded as a family. Awesome. Or should I say Pawsome? Last April, Nelson was entered in a contest to appear in…
Read More“Holy bats, Batman … that’s a bat, man!”
So I’m driving back from Syracuse last Monday, as part of the proverbial “Drive of Shame” (as I mentioned before, of the nine entries that I submitted to the New York State Fair, only two this year – Farrell in Aerochrome and Mittsu No Yuki – were rejected), and I thought about stopping by my…
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One more return to Hoffman’s Playland
Every so often in our lives, we come across images of things from our past. And we want to do something with those images. For me, it took a lot of procrastination – but then, just out of nowhere, I created something. And I hope you like it. For more than 50 years, Hoffman’s Playland…
Read MoreI could have Sudden Death in a month…
Every year, the New York State Fair offers some abnormally insane “fair food,” a melange of meats and cheeses and sugars and deep-frying. A few years ago, it was the Defibrillator, a beef patty with bacon and fixings, wrapped between two grilled cheese sandwiches. A couple of years ago, it was deep-fried matzo balls at…
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