I went to the Ukrainian folk festival last Saturday. It definitely was a fun time, and I learned plenty about Ukrainian culture and the struggles they currently face. Even ate some pierogis, which were quite tasty. At one point in my journey, I happened across a vendor who had several dozen handmade cups and pots…
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Trains to the New York State Fair would work … except …
I appreciate the New York State Fair. It’s my summertime happy place, where I can submit my crafts and photos for competition, I can eat wacky Franken-food, and I can feel like there’s not a care in the world. Traveling to the New York State Fair from Albany, however, does bring a series of options.…
Read More“I used to rule the world …”
I didn’t have to be a fan of Stephen Colbert to know that last week’s news about his last night TV show was about as suspect as a game of three-card monte. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is one of the top programs on late night television, yet last week CBS announced the show…
Read More“Tell the race track Johnny Wadd is here.”
Let me explain that blog post headline. My recent acquisition of a Meyer Optik Görlitz Orestegor 500mm f/5.6 telephoto lens has proven successful when paired with my Pentacon Six TL camera. And thanks to my girlfriend (the best girlfriend in the whole wide world), I now have an adapter that will make that Meyer Optik…
Read MoreThe Rescue
It’s lunchtime, and all I’m thinking about is getting a sandwich and returning to the day job. Fifteen minutes later, I had an entirely different set of thoughts. Let me explain. As I’m leaving my day job to head outside, I happened to notice a woman standing next to the electronic parking kiosk. Those kiosks…
Read MoreThe impulse purchase
Let’s see. I’ve got less than a week before my 40th college reunion. And I still want to get some great photos – both at the reunion and afterwards. So I took my Nikon F2S camera (“Nikon Athena”) and attached my newly-acquired Helios 44-2 Russian lens with the Petzval modification to it. In goes a…
Read MoreThanks for stating the obvious, Google…
Let’s get something straight. My blog is 100% written by me. Chuck Miller. A living, breathing, flesh and blood human. I am not a synthezoid, I am not a Replicant, I am not from Rossum’s Universal Robots, no no no no no. Whatever I write in this blog comes out of my brain, travels through…
Read MoreHappy Upstate New York Day!!
You didn’t know that May 18th is Upstate New York Day? How could you have missed it? Were you not looking at the calendar? Did Siri not remind you? Wow… Yeah, May 18th is Upstate New York Day. It’s not celebrated in Utica or Syracuse or anywhere west of there; and don’t look for it…
Read MoreSherman Tanks have no use for Elon Musk
I’m currently resting my hand after a surgical procedure yesterday, so this blog post will be short. But I couldn’t resist showing this YouTube clip of a 98-year-old World War II veteran and how he expressed his feelings about Elon Musk. And by “expressed his feelings,” I’m talking about using a vintage World War II…
Read MoreNina Conti likes to play with her monkey
Ventriloquism is fun. The ability to throw your voice into an inanimate object, and then convince an audience that the object has its own personality and essence separate from your own, while trying NOT to move your lips throughout the whole performance – that’s tough. And there are a few legendary and famous ventriloquists who…
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