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So somebody alerted me to this.  I’m not really sure how to react.  But I feel that after what has happened in my past … I need to share this with all of you. There’s something that Rex Smith made back in the late 1970’s.  And it’s now available on YouTube.  Boy, I hope Rex…

There’s an upcoming national auction in mid-April that offers various coin-operated arcade games, trade stimulators, vintage slot machines and other coin-operated memorabilia.  A link to the catalog is here. And while there are plenty of treasures from this auction that I would LOVE to have in my collection, one of the most fascinating pieces available…

I love fish fry sandwiches.  Whether it’s made of haddock or cusk or cod, whether it came from Bob & Ron’s (God rest its soul) or Ted’s (very tasty), I enjoy that tasty, flaky, sweet meal.  I do. So when I saw that a local restaurant had a Friday fish special sandwich, I was intrigued.…

My Facebook friend Katie works at Spotlight Newspapers, and she’s doing a decent job there. Recently, though, she posted a Facebook message that had me laughing off my chair. Let me explain. At some point in time, Katie named all the photocopiers in her office.  This way, she could direct which photocopier was the best…

Over the years, I’ve taken more than a few pictures of the Mail Pouch Barn in Dutchess County, New York.  I’ve tried capturing it in black and white.  I’ve tried capturing it in infrared.  I’ve tried capturing it in an ultrawide shot. Nothing seemed to scream at me, “Chuck, this is the photo, enter it…

I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit for years.  At times, reddit can be a fantastic resource for information and communication; at other times, it can be a place for harassment, impersonation, cyber-bullying and vulgarity.  I’ve seen both sides of it.  Trust me. That being said, every year I participate in…

Thursday morning.  Up and at ’em, it’s delivery day. For on this blessed occasion, we get up – load our cars with dinners – and take them to families throughout the Capital District so that they too might enjoy the holiday season. The Equinox Thanksgiving Day tradition.  It’s something I enjoy doing every year.  And…

Your Thanksgiving tradition may involve dinner with family and friends, the kids fighting over who gets to pull the wishbone, your cousins fighting over whether the Dallas Cowboys will actually make the playoffs this year (they won’t), your niece wanting to know why there’s a big inflated Snoopy floating down a New York city street…

Today, gamers are going gaga over titles like Red Dead Redemption 2.  Before that, it was Madden and Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon Go and the like. I want to take you back today to a video game that doubled as a teaching tool and as a logic construct. And thanks to modern technology –…