This morning, as I was working on a possible blog topic, I visited my Facebook page for some ideas.ย And sure enough, my friend Bill Winans posted this video of what looks like the way-coolest pinball machine ever. Ho kee smokes. That is just awesome on twenty levels. I love pinball machines. Have loved them…
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How to earn a Guinness world record
As a kid, I remember reading the Guinness Book of World Records and marveling at the lengths to which people would go to achieve being the best, the fastest, the strongest, the first, all of that.ย The tallest man.ย The shortest woman.ย The shortest amount of time necessary to consume a bicycle.ย Yep, that’s a…
Read MoreThere’s a billiards game here??
** Florian “Venom” Kohler is one of the top proponents of “artistic” or “trick shot” billiards, in which the shooter uses angled and masse shots to curve a cueball into knocking a ball into the pocket in a specific way and manner. In other words, this ain’t no “8-ball in the side pocket” game. And…
Read MoreWhere’s the KABOOM?
No, not THAT kind of Kaboom. Yesterday, while grocery shopping, I picked up a few items for the apartment – garbage bags, paper towels, kitchen sponges… and then I remembered my friend Dylan had recommended I look for a certain box of cereal. “See if you can pick up some KABOOM, Chuck,” he laughed. And…
Read MoreWhich survey category are you?
I see these all the time in my Facebook feed – my friends have taken an online survey to find out what television character they most resemble, or what literary character is the best representative of their future, etc. It’s funny, though… I try filling out these online surveys, and I get starkly different answers…
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Is that Chuck’s artwork in the Stockade Walkabout? YES IT IS!!
So here’s the deal. Last week, a friend / blog reader contacted me.ย Her cousin has redesigned some lofts in Schenectady’s Stockade area, and in addition to showing off the new living spaces, they need some artwork for the upcoming Stockade Walkabout open house.ย They needed something that would show off the new lofts and…
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Blow out another candle of our memories…
There it was.ย A perfect, partly cloudy, warm Sunday afternoon.ย Hoffman’s Playland was packed, there were cars in auxiliary lots and across the street; lines of excited riders were queued up at the Ferris wheel and the roller coaster and the merry-go-round. It was Hoffman’s Playland’s final day of operation. And I needed to get…
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Orange County Speedway 2014 “Eve of Destruction” pics
Last year, daredevil stuntman Rocky Hardcore, whose death-defying car crashes have made him a star at Lebanon Valley Speedway’s “Eve of Destruction” stunt shows, contacted me about photographing his show at the upcoming Orange County Fair Speedway’s “Eve of Destruction” event. I said I would do it.ย I mean, I’ve photographed him for three consecutive…
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Get a little dirt on your hands, son…
I don’t have a problem with hard work.ย What’s that old saying, “A little hard work never hurt anybody?” Hell, I’ll just Bill Anderson explain all. A little hard work doesn’t bother me.ย Which is why I’ve had no problem assisting my girlfriend Nicole when it comes to gardening.ย Dig out a patch of grass…
Read MoreI don’t need the “ice bucket challenge.”
At some point in time, I know they’re coming for me.ย One of my friends will undoubtedly pour a bucket of ice water all over himself or herself – videotaping it for posterity, mind you – and then, in the video, he will challenge me to do the same. You know what?ย I’ve got a…
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