Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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 MoreAt 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…
Read MoreBlog reader “Lazygal” (and who has a couple of her blogs linked on my blogroll) recently posted a 30-question “My home library” blog post.ย The original questions came from one location or another, and she blogged about her answers over the span of three posts – one, two, three. Since I enjoyed reading about her…
Read MoreI’m not immune to spambots and cybertrolls.ย I get plenty of junk mail on both my personal account and from blog comments.ย Ninety-nine times out of 100, I’ll just ignore the spambot and delete its initial response. This is the 100th time.ย This one caught my attention. It came to my personal e-mail account, it…
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For the first time ever, Elvis Presley’s estate known as Graceland will host an auction of collectible memorabilia, all gathered and cataloged from one of “The King’s” most ardent fans.ย And if you’re a devotee of children’s television… then you know him. The collection came from Greg Page, an Elvis Presley memorabilia collector who gathered…
Read MoreNOTE: I wrote this article for the August 2007 issue of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, and am reprinting it here for your enjoyment. During the 1960s, the Mattel Toy Company created a special “molding toy,” which allowed children to pour a plasticized polymer into a special mold, heat the mold, cool it, and…
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There is a proposal on the California state ballot that, if passed, would create six states from California itself.ย Yep, we could have the new states of Jefferson and Silicon Valley, as well as some other names – which most likely would require some corporate sponsorship, why one of them isn’t named “Hollywoodland” is beyond…
Read MoreToday, at some point in the evening, I will take pictures of exploding sky-illuminating pyrotechnics.ย Most likely I’ll be at the Empire State Plaza, enjoying all the fireworks and explosions and cheers and excitement. Every year, I look for the best place, the best vantage point, to photograph the fireworks.ย ย Along a ledge.ย Against a…
Read MoreMy TU blog buddy Don Rittner shared this video clip on his Facebook page, and when I watched the clip… I couldn’t stop laughing.ย I mean, I haven’t laughed so much at a video in years.ย Seriously.ย Watch it and you will see what I mean. You mean that’s how you keep mus-keeee-towes from stinging…
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Four years ago, I took a last-minute assignment to photograph John “Rocky Hardcore” Hauri as he attempted to put a fire truck in the air as part of Lebanon Valley Speedway’s “Eve of Destruction” stunt show.ย He did.ย And survived. I returned each year to photograph the stunts – as far as I was concerned,…
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