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I always wanted to write a headline like this. Okay… Let me introduce you to Jeremy Bradley.  Bradley was at a Kohl’s Department Store in Kansas City, where he decided to do some “shopping” of his own.  And by “shopping,” I mean that this gutless wonder sneaked into one of the changing rooms at Kohl’s,…

There’s so much of my life that is intertwined with the railroad.  My maternal grandfather worked for the New York Central and Penn Central railroads in his time.  I never pass up a chance to travel via Amtrak, or to ride one of the “scenic” railroads that wind through the countryside.  And you know me…

I believe in the preservation and restoration of the Capital District’s buildings, homes and iconography.   And with that in mind, I want to let everybody know about an upcoming event in Saratoga Springs that fits that very purpose. In two weeks – on Friday, December 6 – the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation will host a…

I have a love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit.  That being said, I am a big fan of Reddit’s “Secret Santa” gift exchange. It’s similar to the gift exchange you probably did in grade school.  Twenty names in a basket, you pick someone’s name, you get a gift for that person, while someone…

In less than two weeks, I’ll be waiting in the concourse of the Empire State Plaza.  My car, with a full tank of gasoline, will be at the ESP parking lot; the SiriusXM radio already pre-tuned to channel 17, the holiday “Holly” radio station.  My cell phone will be fully charged, its GPS unit ready…

Jessica Kitrick, who posts some excellent vintage “Fools’ Gold” movie reviews on her LadySpaz BlipTV channel, shared this cool clip on her Tumblr account.  Apparently in New York City, the subway conductors are required to point to signs at every terminal stop, to prove that they’re paying attention on their job.  So… some people decided…

You’ve heard of Someecards.com.  Well, I’m sure you’ve heard of Someecards.com’s output – they’re all over your friends’ Facebook walls and, by extension, they’re in your news feeds as well.  Sort of like how many of your Facebook friends are into the bitstrips feature, where their lives and actions are turned into cartoon characters. Normally,…

It’s October 31st.  Time to get bags and bags of Fun Size candies and wait by the door for the little ghosts and goblins and Iron Man-costumed kids to come down your street. It’s a rite of passage, I guess.  It’s a change of the seasons, I guess.  And so much has been written about…

Gee… who do you think called this one correctly? Yeah, that might have been me. So here’s the backstory.  A week or so ago, a tweet from Miley Cyrus’ Twitter account advertised an old camera of hers on eBay.  The camera, a Nikon N80 film camera, started out with a reasonable $20 opening bid before…