So here’s the deal. The French car manufacturer Renault has just introduced a commercial spotlighting its new car, the Clio. In addition to the car’s exceptional safety features, its kickin’ sound system, and its tight maneuverability, it really has captured the imagination of the small-car market. Oh, it also has on its instrument panel a…
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A fragment of Frontier Town
Last Saturday, I drove up to the North Country to scout out locations for a future “star trails” shoot.ย And as I drove along the Northway, I often notice various signages and locales throughout my trip.ย Oh, there’s the Sunoco sign for Scotty’s Restaurant on Exit 16.ย I must have hit Exit 20, there’s the…
Read MorePrice Chopper announces merger with Wegmans (APRIL FOOL’S DAY)
Wow.ย Did not see this coming. According to an exclusive news report, the families behind two major Northeast grocery chains have agreed to merge their stores together under one company and one organization.ย The Wegman family and the Golub family, owners of the Wegmans and Price Chopper supermarkets, have agreed to put their resources together…
Read MoreMy “blog-specific” blog-commenter bracket
You know, I could sit here and just try to figure out a bracket and post it here on the blog.ย I could do like last year and submit an NIT bracket.ย I could do like two years before and just gripe about the unfairness of the NCAA basketball system. But this time, I have…
Read MoreIt’s the Whitney Avalon Show!
About a decade ago, I met Whitney Avalon at a fanfest convention.ย She was going to be an actress, and I was going to learn to fly – oh wait, I have to stop quoting Harry Chapin songs in my blog.ย Especially when she went the “Taxi” route and I went the “W-O-L-D” route. Today,…
Read MoreIs an Apple iWatch in my future?
I’ve blogged in the past about how I can’t seem to acquire a decent wristwatch. How I’ve obsessed over my dream watch, a Tag Heuer Steve McQueen-branded chronograph. How I’ve missed my Timex Datalink watch, that allowed me to download phone numbers and PDA information by simply holding my wrist to my computer monitor and…
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr. gets auto-tuned
This isn’t the first time that speeches from a famous political figure have been, shall we say, “re-interpreted” in the popular music field. When I was in college, someone edited together pieces from Malcolm X’s speeches, soldered a drumbeat to them, and created this popular dance track. Yesterday morning, I found that one of the…
Read MoreAnd so ye shall recline…
The best part of purchasing any product today is that when that product finally falls apart, you are confident in the knowledge that said item has provided exactly what it was built to provide, and then some. About sixteen years ago, I purchased a recliner.ย It was a La-Z-Boy recliner with a blue fabric exterior,…
Read MoreThe calendar
It took me a few days to get around to hanging it up, but I put it up this morning.ย And it looks nice. It’s my 2013 wall calendar, this year sponsored by Nassau Merchandising Corporation.ย The calendar features several breathtaking scenes of wildlife paintings and artwork, and it looks good in my office. I…
Read MoreSanta Claus comes to Green Island
Man, what a Sunday.ย My Pittsburgh Steelers got knocked out of the playoffs – memo to Dan Rooney: draft a new quarterback NOW, the old one ain’t cutting it any more – and it’s just been a dreary, boring Sunday afternoon.ย I’ve done my holiday shopping, Cassaundra got her gifts, and I picked up a…
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