My interior decorating tastes don’t lean toward French Provincial or Danish Modern or feng shui or any of those other styles. I lean more toward the style of Contemporary and Classical Advertising. Okay, it’s Man-Cave Modern. There. Happy? Those interior decorating tastes would certainly explain why I purchased this vintage beer advertising clock on eBay…
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Positive stories of Olympics sportsmanship
Let’s see. Eight badminton players get expelled from the Olympics for sandbagging their matches and not trying to win, so that they would receive more comfortable placement in the quarterfinals. One female soccer player turned into a “socker” player, giving Abby Wambach a black eye. NBC tape-delayed the Olympics to the point where you think…
Read MoreThe New York Cosmos were the greatest soccer team of all time
You people have no idea. You watch MLS today and you see David Beckham and the LA Galaxy playing against the New York Red Bulls. You watch the Euro 2012 tournament, you watch the World Cup, you watch the FA Cup, and you think these games are the highest pinnacle of professional soccer. And, sadly,…
Read MoreTwo less Uneeda Biscuit signs in the Capital District
A few months ago, Kevin Baker, he of the “Trivia Nights Live” team, sent me an e-mail. Apparently some construction work on Albany’s Lancaster Street revealed an advertisement for a local pharmacy and ice cream shop, and if I wanted to take a picture of it, I should get to Lancaster Street as fast as…
Read MoreGot a Match?
Yesterday afternoon, after spending some time celebrating fellow blogger DerryX‘s second blogging anniversary, I took care of some personal business – shopping, laundry, the usual things that bachelors do. In my travels, I took a pit stop at one of the thrift stores on Troy’s River Street. And in a weathered old bowl on a…
Read MorePrice Chopper and Wegmans… yawn… call me when we get a Grand Union and an A&P.
Again, the Capital District has gone into a tizzy and a topspin. And it all has to do with grocery stores. “Oh my God, we’re getting a second Shop Rite! Praise the Lord, we gotta get there on Opening Day, because if we don’t, the food won’t taste as good!” “Oh my God, Price Chopper…
Read MoreCan the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove be saved?
Two years ago, I photographed this iconic lighthouse in Nova Scotia. I had to get up at the crack of morn, drive an hour south of Halifax to get this shot, and even in doing so, I almost fell into the Atlantic Ocean trying to photograph the lighthouse from this very spot (damn slippery rocks).…
Read MoreThe Day
Saturday morning, 9:00 a.m. I got a late start, had some morning errands to run. But those are done. And now I’m on my way. Let’s Go, Cardachrome – next stop, Saugus, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Turnpike is quiet. Only a few cars on the highway, mostly drivers who probably, like me, got a late start…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for Akum Norder’s “A History of Here” blog in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by historian Akum Norder and her “A History of Here” blog: Happy 100th birthday, house. The history of the Pine Hills Mural The Girl in the Vestibule A mobile home, eight stories high A Whiskey-Sauce-Tinged Salute to the Miss Albany Diner…
Read MoreJ.J. Armes: Turning a disability into true ability
NOTE: This article, written by me, originally appeared in the May 2007 edition of the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles. Some of the most popular boys’ action figures of the 1970s and 1980s were based on characters who developed superhuman powers as a result of bio-mechanical integrations. The futuristic crime in a cyberpunk Detroit faced…
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