Some bloggers, when they can’t think of a new idea for a new blog post, or they don’t feel like writing one, simply go back to their archives, pull out an old blog post from last year or two years ago, change the publication date, and voila – instant blog post. Before anybody says, “Hey…
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In Praise of the Poky Little Puppy and What-A-Jolly Street
Sometimes, the simplest of texts are indeed the best of texts. Jason Purvis penned this blog post, asking people about what would be the most appropriate and enjoyable children’s books. And for the love of me, the only book I could recall reading over and over again, and essentially begging my mother to read to…
Read MoreThingamajigdoodadknicknack whatever you need… Schatz!
Thought you’d get a kick out of seeing that slogan once again. We’re currently spoiled. We have Staples and OfficeMax and Office Depot superstores for all our stationery needs. But if you grew up in the Capital District in the 1960’s and 1970’s and 1980’s, there was only one stationery store chain worth frequenting. That…
Read More30 years ago this week, a very important rugby game was played in Bleecker Stadium.
Tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of a rugby game at Bleecker Stadium, a game between the South African Springboks national team and the United States national rugby team. It was more than just a game – it was a referendum on apartheid and race relations. The following article was originally published in Rugby Magazine…
Read MoreOther September 11th memories
We are approaching the tenth anniversary of a horrible and tragic episode in our lives. I’ve blogged about the events of September 11th twice in my blog, each on the 8th anniversary and on the 9th anniversary of that dark day. This year, I wanted to share with you some other events that happened on…
Read MoreRest in peace, Alexander Vasyunov…
Oh my God. The news came as quickly as a heartbeat. At least 43 people, including the entire Lokomotiv ice hockey team, one of the top Russian professional squads, were killed when their plane crashed into a river bank along the Volga. Among those killed – former Albany Devils left winger Alexander Vasyunov. The tragedy…
Read MoreAlbany’s Trinity Church rises again…
After I posted my photograph series chronicling the demolition of Trinity Church, I received an e-mail from William Leue. He wanted to rebuild the Trinity Church, and to get the measurements and sizes and colorings and shapes perfectly accurate, he wanted to use my photographs from my flickr site. We made an agreeable arrangement, and…
Read MoreWhen “Dirty Dancing” First Played in Albany
Every time the Times Union promotes a movie night under the stars – and this one is coming up this Tuesday downtown in Albany – I remember that films – in this case, Dirty Dancing – once appeared on motion picture screens around the Capital District. And that at the time, you saw the films…
Read More1930’s Movie Handouts from the Madison Theater
My buddy Jay Pregent is going to lose his mind when he sees these. Jay and I go back a long ways, we were both part of the “Open Mike” crew that would do Wednesday night comedy routines at The Comedy Works. A few years ago, Jay was part of a group that purchased Albany’s…
Read MoreFeel like dancing today?
Have you had one of those mornings where you just didn’t feel like getting out of bed… and when you did, you sleepily chose to get out of the wrong side of the bed and crashed into the wall? Yep. Happened to me more than once. So if you’re having a really down day today,…
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