If you haven’t had a chance to read the Times Union’s latest lifestyle blogger, Mary Martin, you should make the time and do so. She only started with the TU a couple of days ago, but her posts are entertaining and inspirational. Her recent post about having three mothers-in-law actually spurred me to write this…
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Football and Faust
If ever I to the moment shall say: Beautiful moment, do not pass away! Then you may forge your chains to bind me, Then I will put my life behind me, Then let them hear my death-knell toll, Then from your labors you’ll be free, The clock may stop, the clock-hands fall, And time come…
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 MoreThe פושקע Project: An update
Recap. My paternal grandmother, who was about as close to a saint as a Jewish woman could ever achieve, passed away in 2008. As per tradition, the person is buried with an uncompleted gravestone; one year later, at an “unveiling,” the mourners return and the grave – with the date of death – is unveiled.…
Read More“If I don’t win the lottery… I hope HE doesn’t win it, either.”
And don’t lie to me. Any time the lottery goes into the gazillion-dollar stratosphere, everybody runs to their local lottery agent like they’re re-enacting the Oklahoma land claim run. “Oh, I want to play these numbers and those numbers, and give me a quick pick for the rest of the numbers, ooh I hope I…
Read MoreThe Purple Sunrise
It was December 2010. I was shooting my final rolls of Kodachrome film, and in the brutal, bitter, icy winter – a winter that was so cold, my frozen breath spelled out my curse words in cursive – I tried to capture some images. This was taken with decade-past-its-prime Kodachrome 25 film, a film that…
Read MoreYou do what you must, no matter what the cost
I had a fantastic time last night at the All Over Albany birthday party at the downtown City Beer Hall bar/restaurant. If you’ve never visited the AOA website, do it now. It’s a great resource for Capital District events and goings-on and 518 culture, and Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy do a tremendous amount of…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Rest in Peace, Ernie Williams. Yes, yes, yes.
The Capital Region lost a true musical legend yesterday. Bluesman Ernie Williams passed away from a massive heart attack. He was 87 years old. You can read about his life and career at this Times Union link; at this link from Nippertown; and Danielle Sanzone’s profile of Williams in the Troy Record. And once you’re…
Read MoreE=mc♯
“Words are the canvas of an actor. His lips are his brushes, and his tongue – the colors of the spectrum. And when he speaks, he paints portraits.” -Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl The title of today’s blog post E=mc♯ is a relationship formula, where E is positive emotion, m is compatibility and c♯…
Read MoreI want Chuck Miller, but I don’t want Chuck Miller…
That’s kind of a yin-and-yang headline, but you have to bear with me on this. One of the issues I’ve dealt with in my 48+ years on this planet is a feeling of inadequacy. Of not being good enough. Of not feeling wanted or accepted. It might have started when my father clearly explained to…
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