730 in the morning, and I’m driving up and down the one-way streets of downtown Troy, looking for the Flavour Cafe. Finally. There it is. I get inside, just before the oncoming rainstorm. There’s a special promotion today, the 2011 Dining Out for Life project, in which participating restaurants donate up to 25% of their…
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Regarding the 2011 Times Union Best Of poll…
Ah, it’s time for this poll to come around again. The Times Union “Best of 2011” poll. Personally, I’m not a big fan of this poll. Even if they did offer a few prizes to some random voters this year. So as I did when this poll appeared in 2010, I say again in 2011. …
Read MoreHow much do I tell?
This is a very important blog post, so please bear with me. And I realize this is some heady stuff for a Monday morning, but when has that ever stopped me from writing about heady stuff? Whether you’re reading content from a Times Union staff blogger or from a Times Union community blogger (like me),…
Read More“Fridays” – the musical performances
Yesterday, I brought everyone back in time to the ABC sketch comedy series Fridays, which aired from 1980 to 1982 after the 11pm news. In my previous blog post, I showed some clips of the show’s sketch comedy routines. In this post, you get to crank up your speakers, because here are some clips of…
Read MoreThis is as green as I’m getting today…
So here’s a classic Irish song from the 1960’s, as played by a Canadian folk group. Yes, they called themselves the Irish Rovers, and this was their big hit. Great song on a day like today. Okay, that’s it. Well… maybe not. You want more? Well… How about I add a video by House of…
Read MoreThe Times Union / Saint Rose Cyberbullying Conference
Last night, the Times Union, in conjunction with the College of Saint Rose, held a seminar and conference on the growing problem of cyberbullying. The panel, which included TU bloggers Lydia Kulbida and Lori Cullen, as well as several administrators, public officials and law enforcement officers, was an extremely well-run and informative event, and I…
Read MoreNo more Cap’n Crunch? Is nothing sacred?
Here’s the thing. When I was a kid, Saturday mornings involved two traditions – five hours of cartoons and at least four bowls of cereal. Froot Loops. Trix. Honeycomb. Alpha Bits. And the best of them all, Cap’n Crunch. Come on, you know you’ve had a few bowls of Cap’n Crunch in a single day. …
Read MoreThe ten worst superhero TV shows of all time
Let me state for the record. I am a major fan of superhero drama shows. Whether the shows are a retelling of the Les Miserables / Fugitive “man on the run” ethos (The Incredible Hulk) or just plain campy fun (the 1960’s Batman series), I do enjoy watching some costumed do-gooders battle the bad guys.…
Read MoreIf you have kids, please attend the March 15th conference on preventing cyberbullying
I’m writing this blog post today because I’ve seen it happen too many times in our modern technological society. Once upon a time, if you didn’t like someone, you wrote their name on the bathroom wall in school – so-and-so is a slut, so-and-so is gay, filthy concepts in a filthy stall. Then came the…
Read MoreSaturday Morning Mel-O-Toons
They were probably the cheapest cartoons ever made for broadcast. Their source material actually came from phonograph records. In 1960, a company called New World Productions created over a hundred six-minute cartoons, called “Mel-O-Toons.” The cartoons, specifically designed for television broadcast, were a mixture of fairy tales, Biblical stories, folk legends and the like. The…
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