“The Armor-Plated Heart” – a playlist of breakup ballads

My iPod has several themed playlists on it, and one of the playlists is called “The Armor-Plated Heart.” It’s a playlist full of ballads and slow songs – not the kind that are romantic and intimate, but the kind that you listen to after you’ve been dumped, or you just feel so emotionally wrecked that…

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Don’t vote for me

I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected. – William Tecumseh Sherman Recently, several of my fellow bloggers, both on the TU page and elsewhere, have thrown their proverbial hats in the ring for your votes for the new Times Union “Best of the Capital Region” campaign.  Now there are plenty…

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Bobblehead-free-zone

I am currently echoing J. Eric Smith’s sentiment about this bobblehead beg-a-thon that’s permeated the Capital Region media.  Okay, this was fun for about the first couple of weeks. But now it’s gotten stale. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen what appears to be every media representative talking about how they want to…

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