Best of our TU Community Blogs, January 14, 2016: Ten for Thursday

I WON! I WON THE POWERBALL LOTTERY!!! Yeah baby I had the numbers! No lie! (Dancing around the place like Topol in Fiddler on the Roof) I had two numbers and the Powerball.  That won me a whopping $7 in cold hard cash. Where will I spend this amazing windfall?  #hahahahaha Well, before I run…

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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, January 7, 2016: Ten for Thursday

Welcome to this week’s installment of my weekly wrap-up showcase of the Times Union’s community and independent bloggers and their remarkable blogs of the week. If you’re new to my blog and are wondering, “Why does Chuck keep shifting off his Thursday blog posts in favor of this recap?” Well, here’s why. There are dozens…

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Chuck’s five most prolific blog commenters of 2015

Okay, okay, one more countdown.  But this one is kinda cool, in that it involves you – my beloved blog commenters. No matter what, whether you’re chastising me for my opinion or cheering on one of my photographs in competition, your blog comments are important to me.  It’s that dialogue that keeps this blog entertaining…

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Best of our TU Community Blogs, December 31, 2015: Ten for Thursday

It’s the last day of 2015.  And what better way to spend the final sunrise and sunset of this calendar year, than by perusing the best of what my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers have crafted this past week. Ready? On your mark… Get set… And … Here… We… Go.. Pete Bardunias’ blog,…

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Chuck’s best blog posts of 2015

No, it’s not Thursday.  That’s reserved for the ten blog posts by the ten Times Union community bloggers.  That’s their time. But once a year, around this time, I recap the blog posts I wrote.  And these ten – among all others – have the most significance to me.  There have been achievements, there have…

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Best of our TU Community Blogs, December 10, 2015: Ten for Thursday

Man oh man, is the snow ever going to arrive?  Jeez, the last time I was this concerned about snow arriving this winter, it was because I saw a spoiler for Season 6 of Game of Thrones… That’s fine, feel free to groan at that joke. But what I don’t want you to groan about…

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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, December 3, 2015: Ten for Thursday

I swear, the TU blog page is growing faster than anything.  Turn around, and new people are joining the blogfarm.  And that’s a good thing.  New voices, new ideas, new concepts. That being said, I’m pleased that there are new people joining, just as I’m pleased that there’s still the veteran community and independent TU…

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Best of our TU Community Bloggers, November 26, 2015: Ten for Thursday

Okay, I have to make sure things are taken care of before I go out to deliver Thanksgiving dinners. Yep.  You know what “take care of” means. It’s time to turn today’s blog over to showcasing my fellow Times Union community bloggers.  Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that I forget it’s also Thursday. And…

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