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Good morning all.  Are you ready to enjoy the best blogging experiences the Times Union has to offer?  Especially from their independent and community blogging crew, who write about things that are important in this world, whether on a global or a minute scale, and share these thoughts with all of you. First off, I…

So I’m curious … did you take care of all your holiday shopping yet?  Did you make that last-minute online purchase?  Have you made sure to send off that extra-special parcel to that loved one so far away? Good.  If you’ve done that, then you deserve a break.  Sit down and enjoy these blog posts…

You know you’ve been waiting for this all week.  You wait for this like you wait for a brand new episode of your favorite TV show. And yes, it’s time for another weekly recap of the Times Union’s best independent bloggers, the community writers and the raconteur eloquence. So let’s get right to it.  This…

Good morning everybody.  It’s December 1st, or as put another way, 24 shopping days until Christmas.  Did you take care of all your shopping on Black Friday?  Or are you waiting to battle the crowds on Christmas Eve?  Doesn’t matter … as long as you do what’s right for you. And the thing that’s right…

So it’s Thanksgiving.  I’m sure everybody’s ready to binge on turkey and stuffing, gather with the family and longtime friends, and watch three football games to finish out the day. Well, besides being Thanksgiving, it’s also Thursday.  And around the TU blog portal, that entails another tradition. Yep.  It’s independent blog wrap-up day. But before…

So what’s on the mind of the Times Union’s independent and community blogging team?  What are their thoughts this week, their dreams, their desiers, their concerns, their fears, their regrets and their furies? Well, over the past seven days, here’s what they came up with.  Right here in this blogroll recap. This week’s list of…

Before I begin today’s blog recap, I need to talk about the election Tuesday.  Because the victory in that election is important.  And the Times Union’s community and independent bloggers should all celebrate. Yes, I’m talking about the election victories of TU bloggers Angelo Santabarbara, Patricia Fahy, John McDonald and Jim Tedisco, all of whom…

Man oh man, we’ve got some great Times Union independent and community blogs in the collection this week.  Really awesome stuff here.  And you should know, these men and women write these blogs for the specific reason of entertaining and informing you.  They’re independent in that they don’t have to answer to Big Hearst in…

It’s official.  Last night, after holding out for a few days, I finally put fresh batteries in my apartment thermostat, and activated the heating unit.  I couldn’t make it to November 1st.  Dangit. But no matter if my apartment is hot or cold, I’m still able to put together a great list of the Times…

There’s some fantastic blog posts this week from the Times Union’s collection of independent and community bloggers, and I really think that you’ll enjoy what you see here.  Besides, after what turned into a very nasty Presidential debate, we could all use a little eyebleach.  Yes? Here we go.  Let’s start. This week’s blog goodness…