Clark Henry was an outfielder for the Albany Senators minor league baseball team. He played on the Senators squad from 1945 to 1951, and surpassed a .300 batting average in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. I have his signature on a team-signed 1949 Albany Senators Eastern League baseball. The ball has turned an orange-amber hue…
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Don’t lie to me again, Time Warner Cable…
A few months ago, there was a cable / internet outage in the Town and Village. After several calls, Time Warner Cable finally explained that they were working on the outage and should have service restored momentarily. Well, they eventually DID restore service. My computer modem flashed its lights, and a connection to my desktop…
Read MoreJustice for Aaron
I saw this video and … let me put it this way. This is beyond disgusting. From what I understand about the whole situation… I’m going to re-paste the pertinent information from this Tumblr page search. Published on Aug 14, 2014 Aaron Hill is a disabled boy in Okeechobee (Fla.) who was lured out of…
Read MoreI don’t need the “ice bucket challenge.”
At some point in time, I know they’re coming for me. One of my friends will undoubtedly pour a bucket of ice water all over himself or herself – videotaping it for posterity, mind you – and then, in the video, he will challenge me to do the same. You know what? I’ve got a…
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Six little white postcards from Syracuse…
I’ve checked the mailbox for days. Hoping they will arrive. Every time Mike the Mailman visits my street in the Town and Village, I’ve checked my mailbox to see if he dropped them in my mailbox. Yes. I am waiting for six little white postcards from Syracuse. Today, they arrived. Six little white postcards, each…
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Results from Altamont 2014
So how did things go at the Altamont Fair this year? Did I earn some ribbons, or did the “Altamont Curse” rear its ugly head again?
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My 2014 Altamont Fair entries are…
Today’s the day. The Altamont Fair opens. And here are the four pictures I entered into competition this year. Will I achieve success? Or will the “Altamont Curse” return?
Read MoreThoughts while driving on the Thruway
As I navigated along the New York State Thruway last weekend, en route to dropping my photos off at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, I had time to contemplate and to think and to reflect on how my life has changed over the past few years. I let the non-driving-portion of my mind…
Read MoreI called an “audible”
Of late, I’ve had a lot of fun with cinemagraph photography and lenticular imagery; essentially, physical photos that move as you stare at them. If you visit the Photo Center of Troy for the Members’ Show, you can see my Fagbug and Vaudeville photo; one of my photos at the New York State Fair this…
Read MoreThe library meme
Blog reader “Lazygal” (and who has a couple of her blogs linked on my blogroll) recently posted a 30-question “My home library” blog post. The original questions came from one location or another, and she blogged about her answers over the span of three posts – one, two, three. Since I enjoyed reading about her…
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