Back in the day, when I was a college student and worked at the college radio station, our main broadcast competition wasn’t the other college stations in the area. Trust me, WHCL could kick WPNR’s tuchus just as easily as Hamilton College used to kick Utica College’s rear in basketball. No, we had to go…
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Speaking for the Boreas Ponds
Last Wednesday, I attended a public meeting at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The meeting was designed to gauge public opinion and discussion regarding the State’s newly-acquired Boreas Ponds tract in the Adirondacks, and the level of available access to the land. There were several proposals on the schedule, including determining the…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, December 8, 2016: Ten for Thursday
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…
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Neon dancing in Colonie
I’m going stir crazy. This broken foot of mine is really cramping my style. I need to take more pictures. Something stylish and inventive. And I’m thinking about doing a “neon pirouette” photo, in which I rotate my camera on its tripod (while the shutter is open) and create a beautiful neon-colored bloom. You say…
Read MoreSweet smoked meats for a holiday treat
One of my annual holiday traditions encompasses the social media site reddit and its “Secret Santa” gift exchange. Every year, over 150,000 redditors participate in this swapping of holiday gifts. Person A sends a gift to Person B, who in turn sends a different gift to Person C, and so on and so forth. Besides,…
Read MoreThe Force is not strong with this one, officer…
I’ve written before about my love and appreciation for the Star Wars movie franchise. I stood in line at Northway Mall way back in 1977 at the old Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 to see the first movie (now known as Episode IV), and last year I did the entire six-movie marathon at Regal Crossgates 18 before seeing…
Read MoreFlannel sheets to put me to warm sleep
I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a while. Mostly I think it’s because of my injury; other times I think it’s because of my emotional state. I need a change. So yesterday I drove over to Colonie Center, as I had a $10 gift card from L.L. Bean to burn off. The gift…
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The routine
Status update. Thanks to this walking boot on my left foot, most of the broken bones in my foot are mending. Slowly but surely. I say most of my bones. Not all of them. The third metatarsal bone, which is somewhere in the middle of my foot, has snapped in two. It’s not a break. …
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Caption Time: What are you trying to say?
So I was cleaning out my phone yesterday, deleting old photos and shots and such, when I came across this picture. At the time, I thought it was worth a smile – someone leaving a note for someone else. Of course, the grammar was way off… but still… For the Caption Time this Friday, tell…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, December 1, 2016: Ten for Thursday
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…
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