In less than two weeks, I’ll be waiting in the concourse of the Empire State Plaza.ย My car, with a full tank of gasoline, will be at the ESP parking lot; the SiriusXM radio already pre-tuned to channel 17, the holiday “Holly” radio station.ย My cell phone will be fully charged, its GPS unit ready…
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Best of our TU Community Blogs, November 14, 2013: Ten for Thursday
So you’re probably wondering… Chuck, are you going to keep doing this “Ten For Thursday” lists two weeks from now? Sure. Chuck, are you aware that two weeks from now is Thanksgiving? Sure.ย What, you don’t think I can write one of these blog posts while I’m waiting at the Empire State Plaza, ready to…
Read MoreTake a selfie, get arrested
I don’t have a problem with people taking “selfies” and posting them on social media sites.ย Yeah, I know some Times Union bloggers have conniption fits when people take “selfie” shots, but it doesn’t bother me.ย You want to take pictures of yourself, go right ahead.ย You want to post them on social media?ย Be…
Read More“Amish Mafia” and domestic violence: when reality interferes with reality TV
It’s no secret that I love doing snark-based reviews of the Discovery Channel’s television show Amish Mafia.ย I think the show is trashy, I think the acting is ham-fisted and wooden, and the show itself is about as real as store-bought shoo-fly pie. And right now I hope all of you understand, I’m going to…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the 2013-14 “Catch the Mania” Trivia Tournament at the Ruck
Recap from last week.ย My all-star trivia team, which for this tournament is known as “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!”, came in second place in Week 1 of the Ruck trivia tournament.ย If your team is looking to participate in this tournament of champions, here’s the rules and the parameters at this link.…
Read MoreHaving fun on the NYC Subway
Jessica Kitrick, who posts some excellent vintage “Fools’ Gold” movie reviews on her LadySpaz BlipTV channel, shared this cool clip on her Tumblr account.ย Apparently in New York City, the subway conductors are required to point to signs at every terminal stop, to prove that they’re paying attention on their job.ย So… some people decided…
Read More“Day By Day” and a bass violin
Yesterday my girlfriend Nicole and I saw Godspell at Proctor’s in Schenectady.ย Totally amazing show, and both of us appreciated the energy and emotion that the cast conveyed in the performance.ย And yes, I did get a smile out of one of the cast members making reference to The Place Beyond the Pines, which was…
Read MoreRemembering Valle’s Steak House
How young was I went I saw that gigantic Central Avenue sign? You know… this one. See, back in the day, when Central Avenue was better known as Albany-Schenectady Road, Valle’s Steak House was a popular eatery and banquet hall.ย There were plenty of Valle’s Steak Houses around the Northeast; but the one in Albany…
Read MoreThe day Ken Screven and I met
I realize that new Times Union community blogger Ken Screven has reported on maybe fifty thousand stories during his stint as a WRGB reporter.ย And I can’t ask him to remember all fifty thousand of them as if they were baseball statistics. But I do remember this one instance.ย And it’s the time when one…
Read MoreThe new nasty “Facebook trap” game
Last night, as I was trying to get some sleep, I checked my Facebook page.ย Figured I’d comment on what some of my friends were up to. Oh look, here’s one of my friends from college, whom I just “friended” on Facebook a few months ago.ย Interesting… She’s posted a few things about her life,…
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