“Hindsight is 20/20,” so says the proverbial anecdote.ย A similar phrase is, “If I knew then what I know now…”ย It’s the reason why sports teams drafted Ryan Leaf and Kwame Brown and regretted those decisions years later. And in my life, I’ve known plenty of hindsight endeavors.ย Times when I thought something was great,…
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Miley Cyrus’ eBay camera sale
On occasion, I will shop for cameras, lenses, film and other photographic ephemera through the online auction website eBay.ย Sometimes I’m able to get these treasures; sometimes I’m outbid. Now this one, case in point. This auction is for a Nikon N80 film camera.ย I’ve already got a Nikon F100 film camera, as well as…
Read MoreMy first Cinemagraph
Some people call them “animated GIF’s.”ย Others call them “Cinemagraphs.”ย I like the term “Cinemagraph,” so I’ll use that. A cinemagraph shows motion in what would normally be a stock, sterile picture.ย And the other day, I created my first one. Background. Last March, I took a vacation in beautiful Saint John, New Brunswick.ย At…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, September 26, 2013: Ten for Thursday
Are you enjoying this feature in my blog? Are you reading my fellow Times Union community bloggers and enjoying their posts and articles? Do you come back here every Thursday to see what the cadre of bloggers has created for you? Do you wonder why the Times Union still hasn’t bothered to feature these same…
Read MoreTap-dancing with LinkedIn’s spam and zombie e-mails
Like millions of us, I have a LinkedIn account. ย I don’t use it or check it often, I’ve really never felt that it’s been THAT beneficial to me.ย Lots of times, I just want to cancel it.ย I don’t care if it’s supposed to “build my brand.”ย I’m not a brand.ย I am a free…
Read More“Amish Mafia” episode review: Judgment Day
So apparently this wrap-up episode of the second season of “Amish Mafia” promises to answer all your questions.ย The cast members / reality stars of South Central Pennsylvania will sit down in front of the cameras and explain why they did certain things, why they didn’t do other things, and why they’re in a world…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Stones
Butterscotch, the calico cat, looked down at the jewel of penance around her neck.ย It was still inky black, a deep ebony hue against the rich fields of Indigo Acres, the agrarian farmlands of the afterlife pet waystation known as Collarworld. “I don’t understand,” she mewed.ย “I’ve done everything I possibly can to atone for…
Read MoreMore on the WPTR “Ballad of Albany” song
A week or so ago, I posted a clip featuring an Albany-centric song called “The Ballad of Albany.”ย Sing along with me, now… But I wanted to find out more about the song.ย Why it was recorded, who the performers were on the song… Thankfully, my blog readers provided tons of info about the song…
Read MoreThe 11’8″ bridgeโฆ sudden sunroof syndrome!
Do you know what “sudden sunroof syndrome” is?ย That’s when your truck or bus or large hauling vehicle tries to navigate under a bridge – only to discover that it’s about an inch or two taller than the bridge clearance.ย Next thing you know, your truck has developed “sudden sunroof syndrome,” in that the top…
Read MoreThe best parodies of “What Does The Fox Say?”
You know it has to happen.ย Songs like these that come completely out of right field.ย Artists whose songs just get played over and over and over again.ย To the point where you like them, then you really like them, then you’re sick of them.ย Then you never want to hear them again. I could…
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