As you’re reading this headline, you’re thinking… “The Last Sermon … isn’t that the picture Chuck took of the bell tower of St. Patrick’s Church in Watervliet, just before the construction crew finally knocked it down?” This is why I have smart, observant blog readers. Nothing gets past them. But back to our story. I’ve been…
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Wanna help out Big Brothers / Big Sisters? Sure you do!!
My friend Sue Rock is a fellow blogger, both for the Times Union’s Cats blog and for her own independent page. She’s also a big supporter and participant in the Big Brothers / Big Sisters program. And with that in mind, she’s trying to raise $625 for the charity. She’s looking for 25 people to…
Read MoreJust heard from the New York State Fair…
Three weeks ago, I sent digital copies of my six photographs to Syracuse, for consideration for this year’s New York State Fair Photography competition. Now comes the wait. For the past three weeks, I’ve been waiting for that phone call. Waiting for a confirming e-mail. Waiting for something. Anything. I’ve even looked into the western…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 25, 2013: Ten for Thursday
Yes, I did write a “Ten for Thursday” for today. It’s time to honor the best of our Times Union community blogging crew… and since there’s only been a sporadic appearance of our blogs on the TU’s print “Observation Deck” section, it looks as if I will still gladly carry the torch to promote my…
Read MoreThe Normanskill Bulldozer – or combine, or hay baler…
Robert Frost was correct. Sometimes taking the road less traveled can make all the difference. Case in point. A week or so ago, I was walking along the Normanskill Creek between Albany and Delmar, it was a peaceful walk where I could perform simple reflection on my life. Then, after that, I walked along the…
Read More“Ooooh, you broke it! I’m gonna tell on you…”
Here’s the problem when you work with experimental photography. Sometimes the cameras can’t handle what you’re trying to do. Case in point. I’ve been working on this slitscan photography project for the past year. And I think I have it all dialed in and tuned perfectly. I’ve adjusted the slit inside the camera to a…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl IV
It’s time to give the coveted Silver Shaker award back. My Street Academy trivia team has held the Summer Bowl chalice, the symbol of supremacy in summertime team trivia in the Capital District, for the past year. Now we have to defend this championship against 29 other trivia squads. Trust me. Street Academy will ALWAYS…
Read MoreRandom Acts of Respect
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the social media site Reddit. Sometimes it’s the greatest place in the world; other times it’s like the bad old days of monitor courage and USEnet sewage. One of the better places on Reddit of late has been the category (or “subreddit”) called Random Acts of Pizza. Here’s how…
Read MoreGet your groove on, Oliver Hardy!
Let’s start the dance. I’ve seen these creative little film clips on YouTube for a while. They feature vintage old movie clips, as synchronized with modern music. I crafted a blog post on this in the past, so here’s another one. You’ve probably seen this one. It’s a clip of Laurel and Hardy from the…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Incident at Fred’s Chasm
“Any word?” “No,” whinnied Cassius Marcellus, the drafthorse who plowed the fields at Indigo Acres, the agrarian section of the afterlife pet waystation known as Collarworld. “I’ve asked around, nobody’s seen her.” “Her” was Butterscotch, a calico cat who battled a crisis of conscience ever since she arrived in the afterworld pet realm. In the…
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