It’s been an interesting week at the TU blog portal. Apparently somewhere in the blog base, there were sparks in the software, flashing the message, something’s out there… comments lost in the summer sky, 99 luftballoons go by… Anyway, apparently all the blog comments – good comments and spam – ended up in the spam…
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Caption Time: Two birds in the hand…
Got this picture the other day while walking past the old Branch Office Restaurant in downtown Albany. The restaurant is gone, but there’s still a branch-shaped sign with an “office” engraved on it. On the wooden sign is a wooden blue jay. And on the wooden blue jay… well, it’s another bird. So if a…
Read MoreSummer Bowl IV is next week!
It’s the midsummer classic; the Summer Bowl, the trivia championship that’s held as the Saratoga flat track opens for business. This year, the invite-only tournament will take place at On Tap, the restaurant inside Latham’s Holiday Inn Express, this Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Teams will be challenged on twenty different trivia questions of history, pop…
Read MoreCollarworld: Precious’ Path and Butterscotch’s Crisis
Another beautiful day in Collarworld, as the blue sunbeams spread across the sky. Each beloved pet knew that the blue sunbeams meant a new arrival would reach Collarworld that day, and all must gather at the Meeting Place to greet the new visitor. “Come on, Butterscotch,” Vincent the orange tabbycat begged Butterscotch the sullen calico…
Read MoreBeauty in stone and iron
I spent Saturday night in Boston. It was a vacation weekend for me – doing some personal business, some sightseeing, reconnecting with places from my past. Both sides of my family came from Boston – my mother’s side lived in places like Quincy and Abington and Brockton; my father’s side lived in Brookline and West…
Read MoreSaving the childrens’ records
My friend Peter Muldavin is a renowned collector of a very specialized music genre. He has the largest phonograph record collection of children’s music in the world. That’s right. All those little 78’s and 45’s that were originally purchased for kids – he owns them. About ten years ago, I helped him itemize and catalog…
Read MoreThe Albany County Rail Trail in 100-degree heat
It’s about 10:00 a.m. on July 5. I haven’t visited the Albany County Rail Trail with my cameras for a while, so I figured today would be a perfect opportunity to do so. The plan – take my new Agfa Clack 6×9 120 film shooter, along with a tripod, through the Delmar section of the…
Read MoreA Selfie from the Clack
Last time I used the Agfa Clack 6×9 camera, I got some decent shots with B&W Delta Ilford film, but burned two rolls of other stock. Apparently the only decent shots I can get with this camera is if they’re long-distance shots and I use a tripod. Okay… so let’s hook a tripod mount to…
Read MoreBest of the TU Community Bloggers, July 11, 2013: Ten for Thursday
Have you been able to get through this heat wave? And the thunderstorms? And the blinding blizzards? Okay, I’m just joking about the blinding blizzards. But once again, it’s time for my weekly review of ten great blog posts by my fellow Times Union community bloggers. Anyways… this week’s list includes: Don Rittner, “Welcome to the…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Slow Summer Heat
I think the weather is really starting to affect me. Long, sweltering days, sticky nights. I’ve done a lot of outdoor events over the Fourth of July weekend, and I need to enjoy some peaceful, relaxing music to get through it all. So let me bring to you some sweltering, sultry, slightly sinful sounds of…
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