I wasn’t going to put this blog post up until after the deadline for submissions. Now that the deadline has come and passed, and everybody’s on the same level playing field … I can finally activate this post. Two years ago, the New York State Fair offered photographers a choice on how to submit entries…
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True Dates from Hell
“Recreated docu-tainment” shows are the programs where some actors re-enact some “true crime” news story, and the actors ramp up the sex and violence to the point where I think I’m watching an old episode of Silk Stalkings. A good example would be that Christopher Porco “ripped from the headlines” TV movie Lifetime aired some time…
Read More“What are you afraid of, Chuck?”
I have many fears in my life. Oh sure, it may seem to all my blog readers that I’ve conquered all the demons that have plagued me for the past five decades. The tormentors, the griefers, the bullies and the hurters. But that doesn’t mean that I’ve conquered all my fears. Some of those fears,…
Read MoreIt’s a “Bottle Service” sighting!!!!
Background. Two years ago, I worked as an extra on a new web series called Bottle Service, a drama about the goings-on at the exclusive Club “It.” Originally, I had a cameo appearance as a paparazzo photographer, and then I filled in as a muscle-headed enforcer in an entourage? It was a great few days…
Read MoreEmpire State Plaza fireworks, 2013 Edition
How many times have I gone to the Empire State Plaza on Independence Day and taken fireworks photos? I’ve done it for several years. It predates my Times Union blog. Heck, I think it even predates my old blogspot.com blog. The plan is often this. I get to the Empire State Plaza as early as…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 4, 2013, Ten for Thursday
Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps, cross-eyed mosquitoes and bow-legged ants… I stand here before you, not behind you, I came here to address you, not undress you, on a subject I know nothing about. Sorry, I just had a flashback to some old comedy record whose name completely escapes me. But while everybody else…
Read MoreWhat the Clack
Retirement. It’s not something I take lightly. But I can’t keep every camera I’ve ever acquired. So some of my gear goes into “retirement” – in other words, they become display pieces and enjoy a quite peaceful existence on a shelf. One of those cameras that received the proverbial “gold watch” was my old Agfa…
Read MoreBrown’s Brewing and delicious shepherd’s pie
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve played my Monday night trivia game at the Ruck, the Troy rugby-themed tavern, instead of at my usual Monday evening locale, Brown’s Brewing. Maybe I just wanted to mix things up – the Ruck has the 70-question “Catch the Mania” trivia game, as opposed to the 20-question “Trivia…
Read MoreThere’s another “Chuck the Writer” out there?
Okay, I’ve done blog posts about the existence of several different Chuck Millers in the world. Chuck Miller the 1950’s pop singer. Chuck Miller the lawn mower racing champion. When you figure that “Chuck / Charles / Charlie” and “Miller” are very common nicknames and surnames, certainly there’s plenty of people out there who share…
Read MoreVectrex: The forgotten home video game system
The following article was originally published in the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles in September 2007. It is republished here for your enjoyment. If I were to say to you right now, “name a home video game format from the 1970s or early 1980s,” the first words out of your mouth would be Atari. Maybe some…
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