BlackBerry Q10 update… I so โ™ฅ this phone…

As you know, I’m going through a bit of a cell phone crisis.ย  My current BlackBerry phone is okay, it’s not a worldbeater, but it does make phone calls and I can text and approve blog comments and read Facebook and play solitaire.ย  And that’s really all I need my phone to do. And as…

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More pictures for “A Dream In The Dash”

The May 17, 2013 date is arriving quickly.ย  And I’m rapidly going through my archives, trying to find the best photos and frame them up in the best and most effective ways possible.ย  If for nothing else, I want to make sure that my artworks at my first solo show, “A Dream In The Dash,”…

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“And what have you done with your life, Chuck?”

Oh look, my Hamilton College alumni magazine arrived in the mail yesterday.ย  Every four months or so, I get a glossy magazine from my college, letting me know what’s happened on campus lately, what’s going on with my fellow classmates and graduates, and the like.ย  I always check the main stories in the alumni magazine,…

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K-Chuck Radio: Seeking out the Seekers

I have no idea if you’ve ever heard of the Seekers.ย  Or if you have, do you know more than two songs of theirs. If you don’t… that’s a shame.ย  Because the vocal harmonies of the Seekers have an essence and a sound all their own. For example, check out their first big hit, “I’ll…

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Boston is stronger than this. And so are we.

I have friends who are runners. Michele Poole has participated in twenty-one consecutive Freihofer’s Run for Women races, and I suspect she’ll be there for her twenty-second race. My trivia team buddy Jeremy McNamara has run half-marathons and triathlons, and he’s currently in training to participate in another triathlon later this year.ย  I have Facebook…

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Don’t waste your chance, said the old man of the mountain…

It’s Monday, around noon, and I’m at the Charlton Plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike, on my way home from vacation. On my trip back from New Brunswick, I passed through about seven miles of New Hampshire – the seven miles of highway that stretch from Maine to Massachusetts.ย  Driving break time, and I pulled into…

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K-Chuck Radio: Miles to go before I sleep…

Ah, the wonderful world of travel.ย  Getting in the car and driving long, long distances. But then comes the hard part.ย  Driving home.ย  The vacation was fun, the time spent was fantastic, and I know that I have to get back to the working world. Driving home, however, means that I get to see my…

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