All right, go get your cameras.ย I don’t care if you’re using a Nikon, an iPhone, a Holga or even a Canon.ย And get to one of the Capital District’s Catholic Cemeteries – and take a picture.ย In fact, take two. And you could win money. BIG MONEY. The Albany Diocesan Cemeteries of the Roman…
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One more Elbo Room game…
Hey, it’s one more chance to win a few extra dollars. It’s the post-tournament $100 game, where the winning team for the night will receive a brand new $100 bill. Currently my Street Academy trio are back to receive our $500 payout for coming in second place in the finals of last week’s Elbo Room…
Read MoreTra-la-la, La-la-la-la…
Depending on how old you are, you will either be totally confused at that blog headline… Or, if you’re from my generation, you’ll immediately have an image of four anthromorphic costumed characters partying and dancing around an amusement park. Yep, I’m taking you all back in time for this. If you were a kid in…
Read MoreSplitfilm 3: Bob ‘n Ron’s Fish Fry
I’ve had success over the years with my “splitfilm” pictures, in which I cram two rolls of film into one camera and expose the film at the exact same time – then, after the film is developed, I re-assemble the pictures digitally.ย Three years ago, my first successful picture in that discipline, Coca-Cola Relieves Fatigue…
Read MoreBruno Sammartino finally gets his due
It’s something that one doesn’t expect to see in their lifetime.ย And because of the years of animosity and distrust, of promises broken and connections destroyed, I thought it would never happen. And last night, I was proven wrong.ย Happily proven wrong. Because last night, one of my favorite professional wrestlers was finally inducted into…
Read MoreKarma is a Cobalt
I got up this morning, took care of all my morning chores and duties, then got in the Blackbird for a drive downtown.ย Stomach’s growling.ย Forgot to eat breakfast.ย No problem, I’ll pick up a breakfast sandwich at the Hess station in Watervliet on my way downtown. I pulled into the station, and as I…
Read MoreBeyoncรฉ, blackouts and Baltimore: my Super Bowl XLVII recap
Normally my plan, when watching the Super Bowl, is to enjoy the Pittsburgh Steelers winning another championship.ย But, for some odd reason, the Black and Gold weren’t in the championship game this year.ย So I had to watch the Harbaugh Bowl instead… complete with all the commercials, the halftime entertainment, and a game that at…
Read MoreThe Results of Trivia Bowl IX
Can I say this to start?ย Good teammates help you win championships.ย Bad teammates can lose them for you. And with all that in mind, I have three solid teammates in my corner.ย Jeremy McNamara’s been my assistant captain on the Street Academy trivia team for the past four years.ย Katie Kurtessis joined the team…
Read MoreFinally, the live-action “Star Blazers” movie!
Okay, here’s the deal.ย I can’t currently concentrate on anything other than Trivia Bowl 9 today.ย I need something to calm my nerves.ย Something to help me focus. Something like… If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that one of my favorite Japanese anime TV shows as the classic Space Battleship Yamato,…
Read MoreCaption Time: when trees are r/trees…
I guess we’re now into 21st-century graffiti, aren’t we?ย That would probably explain this not-so-oblique shoutout to the social media site reddit on some foliage along the shore of Washington Park.ย I took this picture while testing out my Nikon CoolPix S30.ย So I’ll let you guys do the caption.ย You know the drill… Photo…
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