It was a warm, sunny afternoon in the animal afterlife waystation known as Collarworld. But Oberon Fortune, the shaggy Golden Retriever, was sweating. “What’s wrong?” Vincent the tabbycat asked of his friend. “It’s too hot. This is December, it should be much cooler.” “It’s always like this in Collarworld. If it’s too hot, you can…
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Quinnell Brown’s buzzer-beating shot!!
Quick update. In addition to writing and photography and maintaining this blog and maintaining a day job, I also work with the National Basketball League of Canada in various duties and capacities. It’s my job, for instance, to make sure that all the players are legally cleared to play in the NBL. It’s my job…
Read More“Friendly Home Parties” – Albany’s Christmas tradition!
You want an example of history and iconography in the Capital District? Something that our little corner of New York State can call our own? Then check this little picture out. That’s right. It’s the Friendly Home Parties catalog. Just in time for Christmas, 1973. Friendly Home Parties, which actually had its distribution center on…
Read MoreWeek 13 of the $2,000 2012-13 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
“So I promise to read your blog if you list my Twitter handle in the blog post.” “I’ll read your blog if you announce the superiority of the Gannett news service over the Hearst news service.” “I’ll read your blog if you change the name of our team back from Sighed, Bush! to…” Wow. You…
Read MoreChuck Miller 1, credit card scammer 0
A few years ago, one of my credit cards was compromised. I blogged about it here, chronicling everything from the initial theft, along with my partnership with the credit card company to stop the theft and to protect my finances. Thankfully, my credit card – Rainy Day Credit Card Company – immediately noticed the purchasing…
Read MoreThe Christmas miracle of the five iPads
My friend and fellow Hamilton College alumnae Laurie Northrup posted this extremely heartwarming story on her weblog, The Consumerist. Suffice it to say that someone ordered one iPad from Best Buy for the holidays. Best Buy accidentally sent the customer FIVE iPads. You need to read the Consumerist blog post to find out more about…
Read MoreDebbie Reynolds and the Batmobile
The car had oil leaks. The transmission had issues. It couldn’t get past speeds of 40 mph. And this January, it’s being sold at the Barrett-Jackson Auctions with a possible selling price of $2 million. That’s right. The Batmobile is up for bid. And not just any Batmobile. This was the same Batmobile that Adam…
Read MoreThe afghan exchange
With the exception of some special gifts for some special people, and at least one mystery person that I’m giving a gift to as part of Reddit’s “Secret Santa 2012” exchange, I’ve decided that the only “big” gift I’m sending is to my daughter Cassaundra, who lives 3,000 miles away in Washington State. Granted, I’m…
Read MoreDream Window #5: The Thirst Quencher
Ah, that Coca-Cola “ghost sign” brickad in Schenectady. I’ve driven past it many times. I’ve photographed it many times. I’ve even won an award in 2010 by capturing an image of it with my splitfilm photography technique. Now I’m thinking about how it would look in a Dream Window. We have so many of these…
Read MoreCookie Day and the Wristwatch
It’s Saturday morning – the first day that true snowfall has permeated our neighborhood – and I’m sitting at Mavis Discount Tire in Troy, waiting for their techs to replace the performance tires on the Blackbird with four all-weather Pirelli tires. Of course, while I wait for my car to get new grips, I do…
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