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…
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Dream 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…
Read MoreHow OnStar completely failed me.
The blue button stared at me like a beckoning beauty, begging me to press it. I’ve only had the Blackbird for about two weeks – yep, my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS is now nicknamed the “Blackbird” – and although I knew the car had some subscription options available to it – Sirius/XM satellite radio, for…
Read MoreForget Bonds and Clemens; vote for Carl Stotz!
This is an open request to all members of the Baseball Writers Association, the organization charged with voting for the 2013 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame. You have a very tough choice. Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens are all eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Yep. And…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the $2,000 2012-13 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Wow, eleven teams tonight for a game of trivia. Nice. About freakin’ time. And the four big teams – Street Academy, Woo Hoo a Go Go, Team Fist and Sighed, Bush! were in the house. As were several other squads – the Haterzz, and some other teams whose names completely escape my memory. Still, it…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: Santa Claus is Cool
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Saturday, December 15, 1973. “I can’t find them, Ann, I can’t find them!” “They have to be where you last left them last,” Ann called…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: All Styx, all the time!
Remind me again why Styx isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Remind me. Because there really is no convincing argument. This band should have been inducted about six years ago, and the fact that they’re still on the outside looking in is rather shameful. Admit it. You once owned a copy of…
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? Tell me…
Believe me, I wish I knew. Pardon my liberal snatching of Shakespeare’s soliloquy, but right now I wish I could come up with a personalized name for my new 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS car. I’ve rattled off dozens of names, most of which were followed up with the word “Nah…” Or the words “That won’t…
Read MoreElf on the “Royale With Cheese Movie Club”
Okay, okay, stop smelling like beef and cheese, I just discovered that my local cable company is showing it as an On Demand selection. Okay, okay, for $2.99 I’ll watch Elf. Happy? Here’s the thing. I’m not that much of a Will Ferrell movie fan. And Christmas movies tend to bore me – they’re often…
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