This is kind of odd for me, and it’s still taking a while to process. As you regular blog readers know, I attended twelve different secondary schools from kindergarten to high school, so the idea of “homecoming” is still very alien to me. I do recall attending a homecoming rally in 10th grade at Abington…
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So The League starts up tomorrow, right?
Here’s the deal with me and television shows. If I start watching a show from its debut episode, and I like the show, I’ll keep watching it. Comes the time when the show starts going sour, the plotlines get out of hand, like the last two seasons of L.A. Law or the last three seasons…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Back when WHCL did it right!!
The other day, I drove to Hamilton College, my alma mater, for an early-morning photo shoot. Although a rainstorm ruined my initial photo plan, I was able to get some indoor photos taken and, as far as I’m concerned, I got what I needed. On the way home, I absent-mindedly tried to turn on one…
Read MoreIs “Thinkfast” a trivia timeshare trap?
The first time I heard there was a trivia event scheduled for the Times Union Center, I was intrigued. Was this some sort of “World Series of Trivia” competition, in which the best trivia teams in the Capital District would compete against each other for riches and swag and massive bragging rights, almost on the…
Read MoreA different game of thrones
Let me ask you. How long have you had the same toilet seat in your house? THAT LONG? Yikes. I know gas stations with cleaner restrooms than that. So let’s see. I figure that I’ve lived in my apartment in the Town and Village for nearly two years now. So I know that seat’s been…
Read More“Excuse me… are you a Bronie?”
Last week, I had to drive to Springfield, Mass. as early as possible to pick up my photographs at the Big E. Oh yeah, and pick up my ribbons and pick up my prize money. Every dollar this year goes to help pay off Cardachrome sooner, so that the 2005 Saturn Ion is mine, free…
Read MoreHow Historic Albany Foundation made my day
Last Saturday, I had a ton of errands to run and appointments to meet. I also had lunch plans with one of my blog readers, Potrzebie – nice guy, would definitely do lunch with him again – and I wanted to take care of a window switcheroo with Historic Albany Foundation’s Parts Warehouse. Originally I…
Read MoreRanger Danger … uh, yahhh…
You might know him today as Uncle Vito, the popular radio jock on PYX 106. But as you can see from today’s blog post headline, we’re not talking about his PYX 106 radio duties. No, I’m going to take you back TWENTY YEARS, back when Uncle Vito created a series of Saturday morning intertestial comedy…
Read MoreLiquor poured over naked woman’s breasts, bottled, sold!
Oh you think I’m making this up? Silly you. According to this news report, a German distillery called G-Spirits is offering several bottles of whiskey, vodka and rum for sale – and that, before the spirits are bottled and sold, the beverages are poured over the naked breasts of a woman. Yes, you read that…
Read MoreYour 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame betting sheet
Of the fifteen acts listed below, five of them will comprise the Class of 2013 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Your potential inductees are, in alphabetical order: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Heart Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Albert King Kraftwerk The Marvelettes The Meters Randy Newman N.W.A. Procol…
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