“How high can you climb, Vincent?” The king orange tabbycat was already halfway up the tree trunk. “I’ve gotten to the third row of branches,” he meowed down to Paisley the pitbull. “Don’t you ever worry about falling?” “I’ve slipped a couple of times,” Vincent said, whipping his tail for effect, “but I’ve never fallen. …
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A little extra
I incurred the debt on October, 2007. The Pontiac 6000 needed major repairs at the time – by “major” I mean that the engine was leaking oil and there were cracks in the engine – and I didn’t have that kind of money in my joint checking account. Those of you who have read my…
Read MoreShooting Kodachrome film in 2012
Yes, I am fully aware that getting those nice bright colors and greens of summers with Kodachrome film is currently impossible. The last rolls were developed in December 2010 by Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas. Kodak’s not making the developing chemicals any more. And even if they did, you can’t develop the stuff at home. …
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl III
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m trying to keep my mind focused. Took the cameras out for some early morning shooting. Went grocery shopping. Bought some N-gauge train tracks. I’ll explain the N-gauge train tracks in another blog post. Now it’s time to head over to Recovery Sports Bar and Grille in Troy, site of this…
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time, I tried a new dating service
I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’ve tried dating services. Sometimes things have worked out, sometimes they haven’t. I’m not one to give up… although there are times when I think the service I chose might not be the best one for me. That being said, I recently came across this online dating service that…
Read MoreWhen Disney films went off the rails
If I asked you to name, right now, snap fingers, ten Walt Disney films, I know you’d say Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. You’d probably also rattle off Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians and The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. And you might even mention Mary Poppins and The…
Read More“American Graffiti” on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club
I was recently asked to speak this fall at the reunion for Albany High School’s Class of 1962. I’m totally honored to do so, and I think it will be a lot of fun. So in order to really sound like I know what I’m talking about when I speak at the event – and…
Read MoreRecursion of the Chance
The minute I received my seventh “postcard o’ doom” from The Chance, telling me I wasn’t worthy of participation, I immediately taped it on the wall with the other six rejections, then went to set up another appointment. Another trip to New York City. Another recursion back to try again, to re-audition, to re-apply, to…
Read MoreMy 2012 New York State Fair photo entries are…
Even though I received a few extra days for any last-minute additions or subtractions to my maximum of six entries to this year’s New York State Fair Photography Competition, I had my six images ready to go on Monday. CD was burned, order form was filled out, $24 money order purchased, everything all packed up…
Read MoreAmbrosia: The 70’s band you forgot about
You know how many “soft rock” an “easy listening” bands that had Top 40 hits in the 1970’s and early 1980’s? Dozens. I could mention their names and you would automatically start humming their songs – Firefall, Pablo Cruise, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Bread, all of them. And then there was Ambrosia. Ambrosia…
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