This is it.ย The final week. The top four teams, in terms of cumulative aggregate point totals, will receive prize money. After several weeks of being stuck in fifth place, I clawed my way up to fourth place, with a scant 29-point lead over the trivia team Nacho Punch. As for the other teams, Dan…
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Watch “The Contenders: 16 for ’16.” I mean it.
Last night, I was flipping through my television channels, looking for something worthwhile that wasn’t the same old crime procedural. And once I hit WMHT, our beloved PBS affiliate, I saw a preview for a limited series called “The Contenders: 16 for ’16.” And boy did I get hooked. “The Contenders: 16 for ’16” is…
Read MoreChuck drops running snarkiness on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s first debate…
My original plan wasย to watch the Presidential debate with an open mind, to hear the candidates talk about the issues.ย Heck, when I saw Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take the stage and shake hands prior to the debate, I thought things would remain civil and calm between the two. Yeah, right.ย That might…
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The Big E / Durham Fair results run, 2016 edition
Competition Season 2016 has been, for all intents and purposes, a stone cold flop.ย Outside of photo-specific category contests (like the triplet goat photo We Are Not Chickens), and competitions where my photography is not the primary focus (The Cathedral of St. Philco, Dream Window 17: Friday Night Fish Fry), only one picture taken during…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: More forgotten 60’s pop music
Let’s get away from the era of auto-tune and millennial yelp in popular music.ย Let’s go back to a time when the melody was crafted, when the vocals soared, when the music was fresh and the lyrics were incredible. And one more thing.ย Let’s add into the mix the fact that these songs weren’t major…
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“Scalpel… rib spreader … TORX screwdriver…”
It was early last August, and I knew something was wrong the moment the heartbeat stopped. A quick check.ย Nothing. I tried other options.ย Nothing. Not a sound. Not a beat. God, no. Please Lord, no. With all the horrible things in my life that have turned 2016 into a big mucky mess… this can’t…
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My “Describe yourself in three fictional characters” are…
There is a new Facebook feature floating around, in which Facebook members post photos of three fictional characters to describe themselves.ย Aside from the fact that most of my female Facebook friends who participated in this program chose Daria as one of their fictional characters … wow, I never realized Daria was so popular… I…
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Dropping off for the PhotoCenter’s “Members’ Show…”
The 2016 “Members’ Show” for the PhotoCenter of the Capital District is coming soon, and I submitted four entries for this year’s event. The nice thing about the PhotoCenter’s show is that it brings some of the Capital District’s best photographers together and allows them to display their best works in one centralized location.ย And…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, September 22, 2016: Ten for Thursday
So last week I promised something new and different to this weekly wrap-up of the TU’s best independent and community blogwriters. First, let’s get started with ten blog posts you should read from the past seven days of the TU’s blog team. Rev. Sam Trumbore’s blog, “The Occupy Movement: Five Years Later.” (Read this first.)…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League
Well, this wasn’t planned.ย Not by a longshot. Apparently I miscounted the number of weeks in this trivia league.ย I was so used to the Elbo Room’s 12-week tournaments (that often lasted 16 weeks or more), that I thought the Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League was a 12-week affair. Nope.ย It’s thirteen weeks, and the…
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