Some of the best game shows aren’t just about the gameplay. It’s about the interaction between the cast members, it’s about the banter between the guest stars, it’s about the interplay between the host and everyone else. In the mid-1960’s, NBC aired a simple game show called “The Match Game” as part of its daytime…
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So last Saturday, while driving on my trip to Boston, I noticed that my 2005 Saturn Ion’s odometer was was coming close to a cool number. I had already passed 75,000 miles, and I reached 100,000 miles a while back. And yes, I know it means that I passed 80,085 miles, stop giggling like Beavis…
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Saturday morning, 9:00 a.m. I got a late start, had some morning errands to run. But those are done. And now I’m on my way. Let’s Go, Cardachrome – next stop, Saugus, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Turnpike is quiet. Only a few cars on the highway, mostly drivers who probably, like me, got a late start…
Read More“Holy 5:30 in the morning, Batman!”
It was campy and it was goofy and it was WAY over the top. But I loved every episode of it. Yep. I’m talking about the 1960’s Batman TV series. This isn’t the Batman that today’s generation enjoys – the one in the Christopher Nolan-directed motion pictures. It’s not even the one from the Tim…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for SIRSY in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by the rock band SIRSY and Melanie and Rich’s blog about the band: A Bat, A Rat and Killing Father Time You can really feel the kick drum in your chest … and in your face Sometimes Vanity Pays Godzilla and…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for Akum Norder’s “A History of Here” blog in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by historian Akum Norder and her “A History of Here” blog: Happy 100th birthday, house. The history of the Pine Hills Mural The Girl in the Vestibule A mobile home, eight stories high A Whiskey-Sauce-Tinged Salute to the Miss Albany Diner…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for Paula Lemire’s Albany History blog in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by photographer / historian Paula Lemire’s Albany History blog: An update on the reburial of the Schuyler Flatts Slaves Haunted Halloween The State Street Burying Grounds A Lord Interred in Albany – Viscount Howe The Angel at the Sepulchre Read these…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for Teri Conroy’s Farmlife blog in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by Teri Conroy, the maven of Wunsapana Farm, and her blog: Needing to Daydream – Picture Day! Organizing the Beasts and the Barn in the Cold The Rain Will Never Be The Same Paul Tonko is cool, my goat is a…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for David Kaczynski’s blog in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by David Kaczynski, the Executive Director, New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and his blog: Limits to Loyalty Save Troy Davis Norway Horror, a study of murderer Anders Behring Breivik Justice for VIctims?, a discussion of murderabilia and the…
Read MoreFive reasons why you should vote for Rev. Alan Rudnick in the Times Union Best of 2012 “Best Blogger” category
Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by Rev. Alan Rudnick, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ballston Spa: Three reasons why there is no “war on religion” Too Much Tim Tebow Hype Why we love the paranormal Three Ways to Respond to September 11 A bunch…
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