Continuing on with my blog posts for the day, here’s five excellent blog posts by local raconteur Rob Madeo and his Keyboard Krumbs blog: How Planet Fitness Made Running Dangerous Comically Bad, a story about the overreaction of the media to today’s comic books and graphic novels Weegee 2012, an exhibit featuring the photographs of…
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Five reasons why you should vote for Sébastien Barré’s photo 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 local photographer Sébastien Barré: His interview with photographer Justin Higgins Requiescat in Pace The 1:00 A.M. Fog in Washington Park Living Walls in Albany St. Joseph’s Academy (or, as I once knew it, the Edward F. Kennell Center) Read these…
Read MoreIf Titanic didn’t hit the iceberg…
Everybody knows the story. Titanic. The unsinkable ship that sank. Hundreds of lives lost. Maritime inquisitions over the lack of available lifeboats and the failure to watch out for icebergs. Several motion pictures retelling the story, including 1956’s A Night to Remember and 1997’s Titanic. And Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and on…
Read MoreMiniature golf… it’s all skill… and a little luck…
So here’s the deal. While everybody else is watching the Masters this weekend… I’m going to hone up on my putting skills. This is important. If I want to do well at this upcoming Times Union Community Bloggers Minigolf Tournament, I have to make sure I can get da ball in da hole without flinging…
Read MoreThe Marine Memorial at Hampton Beach
She’s still staring toward the salty horizon, a laurel wreath in her granite hands. Her hope is that all who sail from the sandy shores of New Hampshire return home to their families and loved ones safe and sound; and those who cannot, may they find peace and tranquility in the next world. As for…
Read MoreSome fussy little considerations
First things first. Vote with your heart and vote with your mind. Don’t vote because I told you to or I didn’t tell you too. Whether you’re voting for President or for who wins American Idol, vote for whom you want to win. Okay. Now that that’s out of the way… Daniel Berman is trying…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Let’s get the Beatles’ kids to form a band! We could be bigger than Wilson Phillips!! Even bigger than Tal Bachmann!!!
Apparently there’s a news report that James McCartney might be forming a band with Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and Sean Lennon at some point. Yep. Apparently the sons of the Beatles are contemplating forming a new generation of Beatles. I’ll pass over the possible jokes about whether or not they would record their parents’ old…
Read MoreFly the flags at half-staff in Pawhuska, Oklahoma… Chief Jay Strongbow passed away.
I just received word that a guy named Joe Scarpa died. Joe Scarpa I never knew. But I did know who Joe Scarpa was. Joe Scarpa played the role of professional wrestler Chief Jay Strongbow, a full-blooded Native American from Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Strongbow was one of the top “babyfaces” (good guys) in what was then…
Read MoreThe פושקע Project: An update
Recap. My paternal grandmother, who was about as close to a saint as a Jewish woman could ever achieve, passed away in 2008. As per tradition, the person is buried with an uncompleted gravestone; one year later, at an “unveiling,” the mourners return and the grave – with the date of death – is unveiled.…
Read MoreAtlantic Light: The Nova Scotia Sunrise
So I’m up here in beautiful Nova Scotia for the National Basketball League of Canada All-Star Weekend, and during my precious down-time moments from photographing and enjoying all the All-Star festivities, I wanted to capture a harbour sunrise. Yes, “harbour.” I’m in Canada, they don’t have “harbors” here. So it’s about 6:30 in the morning…
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