Five 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…

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Five 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…

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Five 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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Five reasons why you should vote for Rob Madeo’s “Keyboard Krumbs” 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 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…

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If 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…

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The 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…

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Some 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…

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K-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…

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