It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m in Saint John, New Brunswick for a National Basketball League of Canada game between the Saint John Mill Rats and the Halifax Rainmen. It was a pretty decent game – both teams are headed for the playoffs, so the starters rested and the bench players got some minutes. Prior to…
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The Wishing Well of McLarens Beach
We’ve seen wishing wells at amusement parks and on old farms. They’re quaint – you toss a coin in the well and whatever you wish for, it might come true. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. But it’s a nice diversion if you believe in such things. But in reality, what are we wishing for? …
Read MoreI wonder if he means, either Sunoco or baked beans…
Over the weekend, I traveled to Canada for a photography assignment. In order to reach my destination, I had to travel through Maine’s State Route 9 from Bangor to Calais. 75 miles of winding road, blowing snow, freezing rain and seasonally closed souvenir stands. As I drove the route, I spotted a few signs and…
Read MoreAlbums I Want To Be Buried With: The Best of Ollie Joe Prater, “Triple Trouble”
Maybe it was a month or so ago; I was on my way home on the New York State Thruway, and I chose to stop at a truck stop near Fonda. The plan was simple – fill Cardachrome up with unleaded, get a couple of diet colas and some snacks at the convenience store, and…
Read MoreFirst you take my Kodachrome… now you gonna take my Ektachrome??
Well, I guess I should have expected this to happen… I just wish it didn’t happen so soon. Kodak has announced that as of March 1, 2012, they will no longer manufacture their slide film Ektachrome. Their last three slide film products – Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100G film, Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100VS film, and Kodak…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Evolution of an Apache
No, this is not a dissertation on the lives of Native Americans. It’s about a song – written in the early 1960’s – that eventually became a hip hop national anthem. Let me explain. In 1961, Swedish guitarist and instrumentalist Jorgen Ingmann recorded a song called “Apache,” which contains various stereotypical Native American motifs. You…
Read MoreRemembering “The Electric Company.” HEY YOU GUY-Y-Y-Y-YS!!!
At one point in time, it was the most popular weekday children’s TV show, right up there with Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Like Sesame Street, it was a production of the Children’s Television Workshop, an entity that used television programming to teach children without the kids realizing they were being taught. Yep, it’s…
Read MoreResults of the 2012 Parsons Corporate Trivia Challenge
First off, let me start by saying what an amazing and well-run event the Parsons Corporate Trivia Challenge was. When I arrived at Jillian’s for the event, there was a staff of Parsons volunteers ready to answer all my questions as to where to sit, where to eat, and where to get the 50/50 raffle…
Read MoreSt. Agnes Cemetery announces 5th Annual Photography Contest
It’s time to take your camera, drive out to Menands, and capture the stunning beauty and reverence of one of the Capital District’s oldest burial grounds. And in doing so, you might also win a prize. For the fifth consecutive year, the people who operate St. Agnes Cemetery are asking you to bring your camera…
Read MoreToll Gate Ice Cream: Thank you, Robert Zautner.
I still remember, as clear as day, during the time when I spent a few childhood years in Slingerlands, when my grandfather would take me to the post office at the intersection of Kenwood Avenue and New Scotland Road. He would pick up the family mail and postcards, and if I had been a good…
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