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.)…
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Week 12 of the Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League
Well, this wasn’t planned. Not by a longshot. Apparently I miscounted the number of weeks in this trivia league. 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. It’s thirteen weeks, and the…
Read MoreThe Kurt Busch / Patricia Driscoll saga continues…
I have no tolerance for high-profile athletes that are involved in domestic violence. As a survivor of domestic abuse, it still shakes me to the core. Which makes the latest chapter of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch’s life so completely off the rails. As I’ve chronicled in my blog in the past, Busch has a million…
Read MoreBrangelina: 2004 (officially 2014)-2016
From the “well, we knew it had to happen sooner or later” department, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Marriage – two years, although the couple had been a “Brangelina” essentially since 2004. Angie gets the kids, Brad gets visitation, Angie didn’t ask for spousal support. E! online gives the gory details.…
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Not four months, and we’re heading to the car repair shop…
I’ve only had Dracourage – my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze – for a very short period of time. I’ve driven it here and there, and I’m slowly warming up to it. It’s not my beloved Blackbird, but it can do things my Blackbird never could – such as integrated Bluetooth connectability, turn-by-turn built-in navigation, and a…
Read More“Please tell me you’re seeing this, too!” (Congratulations Rami Malek!!)
Earlier this year, on the advice and recommendation of many of my friends, I binge-watched the first season of a well-acclaimed drama on the USA Network, Mr. Robot. And from the first episode, I was completely hooked. Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek as a neurotic anti-hero cyber-hacker who is approached by a group of fellow…
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Testing Verizon’s grandfathered “unlimited data” policy
I’ve always felt that one of the most fortunate moments of my being a Verizon cell phone customer was when, at one moment in time, they offered an unlimited data package for those of us who were longtime Verizon customers and were no longer on two-year contracts. I was grandfathered into the plan, and was…
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The reunion and the honor
What a wonderful night. An absolutely wonderful night. Last evening, I was honored and blessed to watch my high school principal, Lillian Tillman-DeWitt, join six other honorees as the Albany City School District’s 2016 Hall of Fame class. The honorees were joined by over 200 attendees last night, including family, friends and supporters. First off,…
Read MoreAn Honor for Tonight
This evening will be a very special personal moment in time. One of the guides in my life – a person who helped build a pathway out of despair and into achievement for hundreds of young men and women – will be honored tonight, as Lillian Tillman-DeWitt joins six other honorees as members of the…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, September 15, 2016: Ten for Thursday
I received a message from Times Union blogger and author of The Opposite of Everything, David Kalish, yesterday. He was tailoring his blog post, and wanted to know when I would be posting this week’s wrap-up of the weekly excellence of our independent and community bloggers. I told him that I usually write the blog…
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