I remember hearing Whitney Houston’s music when I was in college. No, I’m not talking about songs like “Saving All My Love For You” or “You Give Good Love” – I actually remember a young voice singing a duet with one of my favorite R&B singers, Teddy Pendergrass. It was his last hit… and it…
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“If you unfriend me on Facebook, I’ll kill you!”
You think that was a scary headline? It gets worse. Those of us who participate in social media outlets – including having Facebook and Google+ accounts – are very careful about who we friend and who we unfriend. I won’t lie. I’ve unfriended people in the past, and I’ve been unfriended by people in the…
Read MoreOf all the things I’ll miss about the Miss Albany Diner … I’ll miss the Smile Merchant most of all.
The Miss Albany Diner closes today. The diner that was once called Lil’s, and later known as the Street Car Diner – a place that, when the movie Ironweed was filmed here, was rebranded and repainted as the Miss Albany Diner – serves its final lunches and breakfasts. No more MAD Irish Toast. No more…
Read MoreA $100 night at Elbo Room
First things first. I need to take a moment and congratulate all the teams that participated in this Elbo Room trivia tournament. All of you were competitive and all of you could have taken that big prize. That being said… thanks to Marguerite knowing the theme song to Grey’s Anatomy, and Jeremy knowing that Kid…
Read MoreYeah, these commercials will make you buy this car, won’t they?
We joke about these cars. Oh, they were unsafe at any speed. Oh, they were a deathtrap. Oh, my cousin had one of those and they were embarrassed to drive it. Well, someone must have bought these cars at some point in time – and I blame the commercials that were made for these cars.…
Read More“We’ve got a package for you at the Times Union building, Chuck… don’t worry, the package isn’t ticking…”
Last Tuesday, I received an e-mail from Mike Huber, the Times Union wrangler who presides over the timesunion.com online and blog portals. He said that someone had mailed a package to the Times Union’s corporate headquarters – to be delivered to me. My initial thought was… “Oh great, someone doesn’t like my column and they’ve…
Read MoreScalpel… sutures… anesthetic… lens cleaner… forceps…
Last year, I acquired a Kodak Brownie Bull’s-Eye 620 camera at a yard sale. I took some pictures with it – it’s a decent shooter, and I like the idea of using 120 film in a 620 “wide” 6×9 format – but, as much as I loved what the camera could do, the pictures it…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Are you REALLY sure that’s…
Follow along with me on this one. It’s not unusual for two different musical groups to exist with the same band name. But when one group takes off to superstardom and the other group simply has a couple of regional hits, well, it can be a bit interesting. Such is the case with this edition…
Read MoreDefending this. That’s right.
“If you use two spaces after a period, you’re just dumb.” “If you use two spaces after a period, you’re not a good person.” “Everybody else uses one space after a period, you should be like everyone else. If you don’t do like everyone else, then you are a miscreant and we will point at…
Read MoreTrivia Bowl VIII … and the champion is …
Saturday afternoon. 1:00 p.m. Thirty-six teams have arrived at Wolf’s 1-11 on Wolf Road, ready to claim the championship of championships. My Street Academy trivia team was ready. Joining me at the table were Jeremy and Alexis, as well as trivia host Marc Palozzi and his father Dennis (both of whom helped Street Academy win…
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