This is an open call to all trivia players out there. And I hope everyone takes me up on this. Parsons Child and Family Center is hosting a trivia charity event on March 1 at Jillian’s in Albany. The event, called the “Corporate Trivia Challenge,” will gather teams of 2-5 players, who will represent their…
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Huck it to the Ruck gets some luck from Chuck
Last night, Brown’s Brewing was closed for a private party – in other words, no Monday night trivia for Chuck this week. Well, maybe not at Brown’s, but Chuck’s not going to miss his trivia games if he can help it. I had heard from various friends that there was a spirited trivia competition going…
Read MorePan Am: From airline to TV series to … soundtrack album?
Regular readers will know about my feelings for the failed television drama Pan Am. The show is currently burning off its final episodes as quickly as it can, and hopefully the show can join the pantheon of failed airline dramas like LAX and San Francisco International Airport and The Loop and Flying High and a…
Read MoreIf William Shakespeare watched Tim Tebow last night…
He would have picked up his pen… and rewrote one of his most famous plays… and it might look something like this. Friends, Romans, Steelers fans, lend me your ears; I come to bury Tim Tebow, not to praise him. The overtime touchdown passes that men do lives after them; The Tebowing is oft interred…
Read MoreWhen I want to curse out the world apply constructive thought…
It’s a way for us to let people know that they’re really getting on our nerves being very vibrant. It allows us to say that our elected officials are a bunch of crooks are working hard in public office. It allows us to be diplomatic without taunting someone we don’t like hurting someone’s feelings. How…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: If Ian Curtis were alive today…
For those of you who have absolutely no clue who Ian Curtis is… shame on you. Ian Curtis was the lead singer of Joy Division, one of the seminal punk/new wave bands of the late 1970’s / early 1980’s. It was Joy Division that later morphed into the band New Order – you know, “Blue…
Read MoreA message for the Rensselaer Walmart Supercenter photo lab…
My friend and college classmate Cam McWhirter requested a print of my Christmas Eve star trails at the Sacandaga Lake. And since he was kind enough to send me a copy of his excellent book Red Summer, a history of racial tension and riots in post-World War I America, I was more than happy to…
Read MoreWeek 17 of the $2,000 2011-12 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Had some interesting surprises when I arrived at Elbo Room for trivia Thursday night. The first surprise was that I was able to get a table so quickly. Normally there are two booths at Elbo Room, and if I don’t get to the restaurant before 6:30pm, someone else will get the two booths. I was…
Read MoreAs soon as I finish this sentence…
As we begin the new year of 2012 Anno Domini – in the Year of Our Lord – or the year 104 in the year of Our Ford, for those of you who plan on downloading a copy of Brave New World on your Kindle – I still think about what I want to write…
Read MoreThe Jericho and the Barn
I’ve driven by this part of Glenmont several times – most often when I’m going to or coming back from watching a film at the Jericho Drive-In. And on Monday, I had some Lomography 120 redscale film in the camera and a few shots to spare. Redscale film is film that is inserted into the…
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