If 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…

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When 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…

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K-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…

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A 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…

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Week 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…

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As 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…

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The 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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Are you missing winter snow? Let me help…

Yeah, this is a weird, weird winter.  It’s five degrees above zero this morning, and as I look out the window – I don’t see a single snowflake.  It’s like we’re getting set up for what could be the mother of all Nor’easters. So… Last Saturday, when I had to travel to Rochester for a…

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No, this isn’t the Polar Express… but it could be the Midnight Meat Train…

Yesterday I grabbed several different cameras – my Nikon D700 digital, my Nikon F100 35mm shooter, my Rolleiflex Automat MX 120 shooter, and my Agfa Chief 616 shooter – for a day of photography through the North Country. And while my film shots are currently getting dunked and dipped at McGreevy Pro Lab, at least…

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