Just wanted to pass this along. J. Eric Smith used to blog for the Times Union from approximately 2006 to 2010. He later left the TU blog portal and formed his own independent blog community portal, Indie Albany. And although Indie Albany is doing quite well for itself, J Eric is not part of the…
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Ten Moments of 2011
I went back through my archives – all the highs and lows, the brickbats and the bouquets, for the year 2011. I’ve made some mistakes in 2011; but I’ve overcome my mistakes. I’ve started relationships and I’ve ended relationships – in fact, in some cases I’ve started and ended relationships in the same year. Of…
Read MoreI guess Verizon DID hear us now… that $2 surcharge for paying your bill online JUST GOT REMOVED!
Well, this has to rank up there with the quickest “we blew it” moments of all time. Barely one day after Verizon Wireless announced they would be charging a $2 surcharge to customers who paid their bills online – and used their credit cards to do so – the telecommunications behemoth has announced that they…
Read MoreHappy Christmas from Verizon – we’re charging you an extra $2 to pay your phone bill, can you hear us now?
Ah, Verizon Wireless. Why do you hate me so? Why, when I go to a Verizon Wireless store, your sour-faced door-greeters invariably try to steer me either toward the most expensive smartphones on display, or to an electronic kiosk where I am required to type in my name and cell phone number before I can…
Read MoreWeek 16 of the $2,000 2011 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Well, well, well. Last week we had a returning team from tournaments past in Stern Fans; this week we had a returning trivia team to the Elbo Room Tournament in the squad that was originally called Just the Tips – and now they’re Team Bush. Wasn’t expecting them, but hey any team that can show…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Ten Great Songs by the Electric Light Orchestra
I always believed that if the Beatles took their Sgt. Pepper album and made a second one – and a third one – and a fourth one – in that same musical vein, they would morph into the Electric Light Orchestra. And realistically, how cool was it that a rock band calling themselves an “Orchestra”…
Read MoreRemembering “In The News”
A week or so ago, I wrote a blog post about a series of micro-programs that ran during ABC’s Saturday morning broadcasts. The “Schoolhouse Rock” series helped teach young minds multiplication, civics, grammar and other rudimentary concepts. Meanwhile, over on CBS, that network had its own television micro-series aimed at kids – and it ran…
Read MoreThe Reunion
It’s Monday morning, and I’m riding a Trailways bus to a New York City reunion. It’s not a long journey, and since I’m not driving, I take pictures with my Nikon D700 out the window of the bus, experimenting with some quick shutter exposures – 1/8000 of sunlight and clouds. Great way to pass the…
Read MoreThe Christmas Star Trails – and a very special star that just shot by…
I wanted to try this, and this may be the only chance in my lifetime that this will work. Everything has to coordinate. I need as clear and cloudless a sky as possible. I can’t have any artificial lighting sources – streetlights, headlights, anything. A once-in-a-lifetime photograph – capturing a star trail on Christmas Eve.…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Last Shot of the Iverhill Feltons
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Monday, December 17, 1973. Jean Paul Harpiet laced up his skates one more time – left skate first, as tradition and superstition commanded. Then the…
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