Because the last thing I need is the Soviet Secret Police coming to visit me in the middle of the night, wondering what I’m doing with their Russian camera film and why I’m shooting it with an American camera. Background. A month ago, I acquired a Revere Eye-Matic EE-127 rangefinder camera. I tested it out…
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My bilingual dental hygienist, Mrs. Colgate
“Turn towards me,” Mrs. Colgate said to me, as she pulled the sterilized dental tools out of their wrappers. Yep, it’s time for a dental cleaning, and what better time for a dental cleaning than first thing Monday morning. Yep, it’s an 8:00 a.m. appointment at my dental provider, Mohler and Choo, D.D.S. “You’re doing…
Read MoreThe Schwinn
I’ve made this joke in the past – “at some point, I want to turn the Michelin around my tummy into a Schwinn.” It’s an off-handed comment, a reference to controlling my weight and working my abdomen down to a more manageable girth. And people would laugh and get the joke instantly. I made the…
Read MoreThe new “Three Stooges” movie – trainwreck or tribute?
I don’t care if you don’t like the Three Stooges. I have been a fan of the Three Stooges since for over 40 years of my life. The first time I actually saw Stooges episodes, they aired on WTEN at about 7 in the morning as part of a Popeye and the Three Stooges television…
Read MoreWeek 13 of the $2,000 2011 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
It was a chance tonight for new teams to shine at the trivia tournament. A team called “The Team By the Fireplace” took their chance. So did a new team called “The Trainer.” So did a new team that I think borrowed their name from the old SCTV comedy skit about the Shmenge Brothers. At…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Note
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. Tuesday, December 25, 1973. After Father Aloysius finished the final morning services for the parishoners at Iverhill’s Church of Most Precious Blood – after he…
Read MoreYour new Class of 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are…
Before I say who got in, let’s recap from my “betting sheet” earlier this year. THE BEASTIE BOYS I said: Pretty sure this is their year. Did they get in? YES!! My response to that: About freakin’ time. Welcome to the Rock Hall. THE CURE I said: Sure. Did they get in? NO. My response…
Read MoreTo the punk who tried to take away Donna’s “Goodnight, Baby”
My friend Donna has always been there when I needed her. Donna is the kind of person who will tell you – clear and unvarnished – if you’ve screwed up in your life; she will also be the first person to support you if you ever need help. For example. A few weeks ago, we…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The best version of “White Christmas” is from…
Yes, the holidays are coming. Thanksgiving? Feh. We’re talking Christmas, baby. Jingle bells and mistletoe and all that. So with that in mind, I gathered up four different interpretations of the 1942 standard “White Christmas.” And I leave it to you, my dedicated readers, to choose which of these four are your personal favorites. BING…
Read MoreThe 2011 Great Train Expo: Can I get some PC Green?
I may have mentioned in the past that my grandfather, Charles Bragg, used to work with both the New York Central Railroad and, when that line merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968, he also worked with the Penn Central. When I lived with he and my grandmother in Slingerlands, in a little house on…
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