The Capital District “Symbol of Hope” Ornament Collection

Feeling festive this holiday season?  Feeling like you want to embrace your Capital District heritage when you decorate your tree? Hope you still have your Capital District commemorative ornaments to do so. Various communities throughout America have partnered with their local branch of Easter Seals to create beautiful annual ornaments of iconic buildings and memories…

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Week 10 of the $2,000 2011 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament

Although I’ve been promoting the results of the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament for a long time, the Elbo Room game is not the only trivia locale where big money can be won or lost.  Legends on Lark is currently hosting a Wednesday night tournament where there’s some big bucks on tap.  And over at Graney’s…

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The one blog reader you should never date

So the year 2011 was full of new opportunities for me.  And one of those opportunities involved getting back into the world of dating.  And sometimes that “dating” involves meeting people who read my blog. But there was one blog reader I dated – just once – and I couldn’t tell if she really liked…

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TV Cliche #45: They’re not the Monkees… but they’re trying to be.

Back in the 1960’s, NBC aired The Monkees for two seasons.  The knockabout adventures of Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Michael Nesmith were fun to watch, the group sold a gazillion record albums and 45’s, and the show even won an Emmy Award or two. And ever since then, networks have tried to…

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K-Chuck Radio: In defense of “Stairway to Heaven”

In today’s Arts blog, Michael Janairo notes that although the classic Led Zeppelin song “Stairway to Heaven” has reached four decades of radio airplay, there are some who would wish the song would fade out of existence. How can anyone say that Led Zeppelin’s classic has been overdone?  I mean really, let’s devote a K-Chuck…

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It’s really in the rear?

My 2005 Saturn Ion, which I’ve nicknamed “Cardachrome,” has endeared itself to me.  It gets me where I need to go, without any struggles or hassles. But a few days ago on the morning of the Capital District’s first cold snap of the season, it didn’t get me where I needed to go.  I left…

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K-Chuck Radio: Break Out the Playing Cards!

It’s been a popular metaphor for pop music, ballads, breakup songs and the like.  A game of cards.  Whether it’s poker, bridge, Canasta, whatever – the deck of cards, and the games played with them, have worked their way into pop songs for the past fifty years.  And here on K-Chuck Radio, we’re taking the…

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A sneak peak at Season 2 of “Downton Abbey”

Oh I know you’ve been waiting for this. Last year, millions of television viewers – including yours truly – got hooked on Downton Abbey, the British period drama that currently airs in America as part of PBS’s Masterpiece anthology series.  We got hooked on the machinations and intricacies of the world of Lord and Lady…

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A day late and a dollar short

One of my credit cards, whom for the purposes of this blog you will know as the Rainy Day Credit Card Company – associated with Rainy Day Bank and Trust Company – requires a minimum payment by the first of the month. No problem.  I have the money, and since there is a brick-and-mortar branch…

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