Now I’m not sure if the coach told them in mid-game to drop and give him 20 push-ups, or if one of the players dropped a contact lens and everyone’s on the ground looking for it… so how about you faithful readers come up with a decent caption for this photo? As always, photo by…
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Replacing the Replacements
It’s going to be a good night tonight. I’m watching one of my favorite films, Time After Time. However, it wasn’t until a couple of days ago, that I could have actually seen the film. And therein lies a cautionary tale. When it comes to lending anybody anything from my personal collection, I follow one…
Read MoreCanadian Border Guard #17568
It’s 6:30 on a Saturday morning. I’ve been on the road for nearly three hours, and I’m about to reach the border crossing at the end of Interstate 87, on my way to Quebec City for the National Basketball League of Canada’s opening game. The game is scheduled for the afternoon, and with a snowstorm…
Read MoreWhat I’m going to be doing this weekend that Kobe Bryant and LeBron James aren’t doing…
I’m very proud of my support and love for professional basketball. I’ve been a fan of minor league hoops for nearly 30 years; I’ve worked with the Continental Basketball Association when the Patroons returned to the Washington Avenue Armory. And while Kobe Bryant looks for a pro hoops team for which he can earn a…
Read MoreGo to Jail. Go Directly to Jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. Do not stab your boyfriend because you lost at Monopoly.
We’ve all played Monopoly. We’ve all won at Monopoly, and we’ve all lost at Monopoly. We have our favorite tokens – yes, mine is the race car – and we have the properties that nobody wants to land on. You think landing on Park Place or Boardwalk can wipe you out? Try landing on Pacific…
Read MoreWeek 8 of the 2011 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Well, this is going to be an interesting night. My trivia team of Jeremy and Alexis was one person short last night – Jeremy decided it was time to make a pilgrimage to New York City and join the Occupy Wall Street crowd. That meant that tonight’s trivia game would be myself and Alexis. Plus,…
Read MoreThe Blog Clog
My fingers have been stuck on the keypad for fifteen minutes. Fifteen minutes and they haven’t even left the home row. What do I write about? Where do I take my readers this time? What journey do we experience? I don’t know. I can’t think of a thing to write. It’s the “blog clog” –…
Read MoreAre you telling me that those glasses I bought from the comic book ad WON’T allow me to see through her blouse? Rats…
Ah, the mysteries of those nefarious comic book advertisements. Send away and you can receive the Charles Atlas “Dynamic Tension” muscle-building guide. You can receive 100 toy soldiers in a small foot locker. You can receive magic hypnosis discs, sneezing and itching powder, and – best of all – X-Ray Specs. No, no – not…
Read MoreFormer Calder Cup-winning Albany River Rat Cale Hulse is on a reality TV show? Wow…
Once upon a time, there was an American Hockey League team called the Albany River Rats. They played a hard-nosed, attacking style of ice hockey, and they packed the Knickerbocker Arena in downtown Albany every night. Ah, the memories. Steve Sullivan. Bill Armstrong. Pascal Rheaume. Mike Dunham. Corey Schwab. You know… back when the local…
Read MoreSwing to the Music this Friday in Troy
What a great way for couples to meet, for people to get together, for everybody to exercise and dance and have a fantastic time. And it’s starting this Friday night in downtown Troy. I’m talking about the Swing Syndicate. The Swing Syndicate is a new dance studio at 212 River Street, where studio founders Orian…
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