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…
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Go 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…
Read MoreA part of Albany was left in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
My Aunt Elaine operates the Golden Past Antiques store in Center Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. Her store is near the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, adjacent to the towns of Wolfeboro and Alton and Laconia. The leaves are changing colors. The roads from Troy to Bennington to Lebanon to Ossipee – the easiest way to get from…
Read MoreI’ve done it with many things… but never with my grandfather’s cane.
There are so many different ways some people do it. Some do it every day. Some do it maybe once a week. Some people do it two or three times a day, if they’re really committed and have plenty of stamina. Some people do it in their bed. Some people do it at work. I’ve…
Read MoreAfter four years, I improved from 6750 to 8703(e) to 9330! It’s a new high score!!
Four years ago, I was absolutely furious with my cell phone and my carrier. It had been a hate-hate relationship that had grown over time. It probably began in 2003, when my then-wife Vicki came home one day with some cell phones. Three of them, in fact. One for her, one for me, and one…
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