We all know where we were on that horrible Tuesday in 2001.ย We saw the aftermath of the planes crashing into the tallest structures of the World Trade Center, into the wall of the Pentagon, into a field in western Pennsylvania.ย We mourn the death of the innocent, we champion the bravery of the flight…
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So I’m busy on August 21, 2017…
I have a serious love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit.ย I’ve met great people on the site, and I’ve met people for whom the words “restraining order” fit them perfectly. But this time, while participating in a special themed reddit gift exchange, I received a gift that, for all intents and purposes, blocked…
Read MoreA lizard and a stag stole $300 from me.
As many of you know, last June I was involved in a horrible car accident in which my beloved 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, nicknamed “The Blackbird,” was destroyed.ย The accident happened in North Carolina; I had to get home to New York.ย My car was completely undriveable; and in that moment, I had to find…
Read MoreChoose your path … stone or earth…
Choose your path … stone or earth. A photo posted by Chuck Miller (@kchuckradio) on Sep 4, 2016 at 7:17am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Choices. We make them every day. Necktie or polo. Slacks or skirt. Left or right. And the choices we make have an overlying theme to them. Can I do it. Is it too…
Read More“We can recover your lost money, Mr. Miller…”
I do not appreciate attempts by telemarketers, scammers or fraudsters to separate me from my money.ย I don’t.ย Not in the least.ย And that includes the person calling from “Internal Revenue Service” with their satellite office in Bangalore, telling me I’m being sued for back taxes.ย He got dumbfounded when I simply repeated all his…
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Buster’s showing off his Shofar
The shofar is one of the oldest musical instruments.ย It’s the horn that Joshua blew to knock down the walls at Jericho.ย And the most beautiful shofars in the world came from the heads of rams. During my “Sunday at the Altamont Fair” excursion, in which I spend the entire day at Altamont and experience…
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Raskolnikov’s Intersection, part 2
You may have heard that I’m trying something new with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera “Raskolnikov.”ย I had previously tried to craft a “weave” by crossing two strips of 35mm film into an intersectional photograph. Liked it, but wanted more. So last Sunday I went back to that bendy road near Route 157, just off…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, September 1, 2016: Ten for Thursday
So someone asked me … “Chuck, how do you choose and rank the blogs for each Thursday recap?” Simple.ย I see which bloggers have sent me cookies or candy or other forms of tribute… Ha. Actually, I read the blogs, and those that catch my interest – whether I share the blogger’s opinion or disagree…
Read MoreWeek 9 of the 2016 Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League
Resolved.ย I need to break my routine.ย I can’t keep going home from a trivia league game with zero points.ย I have to do better. And this week, I did.ย Mostly thanks to a new team that showed up at Graney’s Stout – and basically violated the tenets of tavern trivia. Let me explain. As…
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Trivia fundraiser for animal rescue, come play!
If you love playing competitive team trivia – and you want to help support animal rescue efforts – have I got news for you. The Trivia Nights Live company, in conjunction with Free To Be Me Rescue, is offering a trivia fundraiser on September 24th at Wolf’s 1-11 on Wolf Road in Colonie.ย Teams are…
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