Last week I arranged a dinner meet-up with Michele Poole, so that I could give her a CD with the photographs I took of her as she completed her 20th consecutive run at the Freihofer’s Run for Women. We agreed to meet at my favorite Troy restaurant, Brown’s Brewing, on Wednesday night. That evening, as…
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Wallets made of duct tape – sold for a good cause
Randy Howard and I worked together on the old CD Sports Capital District monthly sports newspaper about a decade and a half ago. We reconnected a few months ago, and now he’s on my blogroll – go down to the right side of the page and click on Randy Howard’s ChinMusik for more info. Anyways……
Read More“I have Larry Flynt on the phone for you, Mr. Miller…”
True story. Believe me, this is as true as true can get. In early 2005, I was a featured writer for Goldmine Magazine, the music collector’s biweekly. I wanted to pitch an idea to them – an article on cheesecake album covers. Cheesecake album covers featured beautiful women – many of them almost wearing clothing…
Read MoreThe day I almost blinded Aeon Cummings
My buddy DerryX recently crafted a blog post based on an apocryphal story involving a Central New York college student who, upon discovering that there was no remaining pepperoni pizza slices left at a late night pizza parlor, whined, “This is the worst day of my lieeeeeeeeeefe!” Now if that college student thought that could…
Read MoreShh… don’t tell Teri Conroy… it’s a secret…
Teri Conroy, I know you’re a really good friend of mine and you’re the nicest person in the TU blog portal, but I don’t want you to read this post right now. Not now. Go give Griffin a bath. Go take Jane-the-dog for a walk. I think Martini’s got some llama beans for you to…
Read MoreNuptials: George Hackney and Loretta Haberman
George Hackney and Loretta Haberman are friends of mine; they play on a trivia team called A Few Cards Short of a Deck. They met at a Tri-City ValleyCats game some time ago, and from there they fell in love and – last Saturday – got married. They sent me an invitation to their wedding,…
Read MoreRest in peace, Wild Windy Bill McKay, the greatest marshal Storytown’s “Ghost Town” ever knew…
Sometimes blog posts that I’ve written months or even years ago still receive comments from time to time. Such is the case for anything I’ve ever written regarding the best amusement park of all time, Storytown / The Great Escape. Last night, I received a Facebook message regarding one of those blog posts. And sadly,…
Read MoreMore Empire State Plaza 4th of July fireworks photos – this time captured in film
When I photographed the fireworks at the Empire State Plaza last Monday, I used my Nikon D700 to capture the lion’s share of the bursts. That doesn’t mean that the D700 was the only camera I used that night. During the middle of the fireworks show, I took the D700 off the tripod and activated…
Read MoreRevenge of The Chance
Another try for The Chance. Another knock on the door. But this time, The Chance has thrown me a curve ball. And it could keep me from reaching The Chance this year – if not forever. June 22, 2011. Another trip to New York City, another attempt to make The Chance accept me. Before I…
Read MoreMore fun with Soviet-era Свема (Svema) Film
When I purchased some Soviet-era Свема (Svema) film, I was unsure about the quality of film I would receive. I previously shot some rolls of 120 film, and wasn’t totally impressed with the results. But in that purchase of 120 rollfilm, I also purchased some test rolls of 35mm Svema 64 film. The boxes of…
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