It’s the early 1980’s, and us Hamilton College students were enjoying the wonderful world of our local cable television provider – which, at that time, was a company called Harron Cable. Harron Cable allowed us to watch more than just the two local TV stations (WKTV-NBC-2 and WUTR-ABC-20), and with that, we also had the…
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One last try at a “split-film” photo of the Bridge at Washington Park
Okay. I think I’ve figured out all the glitches that have plagued me in creating this “Swiss Roll” split-film picture. I’m going to try it one more time. One last chance. If it doesn’t work this time, I’m going to try something else. I don’t have time to waste on this concept, and I’m getting…
Read MoreBut Wait… There’s MORE!!
Ah, I long for those halcyon days of youth, when one could sit and watch television all day and see commercials for products that we would want for our homes. I’m not talking about furniture or clothing. Oh no no. I’m talking about those products that can make our lives easier and do things we…
Read MoreA political cartoonist, an Olympian, a mechanical engineer, a CEO, a football coach – and me
Last night, the Albany City School District officially announced the eight inductees of the Albany City School District Hall of Fame. I’m still excited and amazed and humbled that I’m one of the eight inductees, as well as being the first student from any of the alternative high schools to make the induction list. So…
Read MoreHooters Trivia Reunion Night – June 14th, BE THERE!!
It was the spring of 2007. My Street Academy team at the time consisted of myself, Rich Mahady, Tracey Stein, her boyfriend Ken Secor and my wife Vicki. The final question that night was on the category of movie monsters. We were in the lead and bet a sizeable amount to lock everyone else out…
Read MorePlease help TU Blogger Bethany Parks dream big dreams this Saturday
Bethany Parks has always dreamed big dreams. She is a cancer survivor, and that determination and drive of beating back that insidious disease has given her a new purpose. A purpose to help others and to make this world a better place. With that in mind, she traveled to Njabini, Kenya, to help orphaned children…
Read MoreThe best pre-movie warning to NOT use your cell phone…
The motion picture experience. Popcorn. Movie trailers. Surround sound. A sense of local community importance (especially when one mentions the Madison or the Spectrum). Personally, I love going to the movies – especially when my friends and I go together to enjoy a new film at the local cinema. With that in mind, if a…
Read MoreBlogger Meets Blogger: Doing Dinner and Detention with DerryX
It’s Monday night, and I’m at Brown’s Brewing. Yes, it’s time for my Monday night trivia game, and prior to the event I had a dinner meeting set up. See, I’ve been enjoying the Detention with DerryX weblog, and my guest for dinner tonight was Jerry Papandrea, the ubiquitous DerryX. And I gotta tell you,…
Read MoreYou call it “Gatchaman,” I call it “Battle of the Planets”
It’s very fascinating to watch the evolution of anime. In the 1960’s, Americans were introduced to anime with programs like Astro Boy and Gigantor and Speed Racer. By the 1980’s, shows like Voltron and Robotech and Star Blazers took anime to new heights. By the 1990’s, shows like Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon and…
Read MoreRunning for twenty consecutive years
Michele Poole still has all her original running bibs. All nineteen of them. Even the one that still has ink smears from the time she finished the race in the pouring rain. And last Thursday night, she showed me every one of the little paper-and-safety-pin badges, as she prepared for her 20th consecutive Freihofer’s Run…
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