Okay. Am I obsessing a bit about getting my photographs ready for the Altamont Fair photography contest? A bit? Well, maybe not a bit… Last week, I began framing work on two of the four pictures I hope to enter in the Altamont Fair photography contest. The Altamont Fair contest allows the entrants to frame…
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New movie trailer explains why the Star Wars prequels stunk…
Follow along with me. Apparently, at some point after finishing Return of the Jedi, George Lucas had it all. And then, suddenly, he disappeared. In his place, a doppelgänger directed the “prequel” Star Wars movies, inserting everything from Jar Jar Binks to more Jar Jar Binks to even MORE Jar Jar Binks. The original Lucas,…
Read MoreA Swiss Roll Photo at Washington Park
Last Saturday morning, I received a package in the mail. It was a roll of 616 Kodak Verichrome film, with an expiration date of 1944. Yes, 1944. And I know very well that I’ll be lucky if I get silhouettes out of this roll of film – but maybe that can work to my advantage.…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio – 1960’s Pop-Rock from a Land Down Under
Imagine if your country was bombarded by the two strongest musical influences of the 1960’s – the Beatles and Motown. You’re hearing “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” and “You Can’t Hurry Love” on the radio every 20 minutes or so, and you form a band and you either cover these classics, or you write your…
Read MoreSay hi to the Bull’s-Eye
A couple of weeks ago, my blog buddy Kevin Marshall tweeted that his friend Eric was having a yard sale. It was late afternoon when I received the tweet, and having apprenticed under my sainted Grandma Betty about the ins and outs of yard sales and flea markets, I knew that the early birds would…
Read MoreThat does it, I need a beer so I can get hammered…
I don’t care. I’ve had a rough few days, nothing’s worked out the way I wanted it to, and as far as I’m concerned, I’m gonna have me some beer. All I need to do is go get a can of… Of… Oh man… I didn’t realize that as a teetotaler, I have absolutely no…
Read MoreA “Caption Time” For all you puppy dog owners
Got this photo today at the Watervliet Memorial Day Parade. Photo by Chuck Miller. Caption by you.
Read More30 years later, I finally have truthful proof!
During my first year at Hamilton College, I was in the Bundy West dormitory complex. Bundy West (and its companion building, Bundy East) were part of a started-but-never-completed series of buildings for a Hamilton College-affiliated graduate program. The graduate program was eventually scuttled at around the same time that the all-male Hamilton College merged with…
Read MoreThe Ghost Blogger
No, I’m not talking about a blog written by Casper, Zack Wheat or one of those peripheral characters on Charmed. Let’s say you currently author a weblog. But your life is busy with outside obligations and you just don’t have time to park your gluteus maximus in your chair and type a blog post. Next…
Read MoreA rare video clip of double-entendre singer Ruth Wallis
Back in 2009, one of my early blog posts was about 1950’s-1960’s cabaret singer Ruth Wallis, one of the legends of the “blue party” records. Her songs couldn’t be purchased in legitimate record stores, but if you knew someone who knew someone, you could get a copy of her albums – usually they were stored…
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