What is it about the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder – Batman and Robin – that makes advertisers want to put them in commercials? I tell you, when they’re not battling the Penguin or the Joker, Batman and Robin do a helluva job as product pitchmen.ย Such as, for example. ZAYRE Batman and Robin…
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First round results of my entries into the Albany Institute of History and Art’s Mohawk-Hudson Regionals
Waiting for the e-mail can be a brain-numbing experience. It’s not like going to your mailbox at home – if the mailman has arrived and all you see in the mailbox are bills and Valpak coupons, and nothing from the judges, then you grit your teeth and say to yourself, “Maybe I’ll hear tomorrow.” But…
Read MoreCompetition #2 – the Albany Institute of History and Art Mohawk-Hudson Regionals
So I went 0-for-5 with the Albany Center Gallery’s Photo Regionals.ย That sucks. At the same time that I submitted entries for the Albany Center Gallery’s 33rd annual Photo Regional, I submitted five other images to the Albany Institute of History and Art’s Mohawk-Hudson Regionals competition.ย I didn’t want to duplicate any entries between the…
Read MoreThe Rapture Causes A Fraction of Function
It’s about ten minutes to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. I just got back from a photo shoot in Washington Park, and was unloading my Agfa Chief camera with its vintage 616 film. I checked the news reports. No Rapture yet.ย I was getting better information on the Preakness Stakes than on the Rapture. I…
Read MoreA little prayer to St. Teresa of Avila for a splitfilm photo…
Last Sunday, I tried to take some pictures in St. Agnes Cemetery.ย Unfortunately, mother Nature was busy unloading gallons and gallons of water from the sky, which meant that I couldn’t get the beautiful, sunny day I had hoped to achieve. I had two “prepared” cameras – my Holga 120N and my Agfa Chief –…
Read MoreRest in peace, “Macho Man” Randy Savage
I grew up watching professional wrestling.ย My heroes were Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund, Chief Jay Strongbow and Haystacks Calhoun.ย These were the larger-than-life heroes who battled the evil Stan “The Man” Stasiak, Professor Toru Tanaka, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Bulldog Brower.ย My earliest exposure to professional wrestling was as a kid, watching the…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the $1,000 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
So prior to last night’s round of competitive team trivia, I was at Crossgates Mall, “doing a nice” for my daughter Cassaundra. Cassaundra, who lives in Seattle, called me at around 4pm Eastern, asking if I knew whether there were any Lids hat stores other than in Colonie Center or in Crossgates Mall.ย I said…
Read MoreExposed electrical wires
I blogged about this a long time ago – back in my old blogspot days – but I’m feeling like sharing today. Whenever my wife Vicki got angry with me for something, she always tossed this little dig at me: “The reason we bought this house was that I thought I married a handyman who…
Read MoreFinally identifying the fourth school of The Twelve
From 1968 to 1981 – from kindergarten to my high school graduation – I attended twelve different schools.ย Some of these educational institutions were different buildings in the same school district, as kids matriculated from grade school to middle school.ย Others were caused by familial relocations or my desire to live somewhere else.ย I sometimes…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: 1970’s Classic One-Hit Wonders!
One of these days I’m going to order one of those customized radio jingles. “You’re tuned to K-Chuck Radio, ten commercial free songs right here, so crank up your computer speakers and jam along with the best sounds of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.ย These are the oldies that the oldies stations aren’t playing any more.ย …
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