This is a very important blog post, so please bear with me. And I realize this is some heady stuff for a Monday morning, but when has that ever stopped me from writing about heady stuff? Whether you’re reading content from a Times Union staff blogger or from a Times Union community blogger (like me),…
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That’s the sound of the Chuck working on the chain … gang …
You know that old joke about fans and sports teams… come early, bring your friends, make sure you’re wearing sneakers because they might call you out of the stands to play? You’re going to love this story. And it’s all true. It’s October 1997. I had written a small article in the Source newspaper on…
Read MoreMore XPRO Photographs along the New York State Thruway
On my recent trip to Rochester, I decided to take some photos with Fujichrome Provia in my Rollei; then I had McGreevy Pro Lab develop them in C-41 chemicals (slide film takes E-6 processing, so cross-processing the film provides a surreal, dreamlike color scheme). This is a replica of the Statue of Liberty at the…
Read MoreUAlbany could lose “Great Danes” nickname, Kegs and Eggs riot to blame
This is bad. Very very bad. If the rumors I received are to be believed, the University at Albany will be holding a press conference today at 2:30 p.m. regarding more fallout from the Kegs and Eggs riot a couple of weeks ago, as well as the negative publicity regarding the recent Fountain Day protest…
Read MoreWeek 5 of the 2011 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
Okay, my mind was a little distracted at trivia last night. While I was trying to pay attention to the competition, I was thinking about another competition going on at the same time. Two teams in the Premier Basketball League – the Halifax Rainmen and the Saint John Mill Rats – fought tooth and nail…
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I took this picture last year at the PBL All-Star Game in Halifax. The officials posed for a regular picture, then I asked if they would oblige me by taking a picture with the poses as shown below. Have fun with this one. Photo by Chuck Miller. Caption by you.
Read MoreA jagged piece of metal
It’s Wednesday morning, and I’m trying to deal with 15 things at once. Blog post written, done. PBL statistics inputted, done. Order for more film? Placed. Okay, out of the house and into the car. Let’s Go, Cardachrome – next stop – next stop – There was no next stop. I wasn’t going anywhere. Not…
Read MoreMarc Hunter: the reason I’m donating to Kevin Marshall’s charity
Hey everybody out there, if you haven’t visited Kevin Marshall’s blog and thought about donating to his fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s event April 10th – in which, if the Manville Shark receives $1,000 in donations, he will become the BALD-ville Shark – then by all means, visit the link above in the blog post,…
Read MoreWanna know what those tinyurl and bit.ly hyperlinks are in Twitter? Sure you do!!
Ever since I became part of the Twitter universe, I have learned that it’s difficult to list any sort of website redirect without condensing it with a website abbreviating company like tinyurl or bit.ly. You place your long URL into these programs, and it spits out a shortened alphanumeric link, short enough so that it…
Read MoreKia Ora, I’m flying Air New Zealand!
Air travel can be a pain. You go through the TSA checkpoints, someone’s examining your luggage and carry-ons, and don’t even get me started on the pat downs. Then, after you’ve climbed into your semi-comfortable seat, before you can even taxi down the runway, you get a ubiquitous – and boring – description of the…
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