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 youโ€™re wearing sneakers because they might call you out of the stands to play? You’re going to love this story.ย  And it’s all true. It’s October 1997.ย  I had written a small article in the Source newspaper on…

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UAlbany could lose “Great Danes” nickname, Kegs and Eggs riot to blame

This is bad.ย  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…

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Week 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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See no caption, hear no caption, speak no caption…

I took this picture last year at the PBL All-Star Game in Halifax.ย  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.ย  Have fun with this one. Photo by Chuck Miller.ย  Caption by you.

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Marc 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,…

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Wanna 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.ย  You place your long URL into these programs, and it spits out a shortened alphanumeric link, short enough so that it…

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“Hey man, you won the lottery!”

It’s Saturday morning, and I’ve got a 4 1/2 hour drive scheduled for Rochester.ย  The day before, I had purchased five Quick Pick Mega Millions lottery tickets at my local news counter, Coulson’s on State and Broadway.ย  I usually don’t check my tickets the day after the lottery; if I happen to be at a…

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