On Sunday morning, I visited the Albany Camera Show at the Comfort Inn in Glenmont.ย I wasn’t really looking for a new camera; instead, I wanted to acquire some accessories – maybe some filters for the Rollei, some flash bulbs for the Ansco (I did find those, three boxes of “new old stock” flash bulbs…
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It feels like the first time… it feels like the very first time!
Last Saturday, I drove to Rochester for a PBL basketball game; the Rochester Razorsharks hosted the Kentucky Bluegrass Stallions with an afternoon tilt at Blue Cross Arena. Some notes – Blue Cross Arena (formerly the Rochester Community War Memorial Arena) is situated on the banks of the Genesee River, right in the heart of Kodak…
Read MoreOMG, LOL, where’s โฅ in my bag of Scrabble tiles?
The Oxford English Dictionary has just announced the addition of several new words and phrases, as well as the update of over 40,000 definitions, in its most recent update. In addition to such words as “Ego-surfing” (to search on the Internet for one’s own name or business), “muffin top” (and I don’t mean the upper…
Read MoreMarch 26, 2011, 8:30 p.m. Turn out the lights for Earth Hour.
Five years ago, a partnership project between the World Wildlife Fund and Australia’s largest newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, culminated in “Earth Hour,” in which over two million Australians turned off their lights and electricity for one hour. Today, “Earth Hour” is a worldwide campaign, as businesses and residents turn off their non-essential electricity for…
Read MoreDown comes the Latham Water Tower
It’s been discussed and commented upon for years.ย Because of the need for a longer flight path into Albany International Airport, the iconic Latham Water Tower, along with its red-and-white checkerboard patten, was scheduled for demolition.ย No amount of preservation could save the water tower; besides, it was no longer a functioning water tower anyway.…
Read MoreWeek 4 of the 2011 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
First things first.ย It really felt good returning to Elbo Room for he first time in two weeks.ย Everything seemed to be back to normal for me.ย Cassidy the energetic server already had my diet cola and my food order all set, and I had some pre-game chitchat time with members of the Get That…
Read MoreJazz music transcends all barriers, musical and racial
Greg Thomas was one of my best friends in college.ย As pre-freshmen, we participated in a Hamilton College summer preparatory curriculum called HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program), we worked at the college radio station together; and through our four years at old Ham Tech, from 1981 to 1985, we always kept in touch.ย ย Even today,…
Read More“Fridays” – the musical performances
Yesterday, I brought everyone back in time to the ABC sketch comedy series Fridays, which aired from 1980 to 1982 after the 11pm news.ย In my previous blog post, I showed some clips of the show’s sketch comedy routines. In this post, you get to crank up your speakers, because here are some clips of…
Read More“Fridays” – the best sketch comedy show you never heard of
Take a walk back with me to 1980. If you were a fan of Saturday Night Live, you were truly dedicated – most of the classic lineup had departed the show after five seasons.ย No Dan Aykroyd, no John Belushi, no Gilda Radner, no Jane Curtin, no Bill Murray – yes, young’uns, those actors were…
Read MoreCasey Heynes: when the bullied kid fights back.
Casey Heynes had been bullied and teased and tormented for most of his school-age life. Kids called him “fattie.” They slapped him in the back of the head. Even in high school, Casey contemplated suicide as a way to make the torment stop. Then one day, in high school, it all came to a boil.…
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