It’s 9:00 am, Friday morning.ย I’m at the hospital, waiting for my gastroenterologist Dr. Dreyneaux to perform my colonoscopy and endoscopy, so I expect to receive an anesthetic that will knock me out with the equivalent force of going three rounds with Oscar de la Hoya.ย The nurse sticks an IV into my right hand,…
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March 20th: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Day
Maybe when you get older and you put away your dreams of childhood, television shows like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood are excised from your life.ย You give up all the times you sat in front of the TV set at 5:00 p.m., watching Fred Rogers walk into his studio house, put on a sweater, feed his…
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Okay, can you get creative with this picture and give it a good caption? Photo by Chuck Miller.ย Caption by you.
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This morning, I am at the hospital for an endoscopy and colonoscopy.ย I don’t want to do this.ย There’s no way I want to do this.ย ย But it has to be done. After meeting with my general practitioner, Dr. Svemanova, she recommended I get in touch with her colleague Dr. Dreyneaux to schedule an endoscopy…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the 2011 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
Due to the fact that I had something scheduled today – which precluded my going to the Elbo Room last night – and my teammates not being able to attend either, we did not participate in the game Thursday.ย Thankfully, host General James provided me with the winning results; Team Schooled won for the night,…
Read MoreBatman is an Ivy Leaguer, the Caped Crusader is a proud Yale graduate
Believe it or not, superheroes once went to college, just like you and me.ย Spider-Man – well, Peter Parker – attended Empire State University, while Superman – well, as a teenaged Clark Kent – attended Metropolis University.ย Reed Richards, the “Mr. Fantastic” of the Fantastic Four, has five degrees, including, get this – Harvard, MIT,…
Read MoreThis is as green as I’m getting today…
So here’s a classic Irish song from the 1960’s, as played by a Canadian folk group. Yes, they called themselves the Irish Rovers, and this was their big hit. Great song on a day like today. Okay, that’s it. Well… maybe not. You want more? Well… How about I add a video by House of…
Read MoreThree tries at TGI Friday’s, three different types of trivia games
I don’t know what keeps me coming back to TGI Friday’s in Stuyvesant Plaza for team trivia.ย Every time I bring myself to go there, it’s a new setup.ย Two years ago, it was a game where the questions were pulled out of a Trivial Pursuit box and the host / waitress would go around…
Read MoreWhat happened to the YouTube clips?
Every so often, I’ll get a comment on one of my old legacy posts.ย Often it’s a disgruntled customer who got shafted by Rocky Mountain Film Lab, or someone who still remembered wrestling announcer Joe McHugh.ย I’ll get someone who wished they could go back to the Great Escape when it was Storytown U.S.A., or…
Read MoreThe Times Union / Saint Rose Cyberbullying Conference
Last night, the Times Union, in conjunction with the College of Saint Rose, held a seminar and conference on the growing problem of cyberbullying.ย The panel, which included TU bloggers Lydia Kulbida and Lori Cullen, as well as several administrators, public officials and law enforcement officers, was an extremely well-run and informative event, and I…
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