Charley Rosen has played and coached basketball for nearly 50 years.ย He played in the old Eastern League, he was an assistant coach under Phil Jackson with the Albany Patroons, and later coached several CBA teams – including, in 1991-92, the Patroons.ย He is currently an analyst for Fox Sports, and from time to time…
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The Rebecca Black “Friday” song – worst ever, or not even close?
I’ll admit it.ย My musical taste is different from yours.ย ย It’s probably different from anyone else’s in the entire world.ย I enjoy certain genres, I enjoy certain artists.ย A great melody, a stirring beat, wry lyrics, they all go a long way for me. Which is why I was surprised to hear, over the weekend,…
Read MorePlaying with Polaroid’s Polachrome Instant Slide Film
Beginning in 1983, and lasting until the early 2000’s, Polaroid – the leader in instant camera film – created a self-developing instant slide film.ย You took a 12-exposure roll of 35mm film, and instead of sending the film off to the developers, you placed the exposed roll into a special home developing machine – wait…
Read MoreI finally get it! Royale with cheese!!
It was Saturday night, and I just wanted to unwind and relax.ย I took some donations to Goodwill, and normally I would have just dropped off the surplus, told the worker that I didn’t need a receipt, have a nice day, and drove off. But for some reason, I decided to stop inside the Goodwill…
Read MoreWhy I’m skipping the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament
Nearly everybody I know participates in the NCAA basketball tournament in one form or another.ย I bet this morning they’ve already downloaded their tournament brackets and are furiously filling them out for their office pool or for an online competition.ย They’re carefully deciding which team they want advancing.ย They’re checking every available data source to…
Read MoreCartoons and Cereal – the Unholy Partnership
A few days ago, I showed some YouTube clips of vintage Cap’n Crunch commercials.ย And as I was searching through the YouTube clips, I discovered something that was both unique and disturbing.ย All those cartoon characters we grew up watching on Saturday morning cartoons – Yogi Bear, Woody Woodpecker, Bullwinkle – were intertwined with commercials…
Read MoreGet Smart + 24 = InSecurity, Canada’s new TV comedy hit
Spy spoof TV shows are few and far between.ย The ones that work are the exceptions that prove the rule.ย Even Get Smart, a show that was very successful in the 1960’s, couldn’t recapture that success when it was revived in the late 1990’s (maybe one of the reasons was that Andy Dick was cast…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: These should have been radio hits!
I’m going to test-drive this feature, where I go back to my radio roots and create this new online blog radio station, “K-Chuck Radio.”ย I used to do this at my old blogspot.com site, so what’s the harm of bringing it over to the TU page? And for this initial blast of “K-Chuck Radio,” I’ve…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the 2011 Elbo Room Spring Trivia Tournament
Playing competitive team trivia means that you have to be receptive to any possible answer at any time. Even if you think you know the answer, it could actually lead to a different response when applied. Does that make sense? Probably not. Unless you heard the final question last night at Elbo Room. First off,…
Read MoreGive some love to the A-Plus Sunoco in Cohoes…
While Price Chopper’s AdvantEDGE card has its benefits – save 10 cents/gallon of gasoline for every $50 you spend at Price Chopper – Sunoco’s A-Plus mini-markets have an even better deal. Participating Sunoco A-Plus mini-markets allow you to earn discounts on gasoline by purchasing products in their stores – and the discounts are tied to…
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