Last week, just as the game was about to end, Elbo Room trivia host General James mentioned that because the Elbo Room’s Thursday night games did not fall on Christmas or New Year’s Day – and because the bar would be open on those days for football games and drinking and eating, there would be…
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The Long Lost Star Wars Holiday Special
George Lucas ain’t gonna be happy when he sees this. Neither is anybody else associated with this project. See, a couple of years after Star Wars debuted on the motion picture screen, and became one of the biggest movie blockbusters of all time, someone came up with this great idea. What would it take to…
Read MoreWhen the Albany Patroons once hosted the CBA All-Star Game
February 19, 1983. Nobody told Phil Jackson it was going to be easy. Phil Jackson, the former New York Knick, had recently replaced Dean Meminger as coach of the 8-17 Patroons, ten men with almost no team chemistry. Not one player had gone to the NBA since joining the Patroons, and the only one offered…
Read MoreA Gingerbread House – minus the Gingerbread – plus lots o’ Bacon
Harley Morenstein, Alex Perrault, and Sterling Toth have a fantastic YouTube video channel called “Epic Meal Time”, in which they create recipes containing – for all intents and purposes – an orgiastic display of meats and cheeses and grease and alcohol and fat and carbs and calories. And it’s an unabashed ode to gastronomic excess.…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Snow Fort of St. Timothy
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Monday, December 24th, 1973. Port’s alarm clock rang at 8:00 a.m., with that same bang-bang-bang bell-ringing that married 8:00 a.m. to the end of sleep. …
Read More“Get out of that parking spot, ya jerk!!”
At last night’s blogging event, I was chatting with a group of bloggers and readers, and during our conversation – which involved battling holiday mall traffic – I recalled an anecdote of how I got some sweet revenge for those who are too impatient for a parking spot. Black Friday, 2007. This was essentially the…
Read MoreNew “Upstairs Downstairs” episodes in America this April…
A while back, I blogged about one of my favorite 1970’s TV shows, the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. This British television series ran for several years on PBS’s Masterpiece Theater, and was a fascinating series to watch. The show revolved around a political family, the Bellamys (who lived “Upstairs” at 165 Eaton Place) and their…
Read MoreAnother fun Times Union blogging meet ‘n greet
Thanks to everyone at the Times Union, including blog boss Michael Huber, for putting together another great event – a Christmas party in which bloggers and readers can get together and meet each other and have fun. I had a great time chatting and conversing with my fellow bloggers, as well as with several people…
Read MoreWhen “A Christmas Story” First Played in Albany
The Times Union blogging meet-up tonight – a viewing of “A Christmas Story,” with a post-movie get-together across the street at the Albany Brown Derby – should be a lot of fun. I’ve seen the list of bloggers and readers who will attend the event, and I think it will be a great time. Now…
Read MoreSo the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame elected…
Before I say who got in, let’s recap from my “betting sheet” earlier this year. THE BEASTIE BOYS I said: Chances are Decent. Maybe not first ballot, but they’ll get in someday. Did they get in? NO. My response to that: That just wallows in lameness. BON JOVI I said: They’re in. Without question. Did…
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