Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Yes, I’m still working on restoring the K-Chuck Cabinet, a former radio cabinet from the 1930’s that I’m repurposing into a hideaway film and lens storage cabinet. And when we last left this project, I had removed the old varnish from the cabinet with a combination of Citristrip spray, some plastic scrapers, paper towels, and…
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When I get new camera equipment, whether it be a camera, a lens, or some film, I want to take it out and experiment with it. I go to one of my photographic “honey hole” locations – somewhere in the North Country, somewhere in the Warehouse District, places where I feel that I can get…
Read MoreI’ve compiled these “armor-plated heart” K-Chuck Radio playlists before; they’re songs with sweet ballads, thoughtful melodies, and emotions that just grab your soul and won’t let go. Songs of love, songs of loss, songs of longing and songs of heartache. That’s what we’ve got today on K-Chuck Radio. Turn up your speakers and get your…
Read MoreAs you know, I’ve been having a lot of fun lately with telephone scammers and spammers. Recently I’ve been getting the “Hi, my name is Richard from Windows technical support, your computer is running slow, okay?” calls. Right. You sound more like Rajesh than Richard. And unless that accent of yours belongs to Priyanka Chopra…
Read MoreSomething to share before we start our weekly TU blog recap and review. Yesterday, the Times Union added the first of what I hope will be a continuing series. On the front page of timesunion.com, they list a feature called “What are Times Union bloggers writing about?” And from this, they showcase almost two dozen…
Read MoreSometimes, when playing competitive bar trivia, you can have a great run of several correct questions in a row. This was NOT one of those nights. A lot of teams this week, myself included, struggled in Week 2 of the twelve-week summer trivial league at Graney’s Stout. Some of the questions were absolute murder questions…
Read MoreSinging the National Anthem at a sporting event can be a harrowing experience. You’re up at the microphone, you’re already nervous, and you worry about hitting that one note during “And the rockets’ red glare” without your voice cracking. That’s the American national anthem. Now if you’re going to sing the Canadian national anthem –…
Read MoreAw, you poor, pathetic telemarketers and scammers. You don’t get it, do you? You’re that thick in the head. Dumber than a bag of wet mice. And you haven’t figured out that if you call me, I’m going to take out my frustrations on you. I will make you feel like you are stupid, and…
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It’s been a month since my car crash in North Carolina. I have a new car, and, for the most part, new car payments. And so many people, the minute they see me, ask me, “Hey Chuck, how do you like your new car?” And my response is the same… I’m getting used to it.…
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Two years ago, I entered some pictures in the Washington State Fair’s Northwest International Exhibition of Photography competition. One of the photos I entered, The Three-Two Pitch, earned honorable mention status. That’s nice. We now move forward to 2016. And I thought about entering some more pictures in that competition. Now here’s the cool thing. …
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