I’ve known Tony Goldmark for many years.ย We actually met at – at all places – a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention back in 2000.ย Yes, I went to a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention.ย I went to two of them.ย Live with it. Tony also enjoyed “Weird Al’s” work in comedy and parody, and he later…
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A postcard from the 2016 Iowa State Fair Photo Competition
Backstory.ย After a one-year hiatus, I chose to enter my pictures in the Iowa State Fair Photography Competition.ย I selected a mixture of recent and heritage images, with each one fitting in specific themed categories.ย Four images printed off, matted, mounted, foam-boarded, postaged, and shipped. Now I wait.ย And wait.ย And wait.ย And wait. While…
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The K-Chuck Cabinet restoration, Part 2
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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“It’s stuck!!!”
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.ย 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 MoreK-Chuck Radio: Yes, your heart still works…
I’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.ย Songs of love, songs of loss, songs of longing and songs of heartache.ย That’s what we’ve got today on K-Chuck Radio.ย Turn up your speakers and get your…
Read MoreHow to fluster a phone scammer by pretending to be the police
As you know, I’ve been having a lot of fun lately with telephone scammers and spammers.ย Recently I’ve been getting the “Hi, my name is Richard from Windows technical support, your computer is running slow, okay?” calls. Right.ย You sound more like Rajesh than Richard.ย And unless that accent of yours belongs to Priyanka Chopra…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 14, 2016: Ten for Thursday
Something 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.ย On the front page of timesunion.com, they list a feature called “What are Times Union bloggers writing about?”ย And from this, they showcase almost two dozen…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the 2016 Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League
Sometimes, 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.ย Some of the questions were absolute murder questions…
Read MoreStay classy, Tenors!
Singing the National Anthem at a sporting event can be a harrowing experience.ย 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.ย Now if you’re going to sing the Canadian national anthem –…
Read More“Why would Windows contact me when I have a Mac?”
Aw, you poor, pathetic telemarketers and scammers.ย ย You don’t get it, do you?ย You’re that thick in the head.ย Dumber than a bag of wet mice.ย And you haven’t figured out that if you call me, I’m going to take out my frustrations on you.ย I will make you feel like you are stupid, and…
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