Thanks to the attendance rule, in which one must show up for 75% of the 16-week tournament in order to qualify for the finals, there’s really no way my Street Academy team won’t make the cut. At this point, it’s just show up, order food, and play. But I’m tired of just showing up and…
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Phantogram’s “Mouthful of Diamonds” or Blotto’s “I Wanna Be a Lifeguard”?
It used to be so easy. While every other major metropolitan city and town had a rock band or a pop singer that they could call their own – even cities like Akron, Ohio (Devo, the Pretenders) or Springfield, Massachusetts (Staind), Albany had – well, we had Blotto. And Blotto was good. Very good. Blotto…
Read MoreDon’t get the lead singer of KISS mad
I say this because apparently there’s some YouTube clips of Paul Stanley getting very cheezed off in concert. First off, some background. I’ve seen two KISS concerts in my lifetime, and both of them were at the arena downtown. The first show was during KISS’ reunion tour, and featured the classic lineup of Gene Simmons,…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 7 – Bus Ride
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreI got the water heater blues…
It started last week, when our gas man came over to clean out the gas boiler. This is something they do on a regular basis. I thought nothing of it. The next morning, I noticed that our hot water was almost non-existent. I contacted the gas man to see if there was an issue, since…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 6 – Confidence
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Kodachrome 40 Test
There was one reason and one reason alone why I wanted a batch of Kodachrome 40 film. It was because of this photo on flickr. Oh my lord, that beautiful blue hue on the exterior of the buildings. And that long exposure, giving a rainbow effect to the highway lights below. Absolutely breathtaking. I wish…
Read MoreSo after two weeks with my Saturn Ion…
Let’s see…. This is based on having driven for the past seven years with a 1991 Pontiac 6000. The “6” was my first self-owned car, a car that I didn’t have to share with my wife. It lasted until about two weeks ago, when it finally drank its last drops of gasoline and headed off…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill – Chapter 5: Results
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreSpace Invaders and Tetris Invade New York City!!
Or at least that’s what’s happening in this fantastic little art clip from Patrick Jean. This is a short film called “Pixels,” and I came across it while checking out the aintitcool.com website. Thought I’d share. In this clip, imagine if the aliens from Space Invaders, the blocks from Tetris, and the antagonists from Donkey…
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