One of the things we get to enjoy about blogs are those moments when we can celebrate great events.ย You know – events where the blogger can cross #17 off of their life achievements list.ย Or when a blogger can celebrate a time of change or a time of improvement.ย Sure, it’s easy to kvetch…
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Empire Consumer Services violates the Do Not Call Registry … twice in one day!
Here’s the deal.ย Last week, I received a call from a spoofed phone number.ย Yep, you guessed it, it was a telemarketer trying to sell me another vehicle service contract for my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS.ย You know … the one that was destroyed in a car crash the week prior.ย I was not in…
Read MoreSo yeah, this Instagram thing…
I don’t often join up with the same social media circles as everyone else.ย Yeah, I have a profile on LinkedIn, but that’s just to make sure that someone else doesn’t create a bogus Chuck Miller account.ย And I have a Pinterest account, but that’s just to see if anyone’s poached my photos (don’t laugh,…
Read MoreThe ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
In the 1970’s, the ABC network aired a popular series called the ABC Movie of the Week – an original drama for television.ย If I played the opening show credits, you would immediately recognize the format. You recognize that, right? Well, that anthology series became so popular, ABC created an additional movie anthology series ……
Read MoreThe Albany City School District 2016 Hall of Fame Class
A few months ago, I was pleased to share with all of you that my beloved high school principal, Lillian Tillman-DeWitt, was named to the Albany City School District Class of 2016.ย The induction ceremony will take place on the weekend of September 16-17, as part of Albany High School’s Homecoming weekend. Mrs. T, however,…
Read MoreRutland the Goat and the good deed
Remember this photo? //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Of course you do.ย This was taken in September 2014 at the Vermont State Fair; I later entered the picture in competition at the Altamont Fair (did you know they had a category for “Goat Photography”?ย Me neither). After that photo took a blue silk, I donated the print to the…
Read More“You weren’t injured? Oh, that’s too bad…”
Last weekend, I received several brochures and mailings from various law firms in North Carolina.ย See, North Carolina was where my car was destroyed in a stretch of Interstate 95.ย Yeah, I’m still dealing with the trauma of nearly dying because of some other drivers’ carelessness.ย I still have trouble sleeping.ย And although I’ve acquired…
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A car must have a name…
As much as I have bantered around a hundred different names for my new car – a fire-red 2013 Chevrolet Cruze – I realize that a car must be nicknamed properly.ย It’s that link between vehicle and driver.ย It’s that moment when you finally feel that it’s “your” car and not a “the bank holds…
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The awful part of Father’s Day that no one talks about
For the next few days, my Facebook feed will have hundreds and hundreds of pictures from my friends and acquaintances, all showing them with their fathers.ย The photos will be of happy times spent together.ย Or they might be photos that memorialize a beloved parent, with words like, “I miss you to the moon and…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, June 16, 2016: Ten for Thursday
It’s so easy to blog.ย What’s hard to do is to create something that’s readable and thought-provoking when the world is going completely stark raving mad. And for all the horrible, tragic events that occurred over the past few days… you need to read and appreciate and enjoy the writings of the Times Union’s independent…
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