Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
It all happened on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. And it seems so surreal to write and talk about it now. But if I don’t get my feelings and thoughts down in a tangible fashion now… it’ll feel like a bad nightmare. Two days earlier, I was in Daytona Beach as part of my Florida…
Read MorePlease let me tell you a story today.ย A story about a man named Orest. I first met Orest ten years ago.ย At the time, I was freelancing for a minor league sports website which paid its writers on promises and not much else.ย At the time, Orest was the general manager of the Rochester…
Read MoreWow.ย I overslept. That doesn’t happen that often. But this Florida vacation has done a lot for me.ย I’ve had a great opportunity to re-center myself, to rediscover my balance and my directions.ย That, and I’ve walked around so much in the hot sun, my body looks like I’ve used beet juice for a moisturizer.…
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Honestly, I don’t know why I haven’t taken a Florida vacation before now.ย But I’m glad I’m doing so now. Yesterday, I was at the beach, and I had an idea. I could rent a fishing pole and do some fishing off the long wooden pier… Nah.ย I have a better idea. Every so often,…
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So I’m on vacation for a few days, and I’m really having a great time in Florida.ย It’s actually my first time visiting the Sunshine State, and I decided that the best way to reach Florida was to drive there. Yes.ย You heard me.ย I drove to Florida. From New York. Down I-95. All the…
Read MoreMay 21, 2016.ย I’m traveling up the Northway, for my annual stop at the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom amusement park.ย Riding shotgun with me is my four-lens Nimslo 3D camera – years ago, you could take pictures with this camera and ship the film off for digital printing on lenticular cards.ย You can still…
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It’s Friday evening.ย And at a nondescript Capital District gas station, a man parks his car, checks his wallet for his credit cards, and exits the car to fill the vehicle with gasoline. And inside the car… A conversation takes place. Dibs! Dibs!ย I call front seat dibs!! Get out of the cupholder, Nimslo.ย Chuck…
Read MoreCame across this yesterday while reading Deadspin.ย And the fact that I’m sharing these clips with you is … well, I’m not really sure what to think. Apparently there’s a new television commercial for some sort of washing machine product.ย In the commercials, a woman is washing clothes – only to suddenly be approached by…
Read MoreWow, is it Thursday already?ย It seems like it was Thursday around this time last week.ย Man, how time flies around these parts… ha ha ha… Anyways, you know what time it really is.ย It’s time to showcase the Times Union’s best community and independent bloggers, an opportunity for you to see what these great…
Read MoreDo you remember Shirley Muldowney?ย Do you remember the dozens of races she drove at Fonda Speedway?ย Do you remember her as the first woman to earn a professional National Hot Rod Association driver’s license?ย Do you remember that night in 1971 when she dominated the competition at Lebanon Valley Speedway? Do you remember her…
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