One of my current favorite reality TV shows is the Friday night Discovery Channel program Gold Rush, in which teams of miners brave the harsh weather of the Yukon to mine for gold. The show followed the adventures of the Hoffman crew – the bearded Todd Hoffman and his family and friends, whose adventures either…
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The Pietá Reshoot: Return to Redscale
Of late, I’ve been testing different cameras and films by shooting at St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands. If things work, I put the finished photo in a short pile for an upcoming project. If not… I try again. And in the category of “try again,” I’ve tried – for many years – to get a…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, March 17, 2016: Ten for Thursday
So today is a very special day. It’s a day for wearing green. Okay, this means that if I can use my woods and irons judiciously, and with a little practice… one quick trip to Augusta, a lucky ricochet bounce off the Eisenhower Tree, and Tiger Woods puts that green jacket on my shoulders… Yeah,…
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The Storytown U.S.A. “Do Declare” Coloring Book
By now, I’m sure you’ve enjoyed watching the WMHT documentary “Charles R. Wood: A Storied Life.” It’s a great piece about the history of the man who created Storytown U.S.A. / The Great Escape, as well as creating Gaslight Village, the HH Ranch, all those great businesses and entertainment spots throughout the Adirondacks. And since…
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That’s not a maple leaf, Toronto…
Sometimes baseball teams try to think outside the box, only to discover that there’s a REASON why there’s a box in the first place. Example? The Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays’ baseball cap features a stylized maple leaf as its logo. Got that? Good. Well, for St. Patrick’s Day, the Blue Jays have offered…
Read MoreCollarworld: A conversation under the stars
The stars twinkled in the night sky. It was a warm evening in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation for pets who wait until they are reunited with their masters. In the sprawling meadow, a king orange tabbycat named Vincent sleepily stretched his body out in a full-length yawn. A few feet away… a whisper. “Vincent?” The…
Read More“Piem” – a poem in π
And… I wish I could challenge my brains Going for broke, trusting achieving erudite wordplays for Pi Day The physical test, trying to follow step was the lipogram for my skilled languaged blogs previously. If anything, blogging with a framework against a strict structure can challenge everybody. You, brother, daddy, a basketball guard throwing up,…
Read MoreHomophobic, Anti-Semitic vulgarities at Massachusetts high school basketball game
This is classless. It’s offensive and it’s vulgar and both schools should be ashamed of their students’ actions. Follow me on this. Last Friday, Newton North High School played Catholic Memorial in a Massachusetts high school basketball tournament game. Catholic Memorial won the game 77-73, but the game itself was marred by the fan sections…
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The UPS epic fail
If I get a package delivered to me via the U.S. Postal Service, and I’m not home, then Mike the Mailman will leave a note on my door letting me know I can pick up the package at my local post office, or I can sign the note and the package will be delivered the…
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An Instamatic Throwback, or: A Favor for Lefty
One of my photographic experiments has involved working with Kodak’s Instamatic film – technically known as “126” film, or as I call it, that stuff I try to crack out of its original cartridges and shoot, even though it’s five days older than dirt. Now here’s the thing. Fresh Instamatic film hasn’t been manufactured in…
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