Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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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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.ย Fresh Instamatic film hasn’t been manufactured in…
Read MoreAll right, all right, this week I have to retain self control. If I say “ten for Thursday,” it has to be ten.ย Ten of the Times Union’s best community and independent bloggers.ย Ten blogs by people who write for the love of their opinion and the desire to share their thoughts. I gotta stop…
Read MoreI was a HUGE fan of the 1979 science fiction time travel movie Time After Time, in which H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) chased Jack the Ripper (David Warner) through the streets of modern-day San Francisco.ย It was suspenseful, it was funny, it was one of those films that I saw in the theater – and…
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This is waycool beyond belief.ย And I have this little weblog to thank for it. Yesterday, the film photography online magazine Emulsive published an interview with yours truly, featuring my photographic experiments with, among other techniques, splitfilm. You know … that little technique where I put more than one roll of film in a camera…
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Well, this is certainly worthy of being “News of the Weird.”ย Or should I say… “Zoinks” and “Jinkies” and “I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t been for your meddling kids.” Police in Redding, California were on the lookout for 51-year-old Sharon Kay Turman, who had wanted on a probation violation.ย They…
Read MoreThe upstate amusement park Storytown U.S.A., now known as the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, has been a part of our cultural experience for over sixty years.ย And thanks to the visionary genius of Charles R. Wood, this park has made countless children and parents happy.ย Trust me.ย Any man who can bring The Comet…
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Jeopardy! is a fun television show.ย In fact, two of the TU’s community bloggers – Roger Green and Tara Whittle – have appeared on the program. The other day, I found a meme generator that creates Jeopardy! clues in the same blue background and serifed font as what one would see on the show.ย A…
Read MoreA young man is only a few months away from fulfilling a dream of a lifetime, a chance to participate in the top levels of a professional sport. And during one of the many interview processes, a representative from a possible team that may draft this player asks this question. For Ohio State cornerback Eli…
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I have owned five BlackBerry cell phones in my lifetime, and have operated exclusively with BB cell phones for nearly a decade.ย Okay, there was that one time where I got sweet-talked into getting a Motorola RAZR, but we won’t talk about that mistake any more… Of late, I’ve appreciated my BlackBerry Q10 smartphone.ย I’ve…
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