This is blog post number three thousand. Let’s get that out of the way right now. From August 25, 2009 to today, I have submitted three thousand blog posts to the Times Union’s blog portal.ย Counting this one, of course. Three thousand chapters of my life, my dreams, my successes and my regrets. Three thousand…
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K-Chuck Radio: The return of the Armor-Plated Heart
“The Armor-Plated Heart” is a series of songs that, once you hear them, you start thinking, “I’m not going to cry… I’m okay with things… my heart won’t break… scuse me, I have to find some tissues…” I’ve had these songs before on the playlist, and in many cases it’s because my own emotional heart…
Read MoreThe Results of Trivia Bowl XII
Wow.ย Trivia Bowl XII, the Capital District’s competition of the best bar and tavern trivia teams.ย And with the team list whittled down to 30 squads, this would not be a game for the weak of heart. And for my Street Academy team… I had some last-minute scheduling cancellations.ย I can’t fault anyone for that…
Read MoreCaption Time: submerged in snow and stone
I captured this photo last week, and I’ve been kinda on the fence as to whether or not to enter the picture in competition.ย If I do enter it, though… it’s going to need a decent name.ย I can’t just enter it as “photo.”ย You know my dilemma. So help me create a good caption…
Read MoreThe self-destruction of Tammy Sytch
The first time I ever knew Tammy Sytch existed, she and her best friend / lover Chris Candido appeared on WWE (then WWF) wrestling programs, promoting themselves as “The Bodydonnas,” a self-conceited fitness team.ย Candido was Skip, and Sytch was Sunny.ย Skip did the wrestling, while Sunny acted as the sexy valet and creator of…
Read MoreEarth Wind and Fire: I’ll Write a Song For You
I originally wrote this article, a profile of the legendary band Earth, Wind and Fire, for Goldmine magazine way back in January 1998.ย The article consisted of extensive interviews with Maurice White, Philip Bailey and Verdine White. This article is being reprinted in today’s blog in honor and in memory of the legendary Maurice White,…
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It ain’t Hermรจs, it’s Herringbone
I’ve capped my limit to useable, shootable cameras at ten – my Nikons (the Df, the F100), my AGFAs (the Chief, the Clipper Special f/6.3), Kodak Red (my Kodak Medalist II), Leica Green (my Leica M3), my Rolleiflex Automat MX, my NIMSLO 3D film shooter, Raskolnkov (my Krasnogorsk ะคT-2 super-ultrawide) and, as soon as it…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, February 4, 2016: Twenty for Thursday
While the Times Union feels compelled to promote their staff blogs as if they were the second coming of Star Wars movies, I prefer to step aside one day each week and showcase my fellow Times Union community and staff bloggers.ย They’re the ones that write excellent, forward-thinking articles, and who deserve to get the…
Read MoreFrontier Town buildings could be demolished soon
If there was any hope of restoring the closed Frontier Town amusement park to any sort of former glory… this news pretty much quashed that hope. According to the upstate New York website Sun Community News, legislators have discussed with the Essex County Board of Supervisors the need to demolish and dismantle the original remaining…
Read More“I want a lifetime supply of KitKats now!!”
Yes, I just said that headline in my best, squeaky Veruca Salt spoiled-brat voice. Here’s why. Saima Ahmad, a 20-year-old London legal student, loves KitKat chocolate bars.ย One day, she purchased a pack of the crunchy, chocolate treats and snacked on one of the bars. There was no crunch. She bit into another bar. No…
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