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. 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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Collarworld: The Guild of the Bloodline
Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty dandelions. Messer the shaggy Newfoundland dog counted the yellow blooming dandelions over and over again. Thirty on the little hill in the meadow of Collarworld, the afterlife home for pets to wait until they are reunited with their masters. Thirty dandelions. Thirty little yellow pictures of sunshine. Messer leaned down, his…
Read MoreThe return of H.R. Pufnstuf?
I am a major fan of the 1970’s Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning TV shows of the 1970’s. Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, all of those. And that includes H.R. Pufnstuf. If you’re too young to remember H.R. Pufnstuf, the show aired on NBC for two seasons, and…
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How to own a Super Bowl ring
They are symbols of achieving the highest and most difficult accolade in American professional football. And after battling through the regular season and defeating your opponents in the playoffs, you take victory in the most-watched televised sporting event in the world. You become a Super Bowl champion. And in doing so, you eventually receive a…
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Dream Window 19: On the Edge
With my latest Dream Window … man, look at this … I took an old window that contained half a diamond frame, replaced the old busted glass with new fresh mirror glass and a photo of the solitary tree atop the Helderberg Escarpment in Thacher Park. Nice, eh? Okay, I know you’re scratching your head…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, Jan. 28, 2016 – Ten for Thursday
So here we are, you and me, on a Thursday morning, with another round of the Times Union’s community blog recap and review. There’s some really excellent posts this week, as well as a newcomer or two to the list. Let’s get started. You’ve got a lot of reading this week. And be prepared for…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, January 28, 2016: Ten for Thursday
So here we are, you and me, on a Thursday morning, with another round of the Times Union’s community blog recap and review. There’s some really excellent posts this week, as well as a newcomer or two to the list. Let’s get started. You’ve got a lot of reading this week. And be prepared for…
Read MoreMy entries into the 2016 Photo Regionals
It’s the prestige photo competition of the Capital District. It’s the one in which the top amateur and professional photographers place their best works on display. And for years, I couldn’t get in the front door of the Photo Regionals to save my life. I would submit my entries, they would not pass the round…
Read MoreL-Ken’s looks better this way
It’s always bugged me about the sign for the closed L-Ken’s Drive-In in Colonie. Take a look. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js This photo of L-Ken’s was shot in 2010. And right away, you can see the big distracting issue that ruins this photograph. Yep. It’s that big real estate sign that’s become part of the marquee. Ugh. It…
Read MoreCongratulations to Shane Howard, now a Member of the Order of Australia
I first discovered Shane Howard’s music in 1982 when, as a student at Hamilton College, I worked at the college radio station WHCL. I received an imported copy of the Australian band Goanna’s Spirit of Place album, and proceeded to play the LP on air as often as I could – including playing the LP’s…
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