What a great resource the Times Union’s blogfarm has become. We have the most talented, articulate, dedicated community and independent bloggers in the area, and you can read all their works and thoughts and dreams and desires and irritations and wishes in one collective portal. In fact, if you take a moment today and read…
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The Super 8mm World
Way back in ancient times – well, “ancient” meaning at least the 1970’s – if you wanted to watch a motion picture at home, there were few options. You could wait until the local television station broadcast it as a “Movie of the Week,” or you could purchase the movie and watch it at home…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Goin’ to the Hoop
I never thought I would see this in my lifetime. There’s a rap song dedicated to New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porziņģis. No kidding. Brace yourself. Now what do you think would be more brain-banging than a rap song about Kristaps Porziņģis? Okay, how about a SECOND rap song about Kristaps Porziņģis, complete with snow-drifting…
Read MoreWell, look who’s still in business…
Every so often, my stat-metrics program will alert me that one of my vintage blog posts got linked somewhere and people are commenting on that old blog post. Last night, I discovered that one of my photography experiments – specifically, my shooting with vintage Agfachrome – Okay, that’s nice, I tried Agfachrome, it didn’t pan…
Read More“And Down Goes Miller! Down Goes Miller!!”
Yesterday was a very scary moment for me. Let me explain. Yesterday morning, as the snow fell in the Capital Region, I “went fishin’” for the morning – taking pictures at a special location for a year-long project. Got a good photo here, got a swank photo there. Now if I drive up this hill,…
Read MorePat Robertson said what about David Bowie?
Rev. Pat Robertson is many things. He is a Southern Baptist minister, he is a television commentator, he is a former Presidential candidate. And he also has said some truly outrageous comments on his television program The 700 Club. I don’t have to reiterate them here, mostly they concern comments about God causing both the…
Read MoreThe view from Brown Tract Pond, in Albany Saturday
You remember my photo Star Trails of Brown Tract Pond, don’t you? //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Yes. That one. Tomorrow, this picture, along with many others from may different artists and craftspeople, will be displayed at the New York State Museum on Saturday from noon to 4pm as part of a one-day Museum exhibit called “Great Places –…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, January 14, 2016: Ten for Thursday
I WON! I WON THE POWERBALL LOTTERY!!! Yeah baby I had the numbers! No lie! (Dancing around the place like Topol in Fiddler on the Roof) I had two numbers and the Powerball. That won me a whopping $7 in cold hard cash. Where will I spend this amazing windfall? #hahahahaha Well, before I run…
Read MoreObservations while cutting glass
So last night – and this morning – I’ve been trimming some art glass for three upcoming Dream Windows. Yes, you heard me. I said three of ’em. I get busy. It happens. And as I’m trimming the glass, as I’m wiping up the blood from my fingers because I still haven’t figured out that…
Read MoreThe cool stat of the week, man…
One of my many jobs is working with the National Basketball League of Canada, an eight-team circuit that is currently playing its fifth season in the Great White North. I take care of their statistics, I handle their player clearances, I do a lot of grunt work for the league. And it’s never considered “work”…
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