I’ve blogged in the past about how To Kill a Mockingbird was a major influence on my life. The character of Atticus Finch, the southern lawyer who espoused both dignity and compassion in a world that was sizzling with racial discrimination and bigotry, meant a tremendous amount to me. Especially when that book was part…
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Remembering Betty George and “Moo”
There was once a time when the Capital District’s on-air television and radio personalities were as big in our area as national personalities. You know, Commander Ralph Vartigan, David Allan on Pick-A-Show, Ernie Tetreault and Ed Dague and Howard Tupper and Bob McNamara on the local newscasts… And then there was Betty George. The first…
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My 2015 New York State Fair entries are…
Last year was a personal stumble for me. Not one single photo of mine made it into the New York State Fair. It was a disappointment. I’ve competed in the New York State Fair Photography Show since 2009, and 2014 was the first year that none of my pictures were accepted. But that was last…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Are they just children’s games?
Thought I’d do this for today’s edition of K-Chuck Radio. This playlist features several songs that were either inspired by, or build their song concept from, our games of youth. You know, the ones we played after lunch at recess; the ones we played in the parking lot; the sing-song chants we used with jumping…
Read MoreAre there Albany Patroons and Siena Saints in “The Tournament”?
The 2015 Tournament, the million-dollar winner-takes-all hoops matchup in which 97 basketball teams will compete in a single-elimination matchup, is now underway. The first games were played yesterday, and I’m not going to bore you with scores at the moment. What I am going to do, though, is go through all the rosters of the…
Read MoreThe day Bill Cosby stopped being funny
You don’t want to believe it’s possible. You hope it’s all a misunderstanding, or a vengeful slur by a hurtful third party who wishes to destroy your happiness. But eventually you discover it’s true. Sad and true. Painful and true. And you can’t think of that person – or even that person’s name – without…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 9, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Is it Thursday already? Dang, it seems like it was Thursday just last week. Time flies, don’t it? 🙂 So this means it’s time for another recap of the Times Union’s community bloggers and their blog posts. Got some good ones this week, are you ready? Yes you are. Are you set? Yes you are.…
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Crispness in the Warehouse District
Years ago, Kodak manufactured a film called Ektagraphic HC. This was a film that was designed for slideshows – not PowerPoint slideshows, mind you, but the kind of slideshows where you photographed some text and inserted that photograph into your presentation. Yes, we’re talking 1970’s technology. So what? Although you can use this film for…
Read MoreThe Yard Sale Conundrum: What would you do?
Mark is a longtime friend of mine. We met in college and worked together on the college radio station WHCL. We’ve stayed in touch with each other through graduation and our lives and careers. Facebook helps, too. Mark turned his love of music into a thriving business as a record dealer. He goes to several…
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The return of a horse named “Just Vic”
Background. A couple of months ago, I was testing a photographic technique at the race track at Saratoga Casino and Raceway when – all of a sudden – one of the horses got chariot-clipped and crashed to the ground. It took more than two months for the horse, a gelding named “Just Vic,” to recover…
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