What’s wrong with me? I can’t seem to remember important anniversaries and milestones. And I missed one from three months ago and didn’t even notice until now. It was February 15, 2015. On that date, I wrote a blog post about how I had paid off the loan on my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, affectionately…
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Caption Time: A fire sale?
It wasn’t the burned-out building in downtown Albany that caught my attention. No, I was actually transfixed by the newly-attached Realtor® sign affixed to the charred timbers. So here’s what I’d like from you. What advertising copy would you recommend that this Realtor® employ that could possibly sell this property to a new and enthusiastic…
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A prayer for “Gingo La Tresh”
Ahmed Naqi taught science and mathematics and almost every other subject at the Street Academy of Albany. He was there when Harriet Gibbons was the principal (the school was renamed Harriet Gibbons High School after Ms. Gibbons’ passing), and he helped change and inspire young minds at the alternative high school for decades. And he…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 2, 2015: Ten for Thursday
How’s your day going so far? Are you still nursing that first cup of coffee? Have you had a little breakfast yet? Are you checking your wristwatch to see if you have a few minutes to spare? Of course you do. You have plenty of time to spare. So sit down and enjoy this week’s…
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A walk through Huck Finn’s Playland with Leica Green
Last week, Huck Finn’s Playland had its “soft” opening – the kind where everybody gets to go on the rides and have a great time, while the ride operators and organizers double-check everything and make final tweaks before the big super “official” opening. And since I had just received my fully restored Leica M3 back…
Read MoreWanna go on a TV game show?
So here’s the deal. After years of trying out for The Chance, I’ve decided to take a step back and reassess my strategies. Or, as I like to put it, my quest to appear on a big money quiz show is “taking a break.” That doesn’t mean that I’ve lost my drive; it just means…
Read More“Love Child” – a television drama about forced adoptions
If you’ve ever watched the MTV television series Teen Mom, you’ve enjoyed the trashy ups and downs of unwed teen mothers and what they’ve done with their lives and their careers and their boyfriends and their baby daddies … and sometimes what they’ve done with their babies. Now what if a series like Teen Mom…
Read MoreHelen of Troy, New York
It has been said that the legendary Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships to war. And hopefully, if fellow Times Union community blogger Don Rittner has his say, “Helen of Troy, New York,” a revival of a 1920’s Broadway smash play, will be a performance that will launch a thousand…
Read MoreA Gift for Sheridan Hollow
There will come a day, some day in my life, when all the gifts and skills I have received in my lifetime, I must use them to give back. And thus begins a new day and a new project. Follow along with me on this; I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s one thing to move…
Read MoreCrossing fingers for Just Vic
On April 26, 2015, I was photographing the horses at Saratoga Casino and Raceway (sorry, I still call it Saratoga Harness), when I discovered a horse named Just Vic. I didn’t have money on him in that race; but by the end of that race, he was the only horse I could think about. Just…
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