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It seemed like, for the past few weeks, the fates have stymied my plans. Eventually, I told the fates to go kick rocks. I shall explain. I’ve had an idea to get a three-dimensional photo of riding a roller coaster. But in doing so, I risked many factors. First off, I would need a very…

Since last week’s interview with blogger Daniel Nester of the Pine Hills Review was such a success, here’s my next interview. This is with blogger Silvia Lilly, who pens the DelSo blog and contributes to the CivMix blog, both of which are available on my blogroll. Yeah, I’m definitely liking this feature. And I have…

So this story came across my desk, and I wanted to share it with you. It seems that in a town outside of Melbourne, Australia, someone found a lost sheep. Not a big deal, right? Well, that sheep had over 75 pounds of wool on its body, and needed a serious shearing. Let me explain.…

So I’m trying to get from the Town and Village to reach downtown Albany this morning. Luckily, I’m riding CDTA, so I’m not driving in this godforsaken frostworld. I tried writing my blog post through my cell phone, but that wasn’t very successful. But as I’m riding to Albany, I’m reminded of a motion picture…

Good morning, everybody. Sadly, as much as I would love to start today’s blog postwith the recaps, I need to address something that happened to one of my fellow former Times Union independent bloggers. For this, I’ll immediately ask you to read Rob Madeo’s “Keyboard Krumbs” blog, “This One’s for the Bloggers.“ Lale Davidson wrote…

Well … we definitely have some solid content from my blogroll contributors, both in the United States and abroad. So let’s not waste time. Especially with the content of some of these bloggers and writers and photographers and storytellers. BLOGS FOR TERRORISM IN WASHINGTON Heather Fazio in the “Girl Gone Smart” blog, “Girl Gone Smart:…

It’s been happening more frequently. And it’s irritating. In the past, I’ve railed against these companies that are trying to sell me an extended service warranty for my car. Sometimes they call two, three, five times a day. Telling them to go away is useless, they keep returning. Telling my phone company to screen them…

My unabashed love for the vocal harmony quartet Manhattan Transfer began in 1975 with two distinct events – the first was hearing their song “Operator” on Top 40 radio stations, and the second was watching their summer TV variety series. Let me explain. There were several musical talents that would have regular television variety shows…

I’ve watched the Discovery Channel show Deadliest Catch for years. For those not familiar, Deadliest Catch is a docu-series about Alaskan crab fishing. Being a crab fisherman in the Bering Sea is rife with dangers – everything from falling overboard into the icy waters, to getting injured by heavy equipment (with rescue help hours away).…

There’s still a big part of me that loves the Great Escape amusement park in Lake George. Of course, I loved it when it was Storytown, but that’s me. And over the years, either through online acquisitions or from visiting the park itself and getting one handed to me by the great sheriff Wild Windy…