Let’s get a few things straight, right at the top of this blog post. When I saw Brianna Snyder’s On The Edge blog post yesterday about the mug shot of the person who robbed a store in Clifton Park and whose accomplice held the cashier up at gunpoint – and how Brianna joked about how…
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Amish Mafia episode review: “Day of Reckoning”
Before I start this week’s Amish Mafia review, I want to wish former Amish Mafia star Esther Freeman Schmucker a speedy recovery; I understand she had a tumor removed from her bladder. Unfortunately, I suspect she still has that other tumor named MirKat still attached to her body. What, too soon? As always, the Amish…
Read MoreFormer Albany Patroon wins $1M in lottery, opens DC restaurant
You probably don’t remember Michael Graham. If you do, it was for his one year in college as a member of the NCAA championship-winning Georgetown Hoyas. Yes, the Hoyas that had Patrick Ewing and John Thompson, the big star-studded Georgetown Hoyas. Well, for the 1985-86 season, Michael Graham was a member of the Albany Patroons. …
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Half of my photos are ready for the Spectrum 8 show…
I’m one of those people who prepare waaaaaaaaaay ahead of time for an event. And with that in mind, I’ve been crafting my dozen artworks for my upcoming gallery show at the Spectrum 8 theater. The show, which still doesn’t have a title as of yet, will feature signed and dated ready-to-display prints of some…
Read MoreABC’s “The Lexicon of Love” is an Album I Want to Be Buried With
During the early 1980’s, I enjoyed listening to a ton of British new wave and new romantic pop music, and a pop group whose music sneaked up on me and caught my attention was the band ABC. With soulful lyrics from Martin Fry and production work by Trevor Horn and the members of Art of…
Read MoreAnd my basketball bracket is STILL perfect…
Can you believe it? I mean, how many of you have watched as your bracket got completely obliterated by upsets and buzzer-beating miracle shots? Yeah, your bracket is a mess, isn’t it? I don’t wnat to gloat, but… mine is actually still intact and perfect. So who did I pick? Georgia State? Alabama-Birmingham? Nope. I…
Read More“Were you at a Shop-Rite in Hammondstown, New Jersey?”
It’s Tuesday night and I’m home, working on a Dream Window, contemplating my existence and wondering if I’ll ever find true love in my lifetime. And then the phone rang. But instead of hearing happy voices of “Hi Chuck, this is Lynda Carter, my car broke down on I-787, can you pick me up and…”…
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Dream Window #14: Five Seconds Before Slumber…
From this simple mission-style frame, I created my fourteenth Dream Window art piece. What photos did I use for this artwork? Well… you’d certainly be surprised.
Read MoreNiagara Falls, Quebec City, and 5-year-old Kodachrome shots
Now what, do you ask, inspired this little blog headline? Between 2009 and 2010, I shot with Kodachrome film. I photographed with whatever fresh (or sorta-fresh) Kodachrome I could get my mitts on, and got as much of it developed before Dwayne’s Photo (the last place that could develop the iconic film in color) stopped…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, March 19, 2015: Ten for Thursday
So something was brought to my attention regarding his weekly recap of the best of the TU’s community blogging team. Someone alerted me that I’ve been neglect in promoting any of the region-based blogs in this series. You know, the Pine Hills blog, the Malta blog, the Colonie blog… Wow. I didn’t realize that I…
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