Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Way back in the day, Albany – like most metropolitan cities and towns – had businesses that would offer their own coinage for purchasing that company’s wares. There are several examples of “Civil War” coinage, in which someone could redeem a token to a merchant in exchange for flour or fruit. I came across this…
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So although I’ve been able to knock things out of the park with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 ultrawide camera “Raskolnikov,” not every experimental shot that camera has produced has proved successful. I suppose that’s the nature of the beast; you fail until you succeed. It’s part of the learning process. One thing I definitely learned regarding…
Read MoreYes, everybody, it’s the Thursday morning blog recap of ten awesome community and independent blogs by ten independent and community bloggers. In other words, this is the weekly blog recap that doesn’t include “hot mugshot guy” staff blogs. Trust me on this. This week’s blog posts include: Comptroller Michael Connors’ blog, “Strike Three!!! Albany County…
Read MoreLet’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…
Read MoreBefore 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 MoreYou 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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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 MoreDuring 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 MoreCan 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 MoreIt’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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