In professional sports, much emphasis is placed on someone’s ethnic nationality if they are the first of their race or ethnicity to achieve success. I give you some names in that regard. Jackie Robinson. Roberto Clemente. Yao Ming. Hideo Nomo. They broke through in their sports and became legends. Seiya Ando hopes to follow in…
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Hello, Class of 1964…
It was time. All my preparation, all my research, it all came down to this moment. Well, fifteen minutes of moments, to be precise. Last night, at the Shaker Ridge Country Club, I was the guest speaker for the Albany High School Class of 1964 50th reunion banquet. I did this gig two years ago…
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How to earn a Guinness world record
As a kid, I remember reading the Guinness Book of World Records and marveling at the lengths to which people would go to achieve being the best, the fastest, the strongest, the first, all of that. The tallest man. The shortest woman. The shortest amount of time necessary to consume a bicycle. Yep, that’s a…
Read MoreThere’s a billiards game here??
** Florian “Venom” Kohler is one of the top proponents of “artistic” or “trick shot” billiards, in which the shooter uses angled and masse shots to curve a cueball into knocking a ball into the pocket in a specific way and manner. In other words, this ain’t no “8-ball in the side pocket” game. And…
Read MoreRemembering Tim Hauser of Manhattan Transfer
It was sixteen years ago and it felt like yesterday. I was working for Goldmine magazine, the record collector’s biweekly publication, and had been asked by my editor to come to Sharon, Pennsylvania to cover the inaugural class of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. And that’s where I first met Tim Hauser. Tim was…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Bloggers, October 16, 2014: Ten for Thursday
Hey there, once again I’m taking a step back from my blog to showcase ten worthy Times Union community bloggers and their hard work. So go pour yourself a cup of coffee, fire up that web browser… and may I recommend the following blog reads to you: Chad Polenz in the “Beer Nut” blog, “Announcing…
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Time Warner Cable jacks my rates up, tells me they’re saving me money
I received a letter from Time Warner Cable regarding my cable / internet monthly bill. I pay approximately $130/month for my cable / internet services, and that includes the additional sports package with the NFL Network. I don’t need their digital phone (I already have a cell phone, and people can reach me that way),…
Read MoreReturning to a competition after a four year absence…
Four years ago, I submitted several of my Kodachrome photos to the Association of Photographers gallery show in London, as part of their “75 Years of Kodachrome” art exhibit. Two pictures – The Railsplitter and Toll Gate Ice Cream – actually made it on to the gallery walls. It was a major accomplishment for me,…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Set Sail…
It’s Columbus Day, so today I decided to set up a K-Chuck Radio blog post that features ten songs about sailing, sailors, and every other sort of aquatic travel. So get your life jackets on, run to the front end of the boat, and shout “I’m the King of the World!!” – oh yeah, I’m…
Read MoreWhere’s the KABOOM?
No, not THAT kind of Kaboom. Yesterday, while grocery shopping, I picked up a few items for the apartment – garbage bags, paper towels, kitchen sponges… and then I remembered my friend Dylan had recommended I look for a certain box of cereal. “See if you can pick up some KABOOM, Chuck,” he laughed. And…
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