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By now, you’ve probably seen the video. But if you haven’t … here it is. It’s an average day at an Ohio mini-mart. One person just wants to buy a couple of items and go on his way. Another person (whom we will call “Jackass” decided to show off some liquid courage, and started shouting…

He knew that enticing aroma. A mixture of fragrant peanut butter.  It was a change of pace from yesterday’s bread loaf, and didn’t require chewing through the plastic bread bag to get it. But Tick knew the risk.  That aroma was attached to a trap.  Tick could see the big steel bar.  One nibble the…

It wasn’t an easy month. Not by any means. External drive collapse. Broken ankle. COVID. No, I didn’t have COVID, but I definitely had the other two things. So as I personally wish a big eff ewe to 2020, I do want to say that there were actually some great moments this year. Great personal…

It’s Friday morning. The entire Capital District is blanketed with heaps of snow. Island residents have already been alerted – by e-mail, by phone and by text message – to move their cars off the city streets, so the cars can be towed. I’ve already parked Dracourage in one of the designated “safe spots” to…

So last night, instead of traveling all the way up into the Adirondacks to photograph the brilliantly-lit CP Holiday Train, I instead watched the concert from the comfort of a laptop computer, a comfy couch, and some Date Night comfort. This is good. Because Canadian Pacific runs the Holiday Train as both a Christmas tradition…

I have no use for Hawai’i State Representative Tulsi Gabbard. Her politics are so far away from the Democratic party, I would swear she probably has a red elephant tattooed on her bicep. Rep. Gabbard has recently announced her support of a new bill, H.R. 8932, also known as the “Protect Women’s Sports Act.” The…

There was a time when I used to go to my local Hess gas station. I would get gasoline, I would get some tasty treats, and on at least one occasion, I earned a pair of free New York Yankees tickets for three gasoline fill-ups. Oh yeah, and there were the cool Hess toy trucks…

Political reporter and all-around good guy Jon Campbell posted a funny tweet yesterday. Seems that in the request by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s request to keep crowds small during this COVID-19 pandemic, including recommending that Thanksgiving dinners be limited to small gatherings of less than ten people, Campbell noted that someone had created a…

In the mid-1960’s, Esquire writer Gay Talese wrote the incredible profile, “Frank Sinatra has a Cold,” in which he crafted a massive cover story about the Chairman of the Board – without ever interviewing or speaking with him. Instead, Talese interviewed members of Sinatra’s entourage, as well as friends and acquaintances. It was considered a…

Dean Browning is the former Lehigh County (PA) Commissioner and an ardent Trumpian. He also uses Twitter. And in using Twitter, someone recently posted a response to his Twitter account that, well, might seem a bit weird. Wait. Dean Browning’s a black gay guy? With that Twitter photo? No. What Dean Browning’s been doing is…