Wow. What a year. There were new adventures in my life, new accomplishments, new challenges and new goals. And as we reach the final day of 2018, I wanted to look back on my year of blogging and review what my blog has accomplished. And the ten biggest stories – including stories that have spanned…
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Thanks for all the good things, All Over Albany
It was ten years ago – way back when my blog was hosted on a do-it-yourself blogspot.com blogging platform – that I first met Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy. They were the operators of a Capital District-themed news and information website, All Over Albany. Both were friendly and encouraging, and they hosted my blog on…
Read MoreThe true definition of “upstate”
There’s an old but wise statement in life. “Everybody is entitled to their opinion … unless you disagree with me, in which case, you are wrong.” 😀 And because of this … we will now get into a spirited discussion in this blog on one of the most contentious topics a New York State resident…
Read MoreMug shots are not dating opportunities
I enjoy the Two Buttons Deep website and podcast. It’s fun, it’s irreverent, and there’s a good mix of sarcasm and snark going on with it. That’s why a post from last Monday kinda gave me a bad ache in the gut. And it reminded me of a similar post from three years ago that…
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I vote for…
There are those in the world who want to know about my personal voting beliefs. What I will support, and what I will vote for. And today, I felt it was appropriate to share those voting beliefs with you. This is my voting endorsement, and this is how I plan to vote. I vote for…
Read MoreSpambots offering driving tips and crappy rap lyrics
Every so often, I’ll go through the spam filter on this blog to make sure nothing that was a REAL comment gets caught in the filter. It happens once in a while, I unspam the comment, it gets posted, all is well with the world. However, on occasion I will read what these spambots are…
Read MoreThe Debut of Girl Gone Smart
Normally I would save news like this for Saturday’s “7 and 7” blogroll recap. Yeah… this is too good to keep silent until Saturday. Heather Fazio is a good friend of mine. She’s a great writer, an astute blogger, and she speaks her mind no matter what the consequences. I can dig that. The problem…
Read MoreIs truth truth?
Yesterday on Meet the Press, President Trump’s lawyer Rudolph Giuliani postulated, in an interview with MTP host Chuck Todd, that Donald Trump would have problems sitting for an interview with the Special Counsel because what Trump might say under oath would in fact be different than the facts of the event. In other words, he…
Read MoreForty items for the Treasure Chest – and you can contribute, too!
Several of my Facebook friends have shared a picture from an upcoming charity project. The picture works as such – instead of giving up some pleasurable item for Lent, like sweets or the like … do something charitable that will help others. So I decided to join the project … and am doing my own…
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The new possible Boreas Ponds tract plan…
For the past two years, I’ve visited the breathtaking Boreas Ponds in the Adirondack Mountains. I’ve hiked the 3 1/2 miles from the Gulf Brook Road parking through the old logging roads, past the LaBier Flow, through more logging roads and old hunting cabins … and then I see it. That amazing view of the…
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