The recent storm over at the Times Union’s “On the Edge” blog has reminded me of events in my past. Let me elaborate. First off, last week the OTE bloggers requested that musicians in the Capital District send some music to the TU for possible inclusion into a music video. As you can read from…
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Don’t cry because you thought he said it. Smile because he didn’t.
Earlier this week, one of the questions in the “Catch the Mania” trivia tournament at the Ruck involved filling in the missing word or words from Dr. Seuss books. That was all fine and good, until the final question was asked. “Don’t cry because it ended. ____ because it happened.” Okay, all you Mad Libs…
Read MoreWhen you block someone on Facebook
For some, it’s an action equivalent to blasphemy. For others, it’s a necessary means to survival and sanity. And no matter who you do it to, you’re automatically branded as – well – a reactionary, a psychotic, a micromanager. Like it’s your fault that this has escalated to this point in time, and that you’ve…
Read More“Hurry Up, Tinsel!”
It’s Christmas Eve at the North Pole. And at the launching pad where Santa Claus has his flying sleigh parked, the elves in charge of maintaining Santa’s holiday delivery chariot are going over every last-minute detail with Santa himself. “Bangle, have you fine-tuned that sleigh runner? Last year there was a nasty vibration on my…
Read MoreBeg-a-thon Blogging and the FTC
I’ve been watching the discussion regarding Philadelphia blogger Sarah Lockard and her AroundMainLine.com website. Mostly I’ve been reading about the e-mail that she sent to various Philadelphia restaurants, offering to trade a free Christmas Eve dinner for herself and her family in exchange for publicity on her website. Wha? Phillymag.com has all the sordid details…
Read MoreA conversation at the North Pole
Farther than any explorer has ever traveled into the arctic world … there stands a gigantic factory. Santa’s Workshop, as most people call it. It’s the largest employer in the Arctic Circle, and everyone, from the elves to the fairies to the winter animals, are getting ready for the big night – the night when…
Read MoreБудь ласка, залишатися в безпеці, David Lawrence
David Lawrence is one of my best buds from college. After graduation, he got a job with the World Bank and moved to Eastern Europe. Two years ago, he returned to the United States for a few weeks, and we met up in New York City. Dave’s job has taken him from Mongolia to Indonesia,…
Read MoreRisking their life for your entertainment
For the past few years, I’ve photographed several daredevil stunt shows – three times at Lebanon Valley Speedway, and once at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Every time I photograph these events, it’s a mixture of excitement and danger, of thrills and chills and spills and what-in-the-blessed-name-of-Joie-Chitwood-are-these-people-thinking action. I’ve made friends with several of the stunt…
Read MoreMy “Toy Collector Magazine” years
Last Friday, one of my Facebook friends, Wayne Youngblood (he was one of my editors for Goldmine magazine) posted a picture of an extremely rare Hot Wheels prototype car, the pink “Beach Bomb” vehicle. This car. I remembered that car. I also remembered the article I wrote about Hot Wheels cars, in conjunction with the…
Read MoreMotivations Volume 3
Three years ago, in October 2010, I published my first true art book. Motivations, Volume 1. Here’s a preview of it. You can also order a copy directly through the link below on blurb.com. http://www.blurb.com/assets/embed.swf Motivations, Volume 1 by Photographs by Chuck Miller | Make Your Own Book Two years later, in October 2012, I…
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