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Choose your path … stone or earth. A photo posted by Chuck Miller (@kchuckradio) on Sep 4, 2016 at 7:17am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Choices. We make them every day. Necktie or polo. Slacks or skirt. Left or right. And the choices we make have an overlying theme to them. Can I do it. Is it too…

Be warned.  What I’m about to share this morning is both disgusting and offensive and racist and stupid.  And I’m only doing this because I’m sick and tired of stories like these populating my Facebook feed. Last year, the website Now8News.com reported that a Greenville, North Carolina woman had allegedly stolen a canister of holiday…

Last week, a rainbow-hued pride flag outside the First Lutheran Church in Albany, the temporary home of the Albany Damien Center, was set ablaze.  While plans are underway to replace that flag – in an effort to show that the Damien Center and its mission to help those with HIV and AIDS in the Capital…

I need a sofa-bed.  I really do.  The futon I bought a few years ago is seriously showing both its age and its shoddy construction.  And unless you want to hear me griping about a sore back every other blog post, you’ll let me get this sofa-bed. A few weeks ago, I visited Huck Finn’s…

For over 25 years, the Albany Damien Center has provided help and shelter and support for those who suffer from the ravages and scars of HIV and AIDS.  The charitable organization has been there through good time and hard times, with one simple goal in mind – to offer a broad view in a world…

A young man is only a few months away from fulfilling a dream of a lifetime, a chance to participate in the top levels of a professional sport. And during one of the many interview processes, a representative from a possible team that may draft this player asks this question. For Ohio State cornerback Eli…

This is blog post number three thousand. Let’s get that out of the way right now. From August 25, 2009 to today, I have submitted three thousand blog posts to the Times Union’s blog portal.  Counting this one, of course. Three thousand chapters of my life, my dreams, my successes and my regrets. Three thousand…

Rev. Pat Robertson is many things.  He is a Southern Baptist minister, he is a television commentator, he is a former Presidential candidate. And he also has said some truly outrageous comments on his television program The 700 Club. I don’t have to reiterate them here, mostly they concern comments about God causing both the…

So last night – and this morning – I’ve been trimming some art glass for three upcoming Dream Windows.  Yes, you heard me.  I said three of ’em.  I get busy.  It happens. And as I’m trimming the glass, as I’m wiping up the blood from my fingers because I still haven’t figured out that…