There’s a thing about Albany-based sports leagues and teams. If you do right by the fans, if you treat your players and your organization with respect, if you pay your bills, and at least put something competitive on the field or on the diamond or on the pitch, this area will support you. But if…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Gordon Lightfoot, the troubadour of Canada, is gone.
Last night, the world lost one of the greatest songwriters and storytellers of our generation. A simple singer from Orillia, Ontario, who brought us some of the greatest love songs and ballads and stories in contemporary music. And if you’ve never heard of Gordon Lightfoot … let this blog post be a refresher course. I…
Read MoreThe bed linens with a money-back guarntee.
Before I tell this bed-linen story, I must tell another story. During the years when I blogged for the Albany Times Union, I had many extensive personality conflicts with the TU’s social media strategist and self-appointed blog snitch, Kristi Gustafson Barlette. She always sent me unwanted notes about how I could improve my blog to…
Read MoreReturn to the Hadley Bow Bridge
In 2015, I shot several photos at the Hadley Bow Bridge, a parabolic bridge that spans the Sacandaga River from Corinth to Hadley. This was around the time when the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad made its weekly trips through the Adirondacks, and in October 2015 I captured this colorful shot amongst the foliage. Yum.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 29 2023
Good morning, blog readers, happy Saturday and hope your weekend will be wonderful. As for me, I’ve got some plans this morning, so this post is a little early in the day for me, but I still hope you enjoy it. On Saturdays, I turn my blog over to showcase the writers and photographers that…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for April 28, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. My voice may not be 100|% back, but it’s at least 75% back, and I’ll take that. So here’s a mixture of…
Read MoreWhy I’m boycotting the Yellowstone TV show (and so should you).
Zooey Zephyr is a duly elected representative for the Montana state legislature. And she has spoken out against transphobia in the state legislature, including debating AGAINST those who would ban gender-affirming care to minors. In other words … Montana is voting against the rights of trans people. And for that … Zooey Zephyr’s legislative microphone…
Read MoreRead the directions … then read them again. Then read them once more.
In order to manage my Type II diabetes, I use a special glucose monitoring device called a FreeStyle Libre. It’s a button-shaped sensor that attaches to my upper arm, and I can take instant blood sugar readings with my cell phone. I started using the FreeStyle Libre in 2018, and of course, I blogged about…
Read More“Empty” – a poem by Kris Miller
I’m going to step aside from the blog today, because my son Kris wrote a poem and posted it on social media. And it moved me so much, that I wanted to share the post on MY social media – meaning my personal blog. So here it is. I hope you enjoy. Empty The emptiness…
Read MoreTrying to understand the appeal of ASMR cooking videos
The other day, while perusing YouTube for a new cooking recipe to undertake, I came across this series of videos. They’re listed as ASMR videos, and ASMR is a special autonomous sensory meridian response, in which detailed sounds and barely audible whispers turn into special stimulation. Okay, now that I know how it works, let’s…
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