Matt McKee is an Arkansas state senator. And that’s probably the nicest thing I can say about him. See, a few days ago, McKee was part of a state senate hearing regarding a state bill that involved gender-affirming care for minors, and whether doctors can be sued for providing gender-affirming medications to children. Among the…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: the simplest way to make mashed potatoes from scratch
Last Sunday, while running errands, I stopped at the Honest Weight Co-Op for some supplies. While my car charged in their free car-charging station (yay for Lightning’s Girl!), I purchased some fruits, some vegetables, a nice New York strip steak filet, and some various potatoes – Yukon Golds, common reds, and Adirondack blues. And last…
Read More“The Eagles would have won the Super Bowl, if Mike Pence had done the right thing.”
Man, oh man, it’s gotten to the point where people start whining about everything in a Super Bowl. Or they’re looking for trains that aren’t even on the schedule. Case in point. Lauren Boebert groused about Sheryl Lee Ralph’s powerful performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” because Boebert had a problem with what she…
Read MoreSo that’s what custom car mats look like.
So the mats finally arrived. Background. A month or so ago, I cashed in a ton of GM loyalty points on a set of branded floor mats. They would replace the stock rubber floor mats in my Chevrolet Volt, and would make my car look even nicer. It just took a while for them to…
Read MoreThe Results of Trivia Bowl XVIII.
The final question involved the category of “Up in Smoke.” My Street Academy trivia team had 125 points, tied for 10th place among 30 different teams. We were 17 points away from the lead, but needed a lot of luck to claim the big prize. We went all in. “In what year did Colorado and…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 11 2023.
I’ve got a lot of chores this morning. My framed artwork We Serve Wayward Strangers has to be shipped to the downstate gallery in time for the piece’s appearance at the gallery’s photo exhibition. I’ve also got Trivia Bowl XVIII this afternoon, so preparations must be made for that. Oh yeah, and at some point…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for February 10, 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. Tonight’s show features a tribute to the recently-passed Burt Bacharach, with a three-song mini-marathon of his classics. I also dusted off the…
Read More“Shake the hand of a brand new fool.”
Over and over. Those eight words kept rumbling in my brain last night. Over and over. Every time I thought I could fall asleep … those eight words pulled me out of Slumberland Highway and parked me on a park bench. Background. Earlier in the day, while listening to one of my streaming audio channels…
Read More3 x 6 = 18. Trivia Bowl 18, that is.
I’m going back into competition this Saturday. The top trivia company in the Capital District, Trivia Nights Live, has returned with their annual “Trivia Bowl” competition. The event, to be held at the Ancient Order of Hibernians building in Albany, will feature the top teams of trivia experts in a fun game of remembering useless…
Read MoreCan you file your taxes for free in New York? Maybe.
Background. One of the only things I kept after my 2011 divorce (besides the television) was our tax preparer. He was a friend of the family, and he worked very hard to make sure we paid our fair share to the government and, when possible, received our fair share back. I continued to employ his…
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