Last July, I blogged about the delicious (and seemingly Albany-centric) restaurant delicacy known as the Italian Cheeseburger. An Italian Cheeseburger consists of two beef patties on a toasted or grilled grinder roll, with the beef patties layered with cheese, mustard, ketchup and French fries inside the grinder roll. The sandwich is sliced into a “short”…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 7 2023
Good morning, blog readers. Nice to see you here. I’ve got a lot of things on the plate this weekend – the National Basketball League of Canada kicks off its 11th season with the Sudbury (Ont.) Five hosting the opening game tonight. And tomorrow, I need the Pittsburgh Steelers to beat the Cleveland Browns (and…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 6, 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. Got a couple of tracks dedicated to the newly-elected George Santos, I’m sure you’ll figure out which ones those are. Also two…
Read MoreThere’s nothing wrong with hash browns in a milk carton.
The other day, I visited the new South End Grocery (the former McDonald’s on North Pearl Street and Madison Avenue). It’s a small little shopping center, but it has lots of tasty items and staples, including fresh vegetables and meats. It also has something I’ve been meaning to try for a while. Hash Browns in…
Read MoreSo much for a “good deed has its rewards,” BJ’s Wholesale Club. Meh.
I was shopping at what was once the location of Northway Mall (now a strip mall with a Target and a Lowe’s and a BJ’s Wholesale Club, among others) when, upon leaving the Lowe’s, I noticed something on the ground. It was a membership card for BJ’s Wholesale Club. Someone must have dropped it. Well,…
Read MoreCall it a tie and make a donation, NFL. For Damar Hamlin’s sake.
As a Steelers fan, it’s not in my nature to watch a Buffalo Bills – Cincinnati Bengals Monday Night Football game. But this morning, I heard the horrifying news. Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills who was getting plenty of starts and playing time in relief of the injured Micah Hyde, tackled Cincinnati’s…
Read MoreHorny walruses and raunchy senior citizen rappers … Rue Britannia, my ass!
What’s the best way to ring in the year 2023? Champagne? Confetti? Paper horns? Off-key performances of Auld Lang Syne? Oh, this has them all beat. And I do mean “beat.” So here’s the deal. Somehow a walrus wound up on the beach in Scarborough, England. Now a walrus is not something one sees in…
Read MoreMy son has rocks in his head. And that’s okay.
Never underestimate the determination of my son Kris. I’ve learned that and I respect that. Background. Years ago, while serving in the Army National Guard, Kris was trained as a computer specialist. He still knows his way around a computer today, although the computers of 2023 are more technologically diverse and specialized than those he…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 31 2022
Good morning, blog readers. Glad to have you here. It’s the final day of 2022 (although by the time this gets published, 2023 will start appearing in places like New Zealand and some Pacific islands). With that in mind, let’s recap the blogroll and see what everyone’s up to this fine morning. Have a great…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 30, 2022
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. It’s the last show of 2022, and I’ve got a mixture of rare 60’s music, rare 70’s music, some easy listening tracks,…
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