A while back, I was at the Helderberg Escarpment at Thatcher Park. For those who are not familiar, the Helderberg Escarpment is an overlook that gives a fantastic view of Albany and the surrounding counties. Heck, on a clear day you can even see Vermont’s White Mountains. There’s also a solitary tree that grows between…
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My 2023 photo entries for the Iowa State Fair are …
I have to tell you a secret. I almost missed the deadline for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon’s entries. See, I thought the entries were to be delivered to the Fairgrounds by June 17th. And I prepared for that date, hoping to get my last two photos done in time for shipping. Well, guess…
Read MoreCaption Time: What’s in the trophy?
You know … I could write a blog post about how the Albany Patroons set a new team franchise TBL scoring record against the Newfoundland Rogues on Friday (134-108) … and then surpassed it last night by beating Newfie again (135-108) to advance to the TBL Regional Finals … But I want to share this…
Read MoreYou don’t normally see a hopscotch grid in the wild.
But there it was. I shall explain. A few weeks ago, during one of my photo shoots, I noticed something on the sidewalk. I walked over to get a better view. Well, what do you know. That’s a hopscotch grid. And whoever chalked it into the sidewalk went all out – they used different colored…
Read MoreHoping it’s a battery issue and not a battery issue.
There are four tasks that an automobile’s key fob must complete. Four simple tasks. And of late, my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”) is having problems with these concepts. I grab the car door handle, the car won’t unlock. I have to manually press a button on the key fob to unlock the car…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 10, 2023
Good morning to all my wonderful blog readers. And thankfully, we can see the sunshine out today. I don’t have to open my window and stare out into a recreation of Mad Max: Fury Road, and then fire up that AQI meter on my phone and see the air quality index has landed on TILT.…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for June 9, 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. Have you ever had a breakup and your heart just hasn’t healed yet? This playlist is for you, it’s a collection of…
Read MoreThe Iron Sheik and my first brush with kayfabe
It is no secret that I enjoy professional wrestling. Good people know not to bother me on Wednesday nights lest they interrupt my AEW Dynamite binging. That being said … the passing of Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri yesterday caught me off-guard. He was a professional wrestler in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, working under the…
Read MoreSpectrum: The final chapter
For those who have followed my little adventure with my cable / internet provider, here’s a “Previously on Chuck the Writer” recap. On Sunday, my modem died. The modem was part of my cable and internet package with Spectrum. After going through all the various unplug and replug and reboot options, I was told that…
Read MoreSpectrum: “Don’t listen to our call center, they don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Guess where I’m writing this blog. Yep. I’m at McDonald’s again. We now begin Day 2 of Spectrum telling me to take down my pants and bend over. Yesterday, I explained that my modem had died. Spectrum told me that I would need to replace my modem – and my router – and that I…
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