What’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 9 2022

First off, I enjoy sharing the works of my fellow bloggers and podcasters and photographers. Every Saturday, I shift the blog focus from me to them. I provide links to their articles for you to visit and to enjoy. Marc Beebe is one of those photographers who I feature on this blog. He lives up…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for July 8, 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. Tonight’s episode features a lot of great songs, including a track that influenced a #1 song – which later influenced a song…

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The moment that the Shreveport Mavericks ripped out my heart and stomped on it.

Last night. The Albany Patroons were on the cusp of claiming their fourth franchise title. The game went back and forth between the Patroons and the Mavericks all night. All night. But in the final seconds, Albany had a two-point lead, 120-118. All they had to do was keep the Mavericks from claiming one more…

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Albany Patroons force Game 3 of 2022 TBL Finals!

The Albany Patroons have fought their way back from adversity throughout this entire postseason. In the opening playoff round, they lost the first of a three-game series against Atlantic City, only to sweep the Gambits in Games 2 and 3 at the Armory to advance. They then had to hold off the Huntsville Hurricane in…

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Did Asuka try to steal second base on Becky Lynch? :D

Although I haven’t really watched WWE’s professional wrestling shows of late, I sometimes take a glance if I know that a couple of the promotion’s best wrestlers are competing against each other. That’s usually the case when you get a match between Japanese wrestler Asuka and Irish wrestler Becky Lynch. The two of them work…

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My Empire State Plaza Fireworks Photos, 2022 Edition

There’s only so many times I can travel to the Empire State Plaza and photograph the fireworks show. It’s a fantastic show, don’t get me wrong. But when you have to get there at 4pm for a 9:15 boomtime JUST so you can find decent parking AND you can find a decent shooting spot AND…

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