Background. Last Saturday, I had a wonderful Date Night. Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory – spoiler alert: they sell lots of cheesecakes – then an afternoon of gambling at Rivers Casino. And surprisingly, both of us left with more money than we brought (she hit 5-of-a-kind on a Joker Poker machine and had no idea…
Read MoreThe lost “Conflict” episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Let’s get one thing straight. I appreciate Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I enjoyed it as a kid, and I still have a fondness for it as an adult. And if you really want to know, I was a Daniel Striped Tiger fan. Not the one in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, but the one that was made of…
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The NEBA Roast Beef – Mike’s Submarines Latch Hook Project, March 20 2022 progress
Damn it, I ran out of bronze. And I’m also running short on green. And why this corner of my artwork requires light lavender, and all I have are strands of dark lavender and regular lavender … ugh. Such is the adventures of working on this big latch hook rug project. The left side of…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 19 2022
I think winter has finally left our area. Shh. Don’t say it too loudly. I don’t want another Nor’easter arriving when I least expect one. But in actuality, we are heading towards warmer temperatures, so I’m okay with that. And with that, let’s get to this week’s blogroll recap. I’ve added a couple of new…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 18, 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 show features music inspired by, or referencing, the legendary Man of Steel, the Last Son of Krypton, the fighter for truth,…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Well, you’re supposed to wear green today…
This is the day where you’re supposed to wear green clothing; doing so avoids getting your receiving a pinch. This is also the day where you’ll see T-shirts that reinforce the faded stereotype that Irish people are drunkards and sex fiends – you know, the ones that say “Kiss Me I’m Irish” or “I only…
Read MoreWait, Tubi has that (fill in the blank) TV series?
In the past, I’ve blogged about the Tubi streaming service offering a myriad of classic TV shows, including many that I’ve enjoyed in the past. Programs like the sitcom Soap, or the sci-fi adventure series Max Headroom. Recently, while working on one of my art projects, I surfed through Tubi to find a program that…
Read MoreDolly Parton’s Choice
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recently announced their nominees for the next induction, and among those on the nomination list were country music singer, songwriter, philanthropist and all-around nice person Dolly Parton. Now you’re thinking to yourself … Dolly Parton, rock and roller? Well, you could make a convincing argument that many of…
Read More“Piem” – a poem in π
And… I wish I could challenge my brains Going for broke, trusting achieving erudite wordplays for Pi Day The physical test, trying to follow step was the lipogram for my skilled languaged blogs previously. If anything, blogging with a framework against a strict structure can challenge everybody. You, brother, daddy, a basketball guard throwing up,…
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The NEBA Roast Beef – Mike’s Submarines Latch Hook Project, March 12 2022 progress
Okay. I’m now on a race against the clock. A few weeks ago, I started work on a very intricate latch hook rug, with the image based on a 1960’s NEBA Roast Beef / Mike’s Giant Submarines sandwich building that was possibly located at the intersection of Central and Colvin Avenues in Albany. The goal…
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