Edward Scissorhands is a Christmas movie. Don’t argue with me.

It’s Saturday morning, and after I wrote my blog post, I decided to take care of some household chores and stuff. Because I’m a bachelor and I do these things. Anyway … I turned on the TV and planned on airing some movie in the background. You know, something that I could hear while I’m…

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New Spider-Man movie trailer! This is not a drill!!!

We’ve all been waiting for the new Spider-Man movie trailer. Trust me, Sony Pictures has more riding on your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man than you can imagine. And last night … in the middle of the night, mind you … The trailer dropped. Yeah. The one involving a multiverse and all that. Wanna see the trailer?…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 4, 2021

Good morning, blog readers. Hope you’re having a great day. Now, this might seem like a wee shock to you, but I’ve culled a few of the blog members from my personal blogroll. No, it’s not that I disagree with what they’re doing or anything like that, it’s just that, well, they haven’t posted in…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for December 3, 2021

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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Dragonforce Through the Fire and Flames Inhuman Rampage 7:09 PM Queens of the Stone Age 3’s…

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The lineup for the 2021 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train “At Home” online concert is…

So even though I can’t photograph the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train this year, thanks to COVID-19 still active (thanks a pantload, all you navel-gazing anti-vaxxers), there is still a concert scheduled that will raise money for food banks and community pantries throughout North America. So instead of happily freezing my fingers off, taking photos of…

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A snowflake photo from the last camera I’d expect.

It’s Tuesday morning, and I’m out the door to head downtown. There’s a bit of frost in the air, and some of the cars along my road have some tiny snowflakes on them. Oh, I know what that means. It’s snowflake photography season. That time of year when I try to get that super-spectacular macro…

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Bachelor Cooking: Homemade Applesauce

That’s right. Chuck’s making applesauce. Nice, big, lumpy applesauce that will make you feel warm and toasty on a cold day. Follow along with the recipe. Remember, this recipe can make enough applesauce for two, just in case you want to impress someone with your culinary skills. Here are the ingredients I used. Six apples…

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A Christmas gift from Cardachrome and the Blackbird

In August 2020, I blogged about receiving postcards that alerted me as being a member of a potential class action lawsuit. It seemed that my two prior cars – my 2005 Saturn Ion (“Cardachrome”) and my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS (the “Blackbird”) were part of a group of GM-manufactured cars that experienced ignition problems and…

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Lauren Boebert is a Thanksgiving turkey

Lauren Boebert is a member of Congress, she’s part of the “Troll Caucus” of herself, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar and Kevin McCarthy. They’re the ones whose main goal in life is to glorify Trump, demean Biden, and spew racist, homophobic and bigoted crapola whenever someone gives them a…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, November 27 2021

Good morning, blog readers, it’s time for another trip through the blogroll and see what my fellow bloggers, photographers and writers have come up with over this holiday season. Hope everybody had a great holiday, ate lots of food, and enjoyed their time with family. So let’s not waste time. BLOGS FOR TASTE The Burnt…

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