So the original plan was to add a dedicated 35mm shooter to my camera arsenal. My last dedicated 35mm shooter, my Leica M3 (“Leica Green”) is now in the hands of someone else, who has used it for world travel photography. But that now means that I need to replace that camera with something comparable.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 6, 2021
If you go over to the blogroll, you might notice I’ve added a few new blogs to the listing, including the 518 Bites and Sights blog (a nice little addition) and the Bedlam Farm Journal, a peaceful blog about life in upstate Washington County. Definitely worth checking out. Also, a shoutout is due to G.…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for November 5, 2021
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.ย The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Release 7:02 PM Suzy Saxon and the Anglos Boys in Dresses (We’ve Got Tonight) 7:05 PM Face to Face…
Read MoreBlackBerry KEYone: 2017-2021.
The problems started on Monday. For some reason, I was not able to pick up Verizon’s cell network on my BlackBerry KEYone cell phone. Using a landline, I contacted Verizon, who told me that there was an issue with a cell phone tower in my area, and that everything should resolve momentarily. By Wednesday, the…
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The results of “Work of Art” 2021
Two years ago, right around this time, I traveled to Old Forge, New York, and photographed a 1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle that was repainted with Grateful Dead logos and had traveled to dozens of Grateful Dead concerts. I used various filters to capture the car’s image, and combined some of those photos into a lenticular,…
Read MoreAnd Charity Season 2021 begins … NOW!
My photographs had a good run this year as part of my personally-named “Competition Season 2021,” so I’m hoping that my upcoming “Charity Season 2021” has just as much success. “Charity Season” is when I submit my photos and artworks to various charitable organizations for their upcoming auctions and fundraisers, and so long as the…
Read MoreThe shameful desecration of a college fraternity Torah
The headline says it all. What happened at George Washington University was disgusting, and whoever the perpetrators were for this horrific crime, they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Let me explain. Apparently the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at George Washington University has several members of the Jewish faith. According to…
Read MoreWhat Squid Game taught me about cryptocurrency.
I am not a fan of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Dogecoin, all those other -coins, I have no use for them. The value goes up and down more often than a rocket-powered elevator, and the only people I’ve ever seen get enthusiastic about crypto are the ones who already have cryptocurrency and want you to invest in…
Read MoreTaftsville and Dracourage
During my recent Vermont covered bridges photographic tour, I came across one of the four covered bridges near Woodstock, Vermont – the Taftsville Covered Bridge. The Taftsville Covered Bridge was originally constructed in 1836, and is considered one of the oldest surviving covered bridges in the Green Mountain State. It was severely damaged in 2011…
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The Quechee Journey, over rocks and rivers and ravines
Memo to everybody. If I ever talk about doing this again … ever … you have my permission to come over to my place, knock on my door, wait until I come out to greet you, and then you can whack me upside the head with a skillet. But for now, I did what I…
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