Oh, what a day. All I want to do is just get home, take my shoes off, and relax. And the traffic on I-787 is looking rough. In fact, as I’m exiting 787 on Exit 8, the traffic looks like an old Boston traffic jam. Memories of the radio traffic reports from the old WEEI…
Read MoreMcDonald’s current “Hacks” menu doesn’t even contain the best hacks.
I’ve written about McDonald’s secret “hacks” menu before. Depending on whether you can get a McDonald’s who has the time to make a special sandwich out of the available ingredients in a “mix and match” method, you can get unique meals that would probably make Ray Kroc wince. Well, recently McDonald’s offered a promotion where…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Three songs with hidden curse words (that still get played on the radio)
There’s a rule in popular music. If your song has a curse word or a barnyard expletive in it – if it’s one of those words George Carlin says you can’t say on television – then you must record an alternate version of the song, either with the offensive word removed, or with an alternate…
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The Results of Trivia Bowl XVII
The first thing to say. I did not win Trivia Bowl XVII this year. And I’m okay with that. The second thing to say is … Lynch’s Mob, who won Trivia Bowl I and II way back when Trivia Nights Live was a one-restaurant Tuesday night game at the Crossgates Mall Hooters, won Trivia Bowl…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 5 2022
By the time you read this, I’ll be outside, chiseling that igloo of ice off my car, so that I can attend this afternoon’s Trivia Bowl competition. But before I scrape that snow-cone off of my Chevy, I’m taking some time to go through my personal blogroll and pull out some awesome blog posts and…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for February 4, 2022 (Special Banned Music Edition)
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 is a collection of songs that were, for one reason or another, banned from broadcast. NOTE: This playlist does not…
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How to watch harness racing (and enjoy it)
The horses will take the course this Saturday at Saratoga Harness (yeah, it’s officially Saratoga Casino and Hotel, but they’re not paying me to use that name). And for what seems like an eternity, the races will actually take place in front of fans, at decent times of the day. The track had raced in…
Read MoreThe Washington Commanders pay tribute to a legendary D.C. football team.
As you may be aware, the NFL’s team in Washington, D.C. has undergone a much-needed rebranding. After decades of riding on the racist nickname of “Redskins,” the team rebranded itself for the past two seasons under the generic name of “Washington Football Team.” Which, in itself, was kinda quirky and had its charm, but it…
Read MoreDordle is better than Wordle. And Dordle’s still free.
With news last night that the daily word game Wordle has been purchased by the New York Times – and with that, eventually Wordle will end up behind the NYT’s pay wall, because of course it will – one might wonder where to find a similar daily word game like this online. I’m going to…
Read MoreSo Saturday is Trivia Bowl XVII…
It’s been a while. I will admit this. But this Saturday, I’m going back into the competitive bar trivia game. Trivia Bowl 17 is coming to the Capital Region. I’ve played in Trivia Bowls for nearly 15 years, with my Street Academy team winning Trivia Bowls III and VI. And over the years, I’ve worked…
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