Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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 broadcast features songs that all contain that classic Bo Diddley rhythm beat to it. Yes, there’s lots of songs like this.…
Read MoreThere’s a current Twitter meme going around in which Twitter users are encouraged to post pictures of two athletes – one athlete that the 10-year-old Twitter user idolized, and then a current athlete that catches his attention. So I did this. Evel Knievel was a bad-ass stuntman. His whole raison d’etre was to race his…
Read MoreI need to tell you this story. It’s all true. And nearly 45 years after it happened, it still hurts inside. As many blog readers know, I had a very difficult childhood. The home life was tough, and classmates in the South Colonie School District (otherwise known as Schools 7, 9 and 10 of The…
Read MoreLet’s have a short pop quiz. What is one of the most annoying things that Chuck has dealt with over the years? There’s someone in the back who’s got his hand up, and doing his best Arnold Horshak imitation right now. So let me explain. I have scribbled many blog posts about those annoying, unstoppable…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreWe’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?…
Read MoreGood 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 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…
Read MoreSo 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…
Read MoreIt’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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