Several years ago, I spent Monday nights playing competitive team trivia at Revolution Hall in Troy, and Marc Pallozzi was the co-host of those highly competitive events. A few months later, he joined me on my own Street Academy trivia team, and he was on the squad when Street Academy won the second of our…
Read MoreBeverly Clearly, in praise of Dawnzers.
Arguably, one of the most potent authors of my youth was Beverly Cleary. All those great stories with Ramona and Beezus, the Quimby sisters; Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy; and a mouse that rode a tiny motorcycle. These were stories about kids just being kids. Lots of amazing stories that are still fun to…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 27, 2021
Good morning blog readers, and welcome to another Saturday morning recap of the great writers and photographers that populate my personal blogroll. And let me introduce you to this week’s featured blogger, good friend and all-around nice guy Roger Green, he of the “Ramblin’ with Roger” daily blog. Great interview. You will enjoy. And now…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 26, 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 The Young Californians In a Garden 7:05 PM Bow Wow Wow C30, C60, C90, Go The…
Read MoreA hot mic can cool your career.
If you’re not familiar with the term “hot mic,” it occurs when someone is broadcasting, and turns off their microphone and utters an off-color comment – only to find out that the microphone is STILL ON AND STILL OPERATIONAL. There’s an apocryphal story of an old radio children’s show host that allegedly forgot to turn…
Read MoreTV Pixx – the benefits of screaming at your TV to win prizes.
Back in the day, local TV stations would offer their own interactive game shows. Those shows were either set in one of two formats – there would be a “Bowling for Dollars” type of program, where a local viewer would randomly have a postcard pulled out of a bin, and that person would win money…
Read MoreThis is what I need. COVID vaccine freebies.
Before I start today’s blog, I need to recall an anecdote that sports commentator Jim Rome once said about Krispy Kreme donuts. He said that the first one in the box tastes like heaven, but by the time you’re eating the third one, it’s like blah. That being said, Krispy Kreme is offering a waycool…
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The Vicious Cycle
On March 22nd, a grocery store in Colorado began the day with shoppers purchasing their home goods. By the end of the day, their worst fears came true. A stranger arrived in the store with an AR-15 assault rifle and started shooting the customers. He killed ten people, including a police officer. And he almost…
Read MoreSo are we talking “Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train” here?
Well, this seems to be some news. Apparently the Canadian Pacific Railway is in major talks with the Kansas City Southern Railroad for a merger. This would create the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad, which would be the first rail service to operate entirely within Canada, the USA and Mexico. That’s something impressive. And it…
Read MoreGiving thanks, COVID-19 edition.
In another week, I’ll receive my second Pfizer vaccine, and after that, I’ll feel more comfortable about going out and taking lots of photographs and the like. But for the past year, COVID-19 has been trapped on my psyche, essentially commandeering my life. Of course it has. I don’t want to catch COVID-19. And I…
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