Eleven years ago, I created a photograph called Black Starlight, where I photographed the sun as it rose over the Hudson River. I shot the sun in 15-minute intervals, and ended up with this picture – and a blog post – for my troubles. The photo was okay – it didn’t win any competitions or…
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At the intersection of George and Hudson Streets, 1909-2023
I have had a tremendous amount of fun with finding old postcards from the Town and Village of Green Island, and then trying to superimpose those old images onto the way the area looks today. Last year, my shot of the old McGowan Fire Hose building – now an apartment complex – took an Honorable…
Read MoreJumping houses and Antonio Brown
There is an old “dad joke” that goes something like this. “How many animals can jump higher than a house?” Well, the answer is – “All of them, houses can’t jump.” There is another old “dad joke,” about the shock jock radio DJ who said if he received $5,000 for a charity fundraiser, he would…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 27 2023
Good morning, my fantastic blog readers. Good to see you again. Hope you’ve got fun Memorial Day weekend plans. And hopefully those plans include checking out the blogs and photos and ideas from the great people who populate my personal blogroll. Every Satuday I take one step back from my blog and showcase what they…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 26, 2023
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. We’re playing chess on the show tonight, as all the songs either reference the game of chess, or use chess as lyrics…
Read MoreThe Antonio Brown / Albany Empire prop bet I’m willing to take this Saturday
In gambling parlance, “prop bets” are wagers that go outside the norm of standard peri-mutuel wagering. The Super Bowl is full of these “prop bets” – everything from “Will the National Anthem performance run over or under 90 seconds?” Or, “Will a field goal or extra point kick hit the uprights?” (Spoiler alert – that…
Read MoreBadge #1305
Wanna see something cool? Sure you do. From 1933 to 1988, the Ford Motor Company operated a radiator manufacturing plant in the Town and Village of Green Island, New York. Every Ford vehicle manufactured during that time, from the Mustang to the Edsel, from the Lincoln Continental to the Mercury Cougar, contained a radiator that…
Read MoreAntonio Brown can’t get out of his own way
I wrote this blog post a few weeks ago, and back then I thought I had seen all the insanity possible regarding Antonio Brown and his ownership of the Albany Empire. Hoo boy, was I wrong. See, in those scant few weeks since I last wrote a blog post, Antonio Brown has had issues paying…
Read MoreCanadian medical drama Wojeck now on YouTube
Three years ago, I blogged about a 1960’s Canadian medical drama, Wojeck, starring John Vernon as a crusading medical examiner in urban Toronto. Think Quincy or CSI with a Canadian accent. At the time, there were only a couple of episodes uploaded on YouTube, as well as opening credits for the show’s two seasons. The…
Read MoreHow to make a pack of Kodak Infrared EIR last for six months…
I don’t shoot as much infrared film as I used to. I mean, I have some efke 820 35mm and 120 rolls in the freezer, so when I DO want to shoot it, I can. Color infrared film, however … that’s another story. The guy from Germany who had all the cool Aerochrome 120 film…
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