Last Wednesday, I treated myself – well, I treated my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze “Dracourage” – to an 18-karat deep detailing at DePaula Chevrolet. And when I picked up the car that evening, it looked stunning. The interiors were clean, the trunk was shampooed, I almost thought that if I left it on the lot for…
Read MoreWhat I’ve done when I’ve had a “really bad day.”
If you’ve read my blog for any discernible period of time, you know that there are times when I’ve gone through some personal challenges. Essentially, having a really bad day. When I had a really bad day in ninth grade – for example, that one time when I got off the bus and there were…
Read MoreOfficially using a senior discount today. Don’t judge me.
Approximately six years ago, I had a meal at a local Denny’s. But in selecting off the menu, I unintentionally ordered from the senior discount menu, and technically, I wasn’t a senior just yet. Today, I’m taking advantage of a senior discount. And actually, I am now age-qualified to claim a senior discount. My local…
Read MoreTen break-up lines men never want to hear
Several years ago, after many attempts of trying and trying and trying again to find that right person after my 2011 divorce, I closed my online dating account and deleted my profile from it. There was no reason to continue participating. I was totally convinced that online dating services only existed to raise my hopes…
Read MoreSo I’m at Blog Post #5008…
Last night, I received an e-mail from the Times Union, where I previously blogged from 2009 to 2017. When I left in 2017, the TU provided me with 8 years of blog posts that enabled me to upload and import them into this chuckthewriter.blog website. Last night, I received an e-mail that the last three…
Read MoreThe dog rescue charity that wasn’t.
I have a very microscopic tolerance for anyone who preys on a person’s sympathy – help the kids, help the vets, help the strays – as a backdrop for raising money. While there are charities that I do support, there are others that appear to be charitable in name only. As in, you have no…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 13, 2021
Since last week’s interview with blogger Daniel Nester of the Pine Hills Review was such a success, here’s my next interview. This is with blogger Silvia Lilly, who pens the DelSo blog and contributes to the CivMix blog, both of which are available on my blogroll. Yeah, I’m definitely liking this feature. And I have…
Read MoreDiabetes does not make give you license to use the N-word.
This story just caught me by surprise. That being said, it’s still a sickening story. Last Friday, there was a girls’ high school basketball game in Oklahoma. The contest between Midwest City and Norman High was a key matchup in the girls’ Class 6A quarterfinals. The national anthem played. And some of the girls on…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for March 12, 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. Tonight’s show, by request, is an all-instrumental episode. I gave the singers the night off. 😀 Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM…
Read MoreAndrew Cuomo’s got the groove.
Again, I have a serious love-hate relationship with the social media site reddit. There are days when it is a funny, informative place, and there are days when I want to take a bath in ammonia after visiting the site. That being said, this morning someone posted this video to the r/albany site. And it…
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