I had fun yesterday on Facebook with a bit of a friend-participation game. It’s a challenge, a fun challenge at that. Take any movie, and try to challenge people to identify it. But you’re only allowed to use three words to describe the movie. And, as a tougher challenge, you’re not allowed to use any…
Read MoreHey, remember that 3D photo contest I entered this year?
God, it seems like a lifetime ago. I had this idea to enter some of my 3D film photos into this Austrian photography contest. Figured I’d take a chance and see if there were any decent results from it. Well … Those were the photos I entered. And yesterday, I checked the competition’s online website…
Read MoreSo Harry Azcrac graduated … huh huh huh huh…
It’s gotten to the point where we need a good old-fashioned bathroom joke to get us through this COVID-19 crapola. And it came in the form of the governor of Mississippi, who participated in a virtual graduation ceremony. During the ceremony, he read off the names of the graduates … and one name somehow made…
Read MoreA 35-year-trip back in time?
Background. I attended Hamilton College in the early 1980’s, from 1981 to 1985, to be precise. And during that time, I found a little organization where I could actually feel worthwhile – it was the radio station, WHCL. Reading news, producing promos, sourcing music, on-air talent, you name it, I did it. Heck, during my…
Read MoreSo I watched the new Snowpiercer TV series yesterday… woah…
I never realized I needed to watch a post-apocalyptic science fiction dystopian drama until … well … now. Snowpiercer is based on the Bong Joon-Ho sci-fi movie from a few years ago, which in turn was inspired by a French graphic novel. And from the show’s opening moments (which explains why everybody’s on a freezing…
Read MoreSo now it will be a rail trail in the Adirondacks, rather than a rail road…
Last October, I mentioned news of a possible resurrection of railroad service that was the old Saratoga and North Creek Railroad. There was a proposal by a California-based railroad company, United Rail, to take over the former SNCRR’s holdings and operate boutique train tours. That never came to fruition. So now the next option seems…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 16, 2020
So you may have noticed that, over the past few weeks or so, some new blogs have appeared on my blogroll. This happens from time to time – someone brings a blog to my attention, or I happen to notice that one of my FB friends or Twitter connections has a blog and there’s something…
Read MoreAw, nuts. No Durham Fair this year. It’s okay. I understand.
I’ve had awesome success over the years at the Durham Fair in Durham, Connecticut. In 2013, my splitfilm photo The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake not only picked up a blue ribbon for first place, it won Best in Show in its category, my first-ever BOS award. Over the years, I’ve claimed several blue silks…
Read MoreSo I’m wearing a mask…
In one of his daily briefings, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo grumbled that it’s hard to get some people to wear face protection when they go outside. Social distancing, and all. So one of his daughters asked if there was a way to get people to wear masks – by encouraging those who DO wear…
Read MoreA Canadian Pacific Holiday Train show in the springtime for COVID-19 relief!!
Longtime readers of this blog will immediately know that for me, the holiday season culminates with me chasing the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train throughout New York State. It brings me personal joy, from seeing the concerts provided at each train stop, to photographing the big, illuminated train as it winds its way through the Adirondacks.…
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