Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. Hope you’ve got lots of fun things planned for this weekend, and I also hope the weather cooperates with your plans. I’m making my final cuts and considerations for the New York State Fair’s and Altamont Fair’s photography competitions, and after going zilch-for-four in the Iowa State Fair, I’m…
Read MoreThe credit card offer that benefited THEM, not you
Sometimes a credit card company will offer you what they call a big deal on your purchases. You could earn 3 percent back on gasoline purchases, which is great until you actually do the math and discover that you’re getting three cents back for every dollar you spend. Three measly cents. Alert me if you…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: How many cuts make the first one the deepest?
Yusuf / Cat Stevens wrote a ton of classic tracks in the 1960’s and 1970’s, many of which are still staples on classic radio stations. Right off the bat, let’s name a few. “Peace Train.” “Morning Has Broken.” “Moonshadow.” “Wild World.” “Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard.” Yeah, they’re stuck in your head right…
Read MoreA wee little drink from the garden hose
While walking my camera around the Saratoga Race Course last Sunday, I positioned myself for a shot of the horses as they left the starting gate for the fourth race. Figured I’d get a nice angle and capture the horses as they start. While the photo I did get was okay … it really didn’t…
Read MoreSo I have a Kordell Stewart / Chris Boswell / DK Metcalf Terrible Towel here.
Last week, I took a chance and ordered the brand new 50th anniversary Terrible Towel – the calling card of every true Pittsburgh Steelers fan. All I had to do was order it at the very second that 100,000 other Steelers fans tried to hve the same idea as me. The purchase line opened at…
Read MoreYeah, I can fix a camera lens. (Rolling up sleeve) (Saying a prayer)
I purchased this old Nikon 80-200 f/2.8 lens nearly 20 years ago. It was the first external camera lens I’ve ever purchased that wasn’t primarily a kit lens, and I purchased it so that I could capture fast indoor action shots, so long as I had the lens open wide (at f/2.8 aperture) and cranked…
Read MoreA little yellow postcard from Iowa, 2025 edition
And here we go. Four photos went to Iowa for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I sent an infrared photo of a harness horse, I sent a shot of the sun piercing the New York City skyline, I sent a shot of a dandelion with a swirly bokeh background, and I sent a…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, July 5, 2025
Hi everybody. While we’re in the middle of celebrating what allegedly is Independence Day Weekend, you know the Saturday routine. This blog takes one day off each week to showcase the writings and photos and thoughts of the bloggers that populate my personal blogroll. So let’s get started, shall we? Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read MoreI am the man on Fifth Avenue.
With the passage of H.R. 1, colloquially known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” I now know how I will die. I will die because the hospitals that take care of me either won’t exist any more, or they’ll charge me so much money that I cannot afford to seek medical care. I will die…
Read MoreWay down yonder in the cornfield …
In the late 1960’s, the most popular television show at the time was Laugh-In, a hyper-scattered comedy variety program that mixed surrealism with one-liners and ribald satire. Here’s the first episode of that series, and you can see the lightning as it flashes in the proverbial bottle. Laugh-In proved so popular that other television networks…
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