Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
For those of you who are not familiar with my blog, every so often I delve into a popular music theme.ย I call it “K-Chuck Radio,” an homage to those classic AM radio station jingles and call signs of long ago. Usually there’s a theme that runs through my selection of a K-Chuck Radio playlist.…
Read MoreTruth be told, I haven’t watched The Simpsons on a regular basis in a very long time.ย But after what appears to be a record amount of vitriol over last Sunday’s episode, “D’oh! Canada”, I found the episode on my AppleTV subscription and watched it. Apparently … here’s the parody song in the video that’s…
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I’m not going to lie to you.ย I was worried.ย Very worried. The Albany Patroons had NEVER defeated the Yakima Sun Kings in a playoff game.ย Never.ย And now the Pats – who had a nearly 20 point lead in the second quarter – were watching that lead evaporate by the third quarter. But the…
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Everything was fine in the first quarter.ย It really was. And then … all of a sudden … the Patroons went from a 6-point lead to a 36-point loss.ย Just like that. I’m still scratching my head over this one.ย It’s almost as if the Patroons just ran out of gas in the second quarter…
Read MoreOver the weekend, I’ve gotten more familiar with my recent purchase of an $80 secondhand Singer sewing machine.ย So much so, that I’ve actually purchased empty bobbins to load with cotton thread (this machine takes something called a #66 bobbin, whatever that means), and I special-ordered a “walking foot” that fit this sewing machine’s working…
Read MoreOne of the subjects of my blog is the Royale With Cheese Movie Club, an observation of films that everyone in the world has seen – except me.ย Whether it was through circumstance or happenstance, I never got around to watching that film when it first came out, and after people tell me “You’ve never…
Read MoreBefore we get to this Saturday’s recap of the best writing and ideas from the bloggers and writers from my blogroll … please take a moment, if you can, to help the Albany Patroons ensure that every team member gets to Yakima for the TBL championships and that no man is left behind.ย A donation…
Read MoreSo after a season that saw its highs and its lows, the Albany Patroons are headed to the championship series against the Yakima Sun Kings. Now here’s where it gets weird. Games 1 and 2 will be in Yakima on Monday and Tuesday, while Game 3 – if necessary – will be back in Albany…
Read MoreLet’s get this on the table right away. Ann Coulter is a demagogue.ย She’s a fearmongerer.ย She’s a baiter who fancies herself as a polemicist.ย She’s a shit-stirrer who wants to use your silverware for stirring the shit. Every so often, she ventures out from under the bridge and tries to charge a toll.ย She…
Read MoreYou know that feeling when your favorite team makes it through all the trials and tribulations of a regular season, and are now one game away from playing in the league championship? Yeah.ย That was the Albany Patroons last night. The Patroons were one win away from reaching the championship series for the sixth time…
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