At one point in time, the Hanna-Barbera studios produced the lion’s share of animated Saturday morning fare – especially in the 1960’s.ย Now of course there were plenty of animated slapstick cartoons out there – mostly The Flintstones and Atom Ant and Secret Squirrel and Top Cat and boy oh boy am I showing my…
Read MoreMy basketball bracket (NBL Canada) starts tomorrow…
For the past eight years, I have proudly served the National Basketball League of Canada as their statistician and director of player clearances.ย And with that in mind, around this time I have eight NBL Canada teams competing in the postseason. It’s also around this time where I get asked by an NBL Canada fan…
Read MoreCall for Art: San Francisco Bay Month of Photography 2019 gallery event
When I received the e-mail the other day, I was confused.ย Mostly because I thought this was a biannual competition. But lo and behold … it’s back. And with it … another personal attempt to earn a spot in a prestigious international competition. The 2019 San Francisco Bay Month of Photography Exhibition, which runs through…
Read MoreThe video Rex Smith doesn’t want you to see…
So somebody alerted me to this.ย I’m not really sure how to react.ย But I feel that after what has happened in my past … I need to share this with all of you. There’s something that Rex Smith made back in the late 1970’s.ย And it’s now available on YouTube.ย Boy, I hope Rex…
Read MorePatroons defeat San Diego … er … Kansas City … er … Owensboro 131-114
So here’s the deal.ย The Albany Patroons are currently in fifth place in the TBL basketball standings.ย We just lost our league MVP, Edwin Ubiles, to team in the the Puerto Rico BSN basketball league.ย And San Diego is coming into the Armory on Friday night. Well, San Diego never arrived.ย Hmm… No matter, we’ve…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 30 2019
Good morning everybody, I hope you’re getting ready for a great weekend.ย Or maybe just a great Saturday.ย Or a great Sunday, depending on when you read this blog. Because every Saturday, I take a day off from my personal blog and share the blog posts and writings from my blog roll.ย There’s a lot…
Read MoreWhat keeps me hooked on Doom Patrol?
Today, the DC Universe streaming app will air the seventh of fifteen episodes of the surreal sci-fi superhero series Doom Patrol, a show about a team of super-powered misfits who barely understand their powers and how they interact in a very, very surreal world. And God help me, I’m hooked on this show. To understand…
Read MoreThe #NoGoodWay Challenge – eliminate the R-word from your vocabulary
My friend Jad Crnogorac is a fitness instructor and model.ย She was also one of the chief operators of the Halifax Rainmen basketball team when that franchise was in the Premier Basketball League years ago.ย She’s a good person and she cares about health and fitness and well-being. And her post yesterday on her Facebook…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The forgotten Harry Nilsson
At one point in time, he was lauded as a major star by David Bowie and by John Lennon.ย His voice was part of major movie themes.ย Even today, his songs are used in commercials. But as the old saying goes, he’s so famous you don’t even remember him. I’m talking about Harry Nilsson.ย The…
Read MoreAn upcoming auction where you can buy your own recording studio…
There’s an upcoming national auction in mid-April that offers various coin-operated arcade games, trade stimulators, vintage slot machines and other coin-operated memorabilia.ย A link to the catalog is here. And while there are plenty of treasures from this auction that I would LOVE to have in my collection, one of the most fascinating pieces available…
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