Yesterday I went to my primary care doctor for my annual physical. Apparently I’m healthy. Allegedly. I have a couple of upcoming appointments for routine maintenance, as do most people when they are a few years away from potential retirement. But as I waited for my doctor to see me … I noticed something on…
Read MoreThey go on sale at 10:00 a.m. I bet they’re all gone at 10:03 a.m.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are really amazing me in this offseason. Last night they picked up Jonnu Smith and Jalen Ramsey from the Miami Dolphins; they just signed DK Metcalf in the offseason, and somehow they still managed to convince Aaron Rodgers to join up for a one-year stint. Hell, I’m even hearing rumors that they’re…
Read MoreThose rocks are NOT from my head.
My girlfriend has made some major upgrades and restorations to her backyard. What was once a collection of overgrown paver stones that were originally part of her home is now a fully replaced and beautiful concrete pathway. But there’s one portion – a triangular patch between the deck and the back of the house –…
Read MoreThe Pentacon Six TL walks through Congress Park
Come hell or high water, I’m going to make this Pentacon Six TL medium format film camera go through its paces. And with a roll of AGFA Aviphot infrared film in the chassis, and an R72 filter on the lens, I went to Saratoga Springs’ Congress Park for a few shots. And let’s start with…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 28 2025
Good morning, good morning, time to rise and shine and enjoy the sunshine. (looks outside) (sees cloudy skies with impending thunderstorms) Yeah, I’m gonna stay local today. Maybe tomorrow I’ll take some photos or something. But today, it’ll just be an easy laid back day that starts with reviewing the great posts and blogs and…
Read MoreWait, the Big E’s photo competition submission date is THIS COMING TUESDAY???
Okay, which one of you messed with my calendars? Here’s how Competition Season is supposed to work. I get my four images ready for Iowa. Then I take a couple of those images, add a few more, get six choices, and submit them for the New York Stater Fair’s photo salon. Then I take the…
Read MoreChecking on the Toll Gate Ice Cream store
The Toll Gate Ice Cream parlor was once a happy place in my life. It was a stop for homemade ice cream and tasty fried foods, all in a quiet, peaceful atmosphere. The building sat at the confluence of New Scotland Road and Route 140 in Slingerlands, and even in my adult years I could…
Read MoreComparing a Biometar to a Flektogon to an Orestegor
Unlike my Nikon camera bodies, where I can transfer lenses from one chassis to another without any problems, my Pentacon Six uses proprietary lenses. Now if I want to put a Pentacon lens on a Nikon camera, there’s an adapter for such a connection. But I can’t put Nikon gear on a Pentacon camera –…
Read MoreA classic episode from November 1963 of As The World Turns
As The World Turns was one of the most popular and durable daytime network soap operas of its era. It was the first daily serial to broadcast a 30-minute episode, when most soaps at the time were limited to 15-minute episodes. The show ran from 1956 to 2010, making it the fourth-longest running daytime serial…
Read MoreIt only took 14 years for John Cena to respond back.
If there was ever a defining moment in professional wrestling where fans just went, “Did that actually happen? That wasn’t part of a script? What in the ever-loving soul of Bruno Sammartino is going on here?” – it would have to be the events of June 27, 2011. During a live telecast of the WWE’s…
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