This … without argument … was my favorite Christmas special back in the day.ย It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame special from approximately 1968, and it starred a who’s who of television actors and personalities in a musical retelling of the story about a mischievous angel whose gifts on Earth become an integral part…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 22 2018
Hi.ย Welcome to the all-new updated blogroll roundup. There’s a whole set of new blogs and bloggers that I’ve added to my blogroll, these are writers who were previously featured every Wednesday in the All Over Albany blog recap.ย But since All Over Albany is closing its portal at the end of 2018 (and I’m…
Read MoreThanks for all the good things, All Over Albany
It was ten years ago – way back when my blog was hosted on a do-it-yourself blogspot.com blogging platform – that I first met Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy.ย They were the operators of a Capital District-themed news and information website, All Over Albany.ย Both were friendly and encouraging, and they hosted my blog on…
Read MoreOne more episode of NBC’s Timeless … tonight
The show wasn’t supposed to survive its first season.ย It was one of four different “time travel” shows to premier for the 2016-17 prime time TV season.ย Two other dramas, Time After Time and Frequency, were based on successful theatrical releases; neither of those shows lasted past a few weeks.ย Another time travel show, a…
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An aluminum rainbow
When I’m satisfied with a business or with a merchant, I will use them again for future projects. Case in point.ย Although my local print lab, McGreevy ProLab, does the lion’s share of my artistic prints, they do not have the facilities available for printing my photos on metal substrates. This is where I call…
Read MoreSo I watched They Shall Not Grow Old last night…
Last night, I took in a rare (for me) Monday night motion picture, as the Peter Jackson-directed documentary They Shall Not Grow Old premiered for the first date of a two-night engagement. And can I say this?ย The film was totally impressive.ย Peter Jackson took 100-year-old footage from World War I (the “Great War”) or…
Read MoreTommy Hoehn’s “Losing You to Sleep” is an Album I Want To Be Buried With
It’s 1981, and I’m a senior in high school.ย My music teacher, George Mastrangelo, would sometimes give us albums that he had acquired.ย And, for some reason, he gave me this one. Now I had never heard of Tommy Hoehn, I didn’t know his music, as far as I was concerned, this probably came from…
Read MoreYou say “Wee Pals,” I say “Kid Power.”
When this tweet came up in my Twitter feed a few days ago, it brought back some smiles. Today in Comics History: "Wee Pals" creator Morrie Turner, a true trailblazer for inclusivity and multicultural perspectives on the comics page, was born on December 11, 1923. pic.twitter.com/7F187mrfE9 — Tom Heintjes (@Hoganmag) December 11, 2018 Morrie Turner…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, December 15 2018
Good morning, my friendly blog readers.ย As you know, every Saturday I take a moment and showcase the blogs and podcasts and photographic links from my fellow writers and photographers.ย You can find their pages on my blogroll.ย And as an added encouragement, on Saturdays I feature a recent blog post from their work. Wanna…
Read MoreSix years ago …
Six years ago, twenty young children finished their breakfasts, kissed their parents goodbye, and went to school. By the end of that day, twenty young children would never see their loved ones again. Because today is the horrible anniversary, six years ago, of one of the deadliest and most horrific mass shootings in American history…
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