Hi everyone, this is the last blog recap post before the holidays. It’s also the second-last blog recap before the new year. But I’m still taking care of business on a Saturday, so let’s see what the bloggers and photographers and thinkers and creators have in store on my personal blogroll, shall we? Have a…
Read MoreGil Gerard passed away, and I didn’t even realize it…
If the name Gil Gerard sounds familiar to you, it might be because of his most memorable television series. It was a show that lasted for only one and a half seasons, and that second season was just straight-up dreadful. But when it debuted back in the day … it was an extremely popular science…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons to sit out 2026 season … I still can’t believe I typed that headline.
The Albany Patroons have a very long history. The team began in 1982 as an expansion franchise in the Continental Basketball Association. During their time in the CBA, the Patroons won two championships (1983-84 and 1987-88), and provided a pathway for several players and coaches to matriculate to the NBA. Then, in 1992, the Patroons…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: Santa Claus is Cool
Saturday, December 15, 1973. “I can’t find them, Ann, I can’t find them!” “They have to be where you last left them last,” Ann called out. “Did you check your dresser drawers?” “No, they’re not there,” replied Gordon, frantically searching throughout the bedroom. “I can’t find them. This is terrible, and I need to get…
Read MoreHere Comes Santa Claus, right down George Street …
The Town and Village of Green Island still enjoys several community and municipal benefits – band concerts in the summer, parades on Memorial Day, a monthly newsletter with a hand-typed letter from the mayor. One of those town and village traditions is the annual visit for Santa Claus. Santa and his wife travel through the…
Read MoreFourth Cone Restoration and the art of saving posters
I don’t know how it came up on my YouTube algorithm, but I’ve enjoyed watching these videos. And you will as well. Fourth Cone Restoration is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in restoring old posters, photographs and advertisements for collectors and historians. Each video shows the poster as it arrives, along with all the…
Read MoreA little bachelor laundry and a good deed
I’ve pared my laundry routine down to a science. Put a bag of clothes in my car before I go to work, so that on the way home I can stop at the laundromat and launder my laundry. A separate tote bag for my detergents, my fabric softeners and my dryer sheets. And if I…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 13 2025
I added a new blog to the blogroll today, the writings of Paris Buttfield-Addison, a writer and professor from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia who is heavily involved in game development and technology. I saw one of his blog posts in my Mastodon feed, and was impressed enough to share his texts to my blogroll for all…
Read MoreIs this the Gumby & Pokey / Davey & Goliath crossover episode we never knew existed?
Children of the 1950’s will remember the great animated series Gumby, in which a green anthropomorphic clay figurine and his trusty clay horse Pokey go on surreal adventures in the stop-motion world. The show was immensely popular in its time, and would later get a revival in the 1990’s. As for me, I was more…
Read MoreOh, so THAT’s where the new Albany Center Gallery is now located!!
It’s a synergy, I tell you. It has to be. Yesterday, after I posted my blog about taking my artwork The Shooting Star to the new Albany Center Gallery location, one of my friends, Roger Green, messaged me to suggest I list ACG’s new address, as they have moved from their former location to this…
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