Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
It’s Monday morning in Atlantic City. My teammates are bonding over a breakfast lunch at the borgata. Me? I’m walking along a wet, soulless shore, watching the waves crash into the docks. This not me being antisocial, mind you … this is me recharging my mental capacities and refocusing my energies for the next two…
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We’re ready. We’re set. And it’s time to go. Once a year, I team up with several trivia competitors from the Hudson Valley, and we compete at the World Tavern Trivia National Championships in Atlantic City. The events are fun, the questions are tough but fair, and we all have a good time. But the…
Read MoreSeveral years ago, Brendan Casey and I met for dinner at Brown’s Brewing in Troy. He told me about this idea he had – he wanted to put together some sort of movie about the history of the Albany Patroons basketball team, and he asked if I had any stories about the team. He might…
Read MoreGood morning all. It’s going to be a full day today for me – I have to drop off my entries at the Durham Fair in the morning, and tonight is the premiere of the Albany Patroons documentary at the Palace Theater. I do not want to miss this. But there’s one more thing to…
Read MoreAlthough I understand why this must happen … I wish it wouldn’t. Although I understand the reasons for this notice … I wish there was another option. But unfortunately, Silver Fox Salvage – the parts and supply emporium in Albany’s Warehouse District is now on its final weeks. This Facebook post from last Wednesday sums…
Read MoreSo last night, KISS performed on the TV show America’s Got Talent. They had this song for the judges, a track about how Detroit was a Rock City … I think they might have gotten buzzed by Simon Cowell, but I’m not sure… maybe they advance to the next round, they definitely have the theatrics…
Read MoreThis Saturday, the Albany Patroons documentary will debut in a screening at the Palace Theater in downtown Albany. The documentary features several Patroons players and coaches, past and present, and looks like a tremendously well-detailed and documented history of our beloved basketball squad. In honor of this documentary – and in anticipation of the Patroons’…
Read MoreThere are very few examples of the Vietnam War used as a backdrop for prime time episodic television. I know of two instances from American prime time TV shows in the late 1980’s / early 1990’s – the action drama Tour of Duty, and the emotional war drama China Beach. Recently, I came across an…
Read MoreThis is the big nugget for my “Charity Season 2018” submission listings. BUILT. Albany Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes. With this collection of artworks, I hope to add my own “architecture through artists’ eyes” to this nice event. It seems that every competition I enter is reducing the number of accepted artworks, so with that I’m…
Read MoreI can never win with the Big E parking lot. I get there early, I get shuttled off to the farthest reaches of the parking lot. Every other parking lot in every other Fair that I attend either ha a really good parking situation, or they offer shuttles. But for the Big E … it’s a…
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