The e-mail didn’t initially look suspicious. And that’s what almost caught me. Yesterday I checked my e-mail, as I normally do, when I received a message from an old college acquaintance.ย We dated a couple of times in college, but it never really worked out.ย Mostly because she was into guys that were not named…
Read MoreWhen Rivers Casino changed the rules…
I currently spend my Wednesday nights playing trivia at Rivers Casino in Schenectady.ย They have a nice game, there’s plenty of decent competition, and I often finish in the top three teams more times than not. Now what this means is – when you finish in the top three at Rivers Casino, you receive a…
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My accepted entries into the Thacher Park Nature Show are …
The fun part about the Thacher Park Nature Show is that I get to take my best outdoor photos and turn them into something wonderful.ย I went through my Adirondacks photos, my Washington State vacation photos, and any other nature-based photos … and submitted my four for this year. The other day, I received word…
Read MoreAnniversaries of reverence
One of the most personal moments of my blogging tenure occurred way back in 2010. On that day, I blogged about a personal moment from 1970 that tore my family to shreds. Long story short – on February 20, 1970, my grandfather made a horrifying choice.ย He had a few shots of Cutty Sark in…
Read MoreTime for the Trivia Unification Tournament
Nothing like waking up on Sunday morning in Boston … driving through nasty roads and snowy terrain to get back to the 518 … and competing in my second consecutive trivia cham0pionship competition. And there were some wins … and losses … in my effort to claim the first-ever Capital District Trivia Unification Tournament, a…
Read MoreHow I survived Geek Bowl XII
It’s Saturday morning, and I’m waking up in Boston. I’ve been recruited by the Stir Crazy trivia squad – the team who won the 2017 World Tavern Trivia Championships – to participate in Geek Bowl XII in Boston. I’m game.ย Actually, they asked me to play in Geek Bowl XI in Seattle last year, but…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, February 17, 2018
Good morning everyone.ย I hope you all have a great weekend planned.ย And the best way to start off a great weekend … is to read some blog posts by several great bloggers, writers, raconteurs, ruminators and the like. That’s why I do this post every Saturday morning.ย It’s nice to share.ย Sharing is caring.ย …
Read MoreWhere does Stormy Daniels fit in the history of political extramaritals?
This is classic.ย At some point in time, while his wife Melania was recovering from bearing his fifth child, Donald Trump had an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, professionally known as Stormy Daniels.ย And as political scandals go, this is rather juicy, shall we say.ย And although Stormy Daniels told her story…
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The Vicious Cycle
On February 14th, a school in Florida began the day with kids arriving for class. By the end of the day, their worst fears came true.ย A student – one of their own – arrived on campus with an AR-15 assault rifle and started shooting his classmates. He killed seventeen people and wounded fourteen others.ย …
Read MoreForty items for the Treasure Chest – and you can contribute, too!
Several of my Facebook friends have shared a picture from an upcoming charity project.ย The picture works as such – instead of giving up some pleasurable item for Lent, like sweets or the like … do something charitable that will help others. So I decided to join the project … and am doing my own…
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