A “mondegreen” is the unintentional mis-hearing of something into a different and unexpected (and often hilarious) new concept.ย The best way to explain it is with this 1980’s vintage Maxell tape commercial, which takes the Desmond Dekker song “Israelites” and … well … tries to hear what the song is really about. I try not…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday: January 13, 2018
There’s an old adage about the weather in the Capital District.ย If you don’t like the weather, wait 20 minutes and it will change. Seems that way this week – we’ve gone from subzero temperatures to the high 50’s low 60’s in the span of a week.ย Last time I saw the temperature change that…
Read MoreDonald Trump and latrine politics
This is not normal.ย Not by any circumstances. But the fact that national newscasters are quoting President Trump’s comments that describe the nation of Haiti and African nations, and quoting him as saying they are “shithole nations” – ugh. Let’s make this clear.ย We should not be at the point where I have to hear…
Read MoreDid I win $1,000 in trivia last night?
Every three months or so, the Wednesday night trivia game at Rivers Casino has a $1,000 winner take all night.ย To qualify for that night, you have to have played enough Wednesday night contests at the casino to be eligible. My one-man Street Academy trivia team has done so.ย And, in accumulating more points in…
Read MoreFour years ahead … but feeling so far behind…
I checked my bank account this morning.ย Good.ย The check for $300 I received for helping someone out with a project finally cleared. A quick transfer … and I’m $300 closer to paying off Dracourage, my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze. I also checked the status of my car loan.ย In June 2016, I purchased this “certified…
Read MoreOhio Cardinals 103, Albany Patroons 102 – damn it…
Free throws.ย Damn it, if we had just made more free throws… Then I could have danced around the Armory with another win. But instead, I left last night, grumbling about missed free throws. Anyways…
Read MoreWhy it took 25 minutes to pay my Verizon bill
Last Saturday, I was in Colonie Center taking care of some shopping and other business.ย And since there was a Verizon store in the mall, I figured I’d go to their automated kiosk and pay my cell phone bill. Should take about 25 seconds to complete. Twenty-five minutes later, I left the Verizon store with…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons 117, Rochester 99, Chuck happy
It was almost as if I never left. On a frost-numbing Saturday night, I attended my first Albany Patroons game in nine years.ย Of course, it was also the Patroons’ first game in nine years, but that’s semantics. And with a courtside ticket in my hand, I had an amazing time watching the gold and…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, January 6, 2018
Sorry I’m late with the 7 and 7 this morning, apparently cold temperatures in the Capital District caused my computer and my modem to freeze up.ย Trust me, it’s colder than a newspaper publisher’s heart. A little thawing, a reboot, and all is well again.ย Although I am going to take my modem in to…
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Rexleigh Bridge. Super-ultra-wide. Raskolnikov. ะฃัะฟัั !
When I work on a photo project, I keep battling it and battling it and battling it until I finally get the results I crave.ย Such has been the case with my weekend trips to Washington County to photograph the historic Rexleigh Covered Bridge.ย I couldn’t get the foliage shot I wanted, mostly because there…
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