Going into the next few weeks, I’ll be participating in several championship trivia tournaments.ย Hopefully I will do well. The first championship tournament is next Wednesday, when Rivers Casino in Schenectady is hosting their $1,000 trivia championship.ย I’ve played the majority of the weeks necessary to qualify for this event, and in fact, going into…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Evolution of “Solid Rock”
It’s the winter of 1982, and through a friend in Australia who sends me Oz Rock records, I discover the rock band Goanna – a rock band with a social conscience.ย I also discover their #1 hit “Solid Rock” – a charging beat with a powerful statement to return tribal lands that were yanked away…
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A few words on my son’s wedding day
Today my son Kris is getting married.ย It’s a small, simple ceremony, just him, his new bride, and a justice of the peace.ย He promised me that there would be a more formal get-together when his new family visits the East Coast this summer. Knowing that there are so many things I could say about…
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Albany Patroons win season opener; Times Union makes fun of them
Last night, the Albany Patroons defeated the Rochester Razorsharks 110-92 at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester.ย This is the Patroons’ first win in the new North American Professional Basketball League.ย Edwin Ubiles led all Pats in scoring with 24 points, followed by 21 from Torren Jones and 20 from Lloyd Johnson. Too bad the…
Read MoreChuck’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2018
I normally don’t do this.ย My belief is that resolutions must be made upon one’s birthday, in that they will last longer afterward.ย Most resolutions for New Year’s are made on January 1 and forgotten by January 3. This time, however, I’m going to put together some resolutions that are tied to certain dates, moments…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, December 30, 2017
What do you do when you come across an amazing blog post by a blogger you’ve never read before? Simple.ย You add the blogger to your personal blogroll and you add that post to the lineup of 7 and 7 posts that I recap every Saturday morning. First, let’s find seven blog posts by community…
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Chuck’s Best Blog Moments of 2017
Well, wasn’t THIS an interesting year? With new directions and new achievements and new everything, 2017 was a year for my blog like none before. So let’s recap ten moments – great and challenging – from this year in blogging, shall we? And let’s start with…
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The Fractured Coin of the Rebellion
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about Albany’s currency and exchange materials during the Civil War.ย Quick background – during the Civil War, coinage was scarce, and many merchants and tradespeople struck their own tokens for use in exchange for money. In Albany, there were several examples of these “storefronts” or “storecards” –…
Read MoreWhy, James Harrison? WHY? WHY?!?
My loyalty to the Pittsburgh Steelers is unquestioned.ย I don’t even participate in fantasy football leagues, because I can NOT, in my heart, ever draft a player from the Jets, the Browns, the Ravens, the Bengals, the Cowboys, the Giants, the Bills, the Packers, and certainly not from the New England Patriots. I can not…
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He picked for small crumbs on Christmas Day…
The snow came down in big, clumpy, freezing torrents.ย Christmas morning.ย And he was outside, with no home, no family, no gifts, no compassion, no nothing. He looked around.ย Christmas was everywhere … festive lights strung on house porches, loads of parked cars in front of family dwellings, the sounds of children laughing and cheering,…
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