It’s Monday morning, and I’m still trying to get a few extra seconds of snooze. I roll over, grab my cell phone and eyeball my Facebook feed. Woah. Lots of people talking about first snowfalls in the Capital District. A coating here, a dusting there… I wonder if we received snow in the Town and…
Read MoreHow to circumvent the Times Union’s website paywall
Even though I don’t blog for the Times Union any more, I still have a tendency to read articles on the TU’s website, as well as read blogs by several of my community blogging friends. That being said, the Times Union has currently implemented a free article limit on their site. You can only read…
Read MoreLess Justice League, more Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, please…
Yesterday, I watched a matinee showing of the film Justice League, where a collection of DC superheroes band together to stop an alien conqueror from taking over the Earth. The best thing I can say about it was … well, it was kinda okay. But that being said … there were moments in the film…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, November 18, 2017
So what’s going on around the blog world? What blogs from my Capital District friends are worth your time? Well, that’s why you visit my Saturday blog recap, to get an idea about worthwhile blogs – first even from the community bloggers at the Albany Times Union, and then seven from my blogroll of writers…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Monster Soulful Groove
Sometimes, there’s a song out there that captures your consciousness. It makes you smile, it surges your emotions, it takes you to a place you weren’t expecting to visit. So on today’s K-Chuck Radio, I felt like bringing some powerful music to you. Soaring vocals, emotive lyrics, spectacular harmonies. And let’s start with… THE MAGIC…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the Trivia Unification Tournament
By missing the first week of the Capital District’s Trivia Unification Tournament – where dozens of local bars and taverns host trivia competitions, and the top teams play a one-day, winner takes-all championship – I’m already behind the 8-ball. Urgh. But a second-place showing last week at least garnered me points for the event. Now…
Read MoreNBL Canada Season 7 Starts Saturday!
Seven years ago, I joined up with a brand new professional basketball league. I provided stats and other duties for this nascent hoops circuit, and I haven’t looked back since. And that’s a good thing. This Saturday, the National Basketball League of Canada commences its seventh season with a league-high ten teams – four in…
Read MoreDixie cups, Solo cups, lots of fun with cups
Remember when you were a kid, and you were playing around with your drinking glass or sippy cup… and your mom would invariably chastise you, suggesting that you might spill your drink or drop your glass and break it, and what trouble you would experience should that happen… Well, today, people are playing with their…
Read MoreA walnut bowl and a bruised knuckle
As part of my efforts to learn something new in my life, I took a course yesterday in beginning wood turning. You know, where you place a big chunk of wood on a lathe and chisel it until it becomes candlesticks or a vase or some artistic doodad. Figured I’d give it a try. And…
Read MoreIt’s a soda … made of celery?
I couldn’t find the beverage, and my flight to Washington State was leaving tomorrow. Damn it. Let me explain. In preparation for my trip to visit my son Kris, I put together a bit of a Capital District CARE package, i.e., foods and treats you can’t get in the Pacific Northwest. Included in the CARE…
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