Yesterday was the 14th annual Capital District “Trivia Bowl,” one of five different championship trivia tournaments on my 2018 schedule. Guess you could call it a different type of “Competition Season” for me. Nearly forty teams arrived at Wolf’s 1-11 for the big event. For my team, I had a grouping of various players from…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, February 3, 2018
Waking up. Making sure all is taken care of before I go play for Trivia Bowl XIV this afternoon. And one thing I always want to make sure of … … is that my fellow independent bloggers and storytellers and raconteurs are shared on Saturday morning, great new blog posts for your enjoyment. First, let’s…
Read MoreJon and Vangelis’ “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” is an Album I Want to Be Buried With
The title song was a melange of classic Hollywood lines and sound effects, orchestrated by the keyboardist of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner fame, and vocalized by the lead singer of Yes. And it was the twelve-minute introduction of a very cool concept album. This early 1980’s concept album, The Friends of Mr. Cairo,…
Read MoreMy construction bug
Bear with me as I get a bit reflective today. Long-time readers of my blog know that I will get involved in projects. Projects that require disassembly of furniture or windows or crates or whatnot. Projects that will take those disassembled pieces, and turn them into something new and unique and artful and exciting. Currently…
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Patroons go 7-1 with 133-128 overtime win, Edwin Ubiles with 44 points!
That’s right … the Patroons are glued to the top of the North American Premier Basketball League standings with a clutch 133-128 overtime victory over the Kansas City Tornado’s in Missouri last night. That’s right … Siena basketball legend Edwin Ubiles drained a team-high 44 points on 16-for-25 shooting. That’s right … Torren Jones pounded…
Read MoreIt’s time for Trivia Bowl XIV this Saturday…
This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Wolf’s 1-11 in Colonie, the fourteenth annual Trivial Bowl will commence. Wow. Has it been that many Trivia Bowls? Yeah, it kinda has. Background. I’ve participated in thirteen of the fourteen Trivia Bowls, starting with Trivia Bowl II where I participated as a guest on the Tres Hombres squad. …
Read MoreThe GLF Embroidery Project, Part 2
One of my current projects involves the upscaling of an old burlap gunny sack into a swank artwork. Part 1 of this project can be found at this link. This burlap sack, originally used by GLF Grange exchange stores in rural upstate New York, had a very cool logo on the front – the letters…
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Two road wins for the Albany Patroons, now at 6-1 on the season!
It’s one thing to play like world-beaters at home, which the Albany Patroons have done so far. Now it’s time to put this winning streak on the line and win some road games. So the Patroons left Albany with a 4-1 record, hoping to pick up a win or two against the league-leading 4-0 Kentucky…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, January 27, 2018
It’s morning in America and I’m going back under the blanket. It’s warm here. Not so warm out there. But I’m going to brave this chilly weather long enough to bring your attention to some of the Capital District’s local bloggers, and some of my favorites from the blogroll. So let’s start with the seven…
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The new possible Boreas Ponds tract plan…
For the past two years, I’ve visited the breathtaking Boreas Ponds in the Adirondack Mountains. I’ve hiked the 3 1/2 miles from the Gulf Brook Road parking through the old logging roads, past the LaBier Flow, through more logging roads and old hunting cabins … and then I see it. That amazing view of the…
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