And the needle went straight in my eye…

The headline you see is true.  And it happened to me yesterday. Let me explain. Last week, I went to my optician, Dr. Gessoo, to check my eyeglass prescription and get a new pair of glasses.  I went through the battery of tests – read the bottom line, does this look sharper one or two,…

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Did Time After Time throw a new time-travel wrinkle into their show?

I was really looking forward to the new ABC fantasy drama Time After Time, based on the 1979 motion picture about H.G. Wells chasing using a time machine to chase Jack the Ripper to modern times. And although I was kinda feeling the blahs about the show – I mean, the fact that Jack the…

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Hamilton College advances in NCAA Tournament!! #backourblue

Celebrations are in order.  For the Hamilton College Continentals not only claimed their first NCAA Div III Men’s Hockey Tournament berth, last night they claimed their first win, with a decisive 3-1 triumph over SUNY-Oswego. Hamilton’s Robbie Murden started the scoring with a goal at 9:30 of the first period; Murden then added a power…

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K-Chuck Radio: Smooth Lost Ballads of the 80’s

What’s a good term for these tracks?  “Yacht Rock”?  “Smooth Ballads”?  “Easy Listening”? Here’s what I call them.  “Completely forgotten.”  Yep, it’s another edition of K-Chuck Radio, featuring the hits that were either regional smashes, international winners, or just had the miserable luck to hit the charts at the wrong time.  And let’s start our…

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My shoes may cost 1½ times more than your shoes…

Just wanted to give everybody an update on my mobility.  I recently started moving away from the walking boot on my left leg, and am wearing my pre-surgery shoes more and more these days. In the next couple of weeks, I will be fitted with an orthotic for my left shoe, which should allow me…

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My NCAA Tournament overall pick to win is… Kentucky Wesleyan!

In the past, I’ve avoided participating in the NCAA basketball tournament “bracket madness” game.  Personally, I think the setup punishes mid-majors who have to participate in “play-in” games just to make the round of 64 – especially when the SWAC and the MEAC conference champions have to play against each other for the right to…

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Return to the Troubled Bridge Over Water

Last year, I took my Nikon Df camera through the Adirondacks and captured some great photos.  One of those photos, taken in Warrensburg along Route 9, was of a distressed wooden bridge that spanned a small stream. Now at the time, I thought the picture I took would be awesome for competition season. But after…

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