For the past three years, the Fox Sports cable channel FS1 has aired a quirky, funny, intelligent and self-deprecating sports show called Garbage Time, with host Katie Nolan. It’s arguably one of the best shows on Fox, and Nolan is great as a host and an interviewer, and has lots of interaction and fun with…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, February 23, 2017: Ten for Thursday
Ready to go out sunshining today? Yeah, that ought to be fun. But before the sun rises and you get started on this great day… Take a moment and peruse some of the Times Union’s quality community and independent bloggers and read what they have to say. You will enjoy it. Trust me on this.…
Read MoreA Washington Park bench in snowy black and white
I’ve been testing out my new-to-me Kodak Stereo camera for a few days now, and over the weekend I had an itch to photograph the snowy, chilly Washington Park area. That’s right. Most people go to church on Sunday morning … for me, “church” is a camera and a location. Besides, I’ve been testing out…
Read MoreMST3K flies again on April 14!!
When it comes to television shows, the most popular programs can develop their own special fandom. The Trekkies sand the Trekkors. The Whovians. The Browncoats. Well, maybe not the Browncoats, they get a bit annoying… And then there’s the fandom for a classic television show that still, even in 20-year-old reruns, makes me laugh and…
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A first step for Step and Pivot
Before I underwent surgery, I dropped off two of my artworks for the Photo Center of the Capital Region’s “Best of 2016” show. One of them was my infrared piano-in-the-field shot If You C♯ You Won’t B♭, and their other was my late December neon photo excursion Step and Pivot. My usual tactic with the…
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A moment for Allen
The horrible, brutal moment took place 47 years ago today. February 20, 1970. Even today, it still causes long-suppressed emotions to rise to my heart and to my mind and to my soul. Sadness. Rage. Anger. Regret. Shame. Resolve. On February 20, 1970, my grandfather had my three younger siblings in his car and was…
Read MoreAnother step forward…
It was probably the best news I could have received this week. Last Friday, I visited my orthopedic surgeon with regard to the recovery on my broken and repaired foot. Since the surgery last month, I’ve gone from a very restrictive splint to a concrete-like cast, and to a wrapped foot inside that “Franken-boot” walking…
Read MoreA new “Weird Al” Yankovic song from 40 years ago…
Point of importance. I am a big fan of “Weird Al” Yankovic. I enjoyed his music in college; I enjoyed his music as an adult; and during the time when I wrote for the music magazine Goldmine, I even lobbied for (and achieved) writing a cover story on him for the magazine. You can now…
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My entries into the 2017 Photo Regionals
To enter the Capital District Photo Regionals, your work must be of the highest quality possible. You have to compete with other top photographers in the area. Your work must have merit and skill and emotion and technique. In the past three years, two of my photos – Vivaldi’s Pond and The Jumbuck – made…
Read MoreBest of our Times Union Independent Blogs, February 16, 2017: Ten for Thursday
Good morning, blog readers. These days, there are only three things of which we can all be certain – death, taxes, and a Thursday blog recap of the TU’s best and brightest and most articulate and most enjoyable independent and community bloggers. We’ve got a great variety of topics this week, so let’s get right…
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