For all intents and purposes, last night’s trivia game was a wash for me. And to be totally honest, I had a very schizophrenic run at trivia – I would miss easy questions and hit the hard ones, or I would get together several easy questions and then destroy my advantage by guessing wrongly on…
Read MoreI wish I had a Mach V
We’ve all enjoyed action-packed cars in movies and in television shows. Heck, The Fast and the Furious series may as well star the cars rather than the drivers. We all have our favorites – an orange ’69 Dodge Charger with welded doors and a Confederate flag on the roof; a Lincoln Futura concept car that…
Read MoreWhat I did with my World Tavern Trivia winnings
Last week at this time, I was celebrating with my friends from the Stir Crazy trivia team. We had just won the 2017 World Tavern Trivia championships, and each of us received a share of the $5,000 grand prize. Now I don’t know of any bank that still takes these gigantic checks … you know,…
Read MoreThe “Elsie and Me” blog – or, how to teach yourself photography with a Canon Powershot camera
Beverly Foster Seinberg is currently teaching herself photography. And her teacher has provided Beverly notes through something called EXIF. If you’re not familiar with photography-speak, let me explain. In addition to taking pictures for you, digital cameras and cell phone cameras add a little swig of metadata to the photograph as it is captured. This…
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Two more artworks added to Chuck’s St. Agnes Cemetery art show!
My new art show, St. Agnes Cemetery and Other Beautiful Sights, is at St. Agnes Cemetery’s “Living Room” art center now, and runs until June 30. A reception will be held on Friday, May 12, and I hope all of you can attend. Now with that in mind, as the art show was set up,…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Wake up, you sleeping lion!
There is an outstanding chronology, written by Rian Malan, of the history of one of the world’s most beloved pop songs. It evolved from a Zulu chant, it went through a folk music iteration, and later topped the charts as a doo-wop classic. Its creator barely received any compensation during his lifetime, while the song…
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Stone, Saltwater, Surf and Seagulls
I shouldn’t be out here this early in the morning. No. I should return to bed and sleep a few more hours. But I can’t. I’m right near the ocean, and I want to photograph an ocean sunrise.
Read MoreWeek 5 of the Graney’s Stout Spring Trivia League
There’s a very simple, hard and fast rule about weekly competitive bar trivia games. No matter how many wins you have, no matter how successful you were last week or last weekend or last night … you can still end up in the middle of the pack today. Case in point. I was still on…
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In the Constellation Sylvania
How strange is this cosmic world of coincidence and happenstance. Let me explain. It’s Monday night, and I’m in Atlantic City waiting for the announcement of the World Tavern Trivia national championships (spoiler alert: my team won). I wanted to get some souvenirs and gifts while I was here, so I’m in the gift shop…
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Results of the 2017 World Tavern Trivia Championships
When I went to sleep Sunday night, I thought that my Stir Crazy trivia team had completed a successful round in the first day of the two-day World Tavern Trivia National Championships in Atlantic City. When I woke up Monday morning … I had no idea how successful we were. Out of 60 correct answers…
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