Before I stat with this week’s Trivia League recap, I want to mention something. Last Tuesday, my friend Matt and I checked out a different trivia game over in Niskayuna at the Tilted Kilt pub. This trivia game was associated with the World Tavern Trivia company – the same company for whom I played on…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, October 27, 2016: Ten for Thursday
It’s official. Last night, after holding out for a few days, I finally put fresh batteries in my apartment thermostat, and activated the heating unit. I couldn’t make it to November 1st. Dangit. But no matter if my apartment is hot or cold, I’m still able to put together a great list of the Times…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Draw that bow, my son…
I’ve had experience with string-and-bow musical instruments. I played bass violin for two years at Veeder Elementary School (School 7 on the list of the Twelve), so I do appreciate the complicated and beautiful sounds that a violin or cello or viola or string bass can bring to a composition. With that in mind, let…
Read MoreThe legs of a horse
Sometimes my mind remembers things it shouldn’t always remember. This happens in time. And one of those times involves the memories of a statue. And the thoughts of a little kid who asked, for him, a thoughtful question. Background. As a kid, I would spend summers living with my Grandma Betty in Boston, rather than…
Read MoreWhy I’m appreciating Westworld
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with genre television. Build a premise that I can appreciate, and I will follow a show to its logical conclusion – that is, of course, so long as I can GET a logical conclusion. Don’t create something that’s so confusing and complicated that I need to visit Wikipedia or…
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The last days of color, and a retouch
It’s Saturday morning, and the wet, miserable rain is pouring down around the Capital District. I know only one thing about this moment. Get out there with the cameras and capture those soggy leaves as they fall around the area. So I took a quick road trip down to Greene County, and decided to follow…
Read MoreCollarworld: Cha-Cha’s Encounter
Collarworld has a thousand realms and neighborhoods and locations, each realm designed for pets to wait and play and frolic until they are once again reunited with their masters and caretakers in the afterlife. And for months, it seemed as if Cha-Cha the boxer had searched each realm, looking for her brother Rascal, who had…
Read MoreDonald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Gregory Brothers
I need a seriously solid smile right now. This political campaign has essentially created a large sucking sound, and it just does not seem to end. Thankfully, last night I saw a true beacon of hope in this morass of political sludge. Let me introduce you to the Gregory Brothers. The Gregory Brothers have “songified”…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Blogs, October 20, 2016: Ten for Thursday
There’s some fantastic blog posts this week from the Times Union’s collection of independent and community bloggers, and I really think that you’ll enjoy what you see here. Besides, after what turned into a very nasty Presidential debate, we could all use a little eyebleach. Yes? Here we go. Let’s start. This week’s blog goodness…
Read MoreWeek 3 of the 2016 Graney’s Stout Fall Trivia League
Let’s fix a couple of things. First off, I mis-labeled one of the teams, who just changed their name to “New Phone Who Dis?” Apparently it’s a reference to a sketch from the FXX comedy series You’re The Worst, which I tried to watch for a few episodes and just gave up. Wasn’t as funny…
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