I’ve missed too much in the past few months. And I need to return to some semblance of normalcy. And for me, “normalcy” began Saturday afternoon. And that began with my return, for the first time in months, to competitive team trivia. Background. For a while, I was doing trivia recaps at Graney’s Stout for…
Read MoreBury my heart at Bowling Green
I still remember that solemn morning. February 31st. A date which will live in infamy. That horrible, horrible morning when the invasion took place. We weren’t prepared for it. They came from everywhere. Machines that shot lasers and destroyed our businesses and our homes. Children running in the streets, screaming prayers for their lives. There…
Read MoreA casting change
Two weeks have passed since my foot surgery. And for two weeks, my left leg and foot have been wrapped in cotton and fiberglass and gauze and Ace bandages and tape. For all intents and purposes, I’ve been immobilized. I’ve spent the past two weeks in my home, my only travel excursions were limited to…
Read MoreBest of our TU Independent Bloggers, February 2, 2017: Ten for Thursday
So if I see my shadow this morning, does this mean I get six more weeks of rehabilitation on my surgically repaired foot? Ha. Groundhog Day jokes never get old. But in all honesty, the more important listing about whether or not a groundhog sees his shadow is what our Times Union community and independent…
Read MoreI miss Henry’s Meat Market in Waterford…
I stumbled across Henry’s Meat Market in Waterford a few years ago, essentially by accident. I was hungry and looking for new eateries in the vicinity of the Town and Village of Green Island … and all of a sudden, I found this little mom-and-pop butcherie in a small strip mall just over the Route…
Read MoreBye-bye, Tilted Kilt. You will not be missed.
After nine months in that little strip plaza next to what used to be Mohawk Mall, the Tilted Kilt brewery and eatery “breastaurant” in Schenectady has finally died out. And honestly, I am not surprised. Nor could I care. Because I gave Tilted Kilt at least two tries to succeed. And both times … they…
Read MoreCollarworld: A master’s purpose
“Mourire!” Three little hamsters – Cupcake, Truffle and Bacardi, the Royal Order of Ancient Carissima Hamsters – called in the Ashen Forest for the white-pawed black cat. “Mourire!!” Two eyes pierced from under a shaded tree branch. “What do you little rodents want?” “We have a message from St. Francis of Assisi,” chirped Truffle. “He…
Read MoreWe are a nation of immigrants.
To be an American, you must first be an immigrant. Your family came from another country, another culture, another world to join this union that we call the United States of America. Both sides of my family were immigrants. My father’s side – the “Miller” side – can be traced back to ancestors who arrived…
Read MoreNi estas nacio de enmigrintoj.
Esti usona, vi devas unue esti enmigrinto. Via familio venis de alia lando, alia kulturo, alia mondo aliĝi tiu kuniĝo kiu ni nomas la Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko. Ambaŭ flankoj de mia familio estis enmigrintoj. Mia patro flanko – la “Miller” flanko – povas esti spurita reen al prauloj kiuj alvenis ĉe Insulo Ellis en…
Read Moreআমরা অভিবাসীদের একটি জাতি.
একটি আমেরিকান হতে হলে আপনাকে প্রথমে একটি অভিবাসী হতে হবে. তোমার পরিবার অন্য কোন দেশ, অন্য সংস্কৃতি থেকে এসেছে, অন্য কোন বিশ্বে এই ইউনিয়নের যে আমরা আমেরিকা যুক্তরাষ্ট্র এর কল যোগদানের জন্য. আমার পরিবার উভয় পক্ষের অভিবাসী. আমার বাবার দিকে – “মিলার” পাশ – লাত্ভিয়া এবং জার্মানি ও অন্যান্য পূর্ব ইউরোপীয় দেশগুলির থেকে আটলান্টিক মহাসাগর…
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