Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Competition Season 2016 has been, for all intents and purposes, a stone cold flop. Outside of photo-specific category contests (like the triplet goat photo We Are Not Chickens), and competitions where my photography is not the primary focus (The Cathedral of St. Philco, Dream Window 17: Friday Night Fish Fry), only one picture taken during…
Read MoreLet’s get away from the era of auto-tune and millennial yelp in popular music. Let’s go back to a time when the melody was crafted, when the vocals soared, when the music was fresh and the lyrics were incredible. And one more thing. Let’s add into the mix the fact that these songs weren’t major…
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It was early last August, and I knew something was wrong the moment the heartbeat stopped. A quick check. Nothing. I tried other options. Nothing. Not a sound. Not a beat. God, no. Please Lord, no. With all the horrible things in my life that have turned 2016 into a big mucky mess… this can’t…
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There is a new Facebook feature floating around, in which Facebook members post photos of three fictional characters to describe themselves. Aside from the fact that most of my female Facebook friends who participated in this program chose Daria as one of their fictional characters … wow, I never realized Daria was so popular… I…
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The 2016 “Members’ Show” for the PhotoCenter of the Capital District is coming soon, and I submitted four entries for this year’s event. The nice thing about the PhotoCenter’s show is that it brings some of the Capital District’s best photographers together and allows them to display their best works in one centralized location. And…
Read MoreSo last week I promised something new and different to this weekly wrap-up of the TU’s best independent and community blogwriters. First, let’s get started with ten blog posts you should read from the past seven days of the TU’s blog team. Rev. Sam Trumbore’s blog, “The Occupy Movement: Five Years Later.” (Read this first.)…
Read MoreWell, this wasn’t planned. Not by a longshot. Apparently I miscounted the number of weeks in this trivia league. I was so used to the Elbo Room’s 12-week tournaments (that often lasted 16 weeks or more), that I thought the Graney’s Stout Summer Trivia League was a 12-week affair. Nope. It’s thirteen weeks, and the…
Read MoreI have no tolerance for high-profile athletes that are involved in domestic violence. As a survivor of domestic abuse, it still shakes me to the core. Which makes the latest chapter of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch’s life so completely off the rails. As I’ve chronicled in my blog in the past, Busch has a million…
Read MoreFrom the “well, we knew it had to happen sooner or later” department, Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. Marriage – two years, although the couple had been a “Brangelina” essentially since 2004. Angie gets the kids, Brad gets visitation, Angie didn’t ask for spousal support. E! online gives the gory details.…
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I’ve only had Dracourage – my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze – for a very short period of time. I’ve driven it here and there, and I’m slowly warming up to it. It’s not my beloved Blackbird, but it can do things my Blackbird never could – such as integrated Bluetooth connectability, turn-by-turn built-in navigation, and a…
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