It’s the early morning hours of March 14, 2025. And if I’m going to pull this off, I must prepare like crazy. Clear, cloudless night. Or as cloudless as I can achieve. Equipment at the ready. I’ve got a pack of Kodak Tri-X 400 black and white film packed into my Pentacon Six TL camera,…
Read MoreNY Phoenix improve to 5-0, Albany Patroons go to 4-1 in TBL season
So how about we update the reports and standings on the Capital District’s two TBL pro basketball franchises, shall we? Let’s start with the currently unbeaten New York Phoenix, who improved over the weekend to 5-0. They took a close 87-86 road win over the Connecticut Crusaders on March 15 to remain unbeaten. I’d link…
Read MoreCelebrate the life of Hunter Myers this Sunday at Saratoga Harness.
Hunter Myers was a rising young star in the world of harness racing. He claimed nearly 2,500 wins in his driving career, and was ranked among the top harness racing jockeys in 2022 and in 2024. Sadly, all of that came to a horrible end last Wednesday at a harness track in western Pennsylvania. An…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 22 2025
I know the calendar says spring is here … but the outdoor temperature says winter ain’t leaving any time soon. So I’m staying inside today and putting together today’s weekly blogroll of the great stuff from my fellow bloggers and writers and photographers. Check them out, why don’t you? Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read MoreElon Musk can go jump in a lake.
I have absolutely no use for Elon Musk or for his vastly overpriced, overhyped and shoddily-built Teslas. I’m proud of my hybrid car that was built in America by union men and women and operates on a network that is (thankfully) incompatible with Musk’s Supercharger grid. And my Chevrolet Volt would NEVER be mistaken for…
Read More“You’re on a 3,000 day streak on Chuck the Writer!” (Well, more than that…)
WordPress has this little quirk where, after I post my daily blog, it’ll send me a message saying that I’m on a very long consecutive posting streak. Yesterday, on March 19, 2025, after I posted my blog updating my progress on the latch hook covered bridge project, WordPress alerted me that I had achieved 3,000…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of March 19, 2025
I’m resigned to the fact that I won’t get this monster latch hook project done in time for Competition Season 2025. I’m resigned to it. I didn’t realize that, five months into this artwork, I would only be about one-third of the way complete. Let me explain. When I started this project in October 2024,…
Read MoreWhy are MAGA so upset about Dale Earnhardt Incorporated?
I still can’t wrap my brain around this. But ever since Donald Trump slithered back into the White House, and brought along Shadow President Elon-partheid Musk with him, they’ve been on a complete and hardcore goal – to strip away any accomplishments and mentions of Dale Earnhardt Incorporated from history. I’m still not understanding all…
Read MoreSpeed Racer, the coolest cartoon of all time
NOTE: This article was originally written for Toy Collector Magazine, and was their cover story for their September 2007 issue. Article written by Chuck Miller. Go! Speed Racer Go! Written by Chuck Miller Forty years on, the voices of Speed and Trixie reveal the back story behind the now-classic TV series His skills were unmatched…
Read MoreYou sell, I buy, I pay, you ship. Not, “You sell, I buy, you tell me it’s shipped, I leave feedback, then you ship.”
My friend Wayne buys and sells postage stamps. He gets some of his product on eBay, as do many other collectors. And usually when one does an eBay transaction, the procedure is as such. If you win an action, then you pay for the item. Once the item is purchased and funds are verified by…
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