So here’s where we’re at. Six ten-question rounds. Point values are doubled. And we’re in a heated battle with several other teams, including squads called “That’s What She Said” and “Mac ‘n Cheese” and a few others. We’re ready. Tim, Tom, Nick, Leah, William and me. In 48 hours, we’ve cobbled together the team Stir…
Read MoreThe 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships … Part 3
Monday morning. And the Stir Crazy trivia team is walking around the casino, our blue-white T-shirts in full view, and we’re asked by every other person who sees us, “Where are you from?” “What bar did you play out of?” You know… questions like that. And now it’s time for the third quarter. Another batch…
Read MoreThe 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships … Part 2
It’s Sunday evening, and my Stir Crazy trivia team must now participate in the second quarter of the two-day World Tavern Trivia Championships. The event, being held in Atlantic City, has gathered over forty different bar trivia championship teams to determine the best of the best. And right now, after one quarter of play, we…
Read MoreThe 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships … Part 1
Sunday morning. It’s raining in Edison, New Jersey. And I just woke up. I’m in Edison, which is my halfway driving point to Atlantic City for the 2016 World Tavern Trivia Championships. Some of my Hudson Valley bar trivia readers have invited me to join their Stir Crazy team, and I accepted. A text message…
Read MoreMy 2016 National Basketball League of Canada playoff picks
Yep, it’s that time once again. The National Basketball League of Canada has just finished its fifth regular season, and is now headed toward its postseason. This year, all eight teams – four in Ontario, four in the Maritimes – will participate in the playoffs. And since I don’t participate in the NCAA basketball bracket…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Relaxing with rare tracks
Today is a relax day. By tomorrow night, I’ll be powering away at the World Tavern Trivia championships in Atlantic City with the Stir Crazy trivia team. So before I do that… I need soothing ballads and peaceful melodies. If I put these songs in my K-Chuck Radio playlist while I contemplate my winning trivia…
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Return to Dudley
Five years ago, I photographed a Boston-based basketball tournament. During some down time, I did some personal photography around the neighborhood, and in those moments I found a beautiful mural featuring Boston’s Dudley neighborhood. I took some panoramic pictures, stitched them together, and blogged about the moment. Here’s the original picture from 2011. Five years…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, April 28, 2016: Ten for Thursday
So a few answers to a few questions – a little housecleaning and updates in case you’re stumbled onto this Thursday wrapup. Why do you say “Ten for Thursday” and you list fifteen or twenty blog posts? Can you not count? Yeah, I can count. But sometimes there are so many amazing blog posts from…
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The pep talk
There are days when I spend my time thinking about where I’ve come from and how far I’ve traveled. All the abuses I took. All the damages I survived. All the drops of Krazy Glue I used to repair my broken heart. And yet … somehow … I’m still here. It’s almost as if my…
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Dōmo arigatō for the Hariban
For 2016, I promised myself I would try entering some international photography competitions. And this one will take plenty of skill. And for this, I need twelve of my best black-and-white images. Twelve images that can stand up to a printing process known as collotype. Collotype printing – which involves coating a glass plate with…
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