Saturday afternoon. Over two dozen teams at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham for the sixth annual summertime trivia championship. And I had to make sure that a pattern didn’t continue. See, the Street Academy trivia team has won three of the previous five trophies – all in odd-numbered Summer Bowl events. And then we’ve…
Read MoreSummer Bowl VI is today…
Every year, the competition for the Capital District’s trivia elite becomes more and more acute. And there are only two trophies worth winning for the bar and tavern trivia teams – the big bowl from February’s Trivia Bowl, and the summer classic “Silver Shaker” of Summer Bowl. And today is the day for Summer Bowl,…
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Dream Window 15: Washington Park Je t’Aime
True story. After I graduated from college in 1985, my first apartment was a third-story walk-up studio place on South Lake Avenue. The apartment was so small, you had to leave the building to change your mind. I lived there for about four or five months, then moved to the Park South neighborhood. At the…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 23, 2015: Ten for Thursday
It’s been a very productive week for our Times Union community blogging team, as the independent blogging team have come up with some amazing posts this week. So much so, in fact, that… Well… You know what? Let’s get started, shall we? This week’s bumper crop of blog goodness includes: Professor Warren Roberts’ blog, “Hamilton…
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A Salty Mug
According to this post, a woman tried to remove a splinter from her finger by soaking the affected digit in salty water. She poured hot water and a palmful of sea salt into an earthenware mug, soaked her finger, and that was that. And a week later… her mug was coated in a salty, oozy…
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A coffee-table book on Frontier Town’s history and legacy
I’ve written about Frontier Town, the Adirondack Wild West theme park, in past blogs. I’ve even taken some photographs on what’s left of the amusement park’s campus. And over the weekend, I received a new book on the park’s history and legacy. The cool thing? It’s a coffee table book with tons of pictures and…
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Hey Nipper… Peek-a-Boo!!
None of my telephoto camera lenses are strong enough for what I need to achieve. And if I don’t solve this issue before September 28th… Trust me on this. I cannot let September 28th pass by without my attempting to achieve this goal. Which is why I acquired a mirror lens over the weekend. Specifically,…
Read More“Don’t break stride, Just Vic!”
Every step forward takes one closer to the final goal. And for Just Vic, the bay colt standardbred gelding who crashed on the track at Saratoga Harness a few months ago, this was only his second race back from injury. Ninth race. Wearing number five. And I always bet on #5. It’s good luck. All…
Read MoreGoodbye, Rachel. I miss you already.
It’s hard to say goodbye. You know it’s time to let go. You have to realize that you’ve experienced every magical moment, every wonderful trip, every special endeavor. But now it’s time to move on. You have to break things off. You have to stop thinking with your heart and start thinking with your brain. …
Read MoreOkay, “Team Mill Rats,” today’s our day!
Okay. Today’s our big day. All of you who followed along with me and signed up with The Basketball Tournament and supported Team Mill Rats… Today’s our first game in The Tournament. Bright and early, 10:00 a.m. this morning. Recap. Last April, I blogged that a team of NBL Canada and Premier Basketball League stars…
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