Mark is a longtime friend of mine. We met in college and worked together on the college radio station WHCL. We’ve stayed in touch with each other through graduation and our lives and careers. Facebook helps, too. Mark turned his love of music into a thriving business as a record dealer. He goes to several…
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The return of a horse named “Just Vic”
Background. A couple of months ago, I was testing a photographic technique at the race track at Saratoga Casino and Raceway when – all of a sudden – one of the horses got chariot-clipped and crashed to the ground. It took more than two months for the horse, a gelding named “Just Vic,” to recover…
Read MoreI hate missing anniversaries and milestones…
What’s wrong with me? I can’t seem to remember important anniversaries and milestones. And I missed one from three months ago and didn’t even notice until now. It was February 15, 2015. On that date, I wrote a blog post about how I had paid off the loan on my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, affectionately…
Read MoreCaption Time: A fire sale?
It wasn’t the burned-out building in downtown Albany that caught my attention. No, I was actually transfixed by the newly-attached Realtor® sign affixed to the charred timbers. So here’s what I’d like from you. What advertising copy would you recommend that this Realtor® employ that could possibly sell this property to a new and enthusiastic…
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A prayer for “Gingo La Tresh”
Ahmed Naqi taught science and mathematics and almost every other subject at the Street Academy of Albany. He was there when Harriet Gibbons was the principal (the school was renamed Harriet Gibbons High School after Ms. Gibbons’ passing), and he helped change and inspire young minds at the alternative high school for decades. And he…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, July 2, 2015: Ten for Thursday
How’s your day going so far? Are you still nursing that first cup of coffee? Have you had a little breakfast yet? Are you checking your wristwatch to see if you have a few minutes to spare? Of course you do. You have plenty of time to spare. So sit down and enjoy this week’s…
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A walk through Huck Finn’s Playland with Leica Green
Last week, Huck Finn’s Playland had its “soft” opening – the kind where everybody gets to go on the rides and have a great time, while the ride operators and organizers double-check everything and make final tweaks before the big super “official” opening. And since I had just received my fully restored Leica M3 back…
Read MoreWanna go on a TV game show?
So here’s the deal. After years of trying out for The Chance, I’ve decided to take a step back and reassess my strategies. Or, as I like to put it, my quest to appear on a big money quiz show is “taking a break.” That doesn’t mean that I’ve lost my drive; it just means…
Read More“Love Child” – a television drama about forced adoptions
If you’ve ever watched the MTV television series Teen Mom, you’ve enjoyed the trashy ups and downs of unwed teen mothers and what they’ve done with their lives and their careers and their boyfriends and their baby daddies … and sometimes what they’ve done with their babies. Now what if a series like Teen Mom…
Read MoreHelen of Troy, New York
It has been said that the legendary Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships to war. And hopefully, if fellow Times Union community blogger Don Rittner has his say, “Helen of Troy, New York,” a revival of a 1920’s Broadway smash play, will be a performance that will launch a thousand…
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