Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
It was a beautiful sunny, summer June day. And I was outside, taking pictures of the lakehouse in Washington Park with my Krasnogorsk FT-2 “Raskolnikov” camera. I wanted to test out some Fuji Velvia slide film in the camera, and since I had taped up part of the camera’s interior to reduce its fixed aperture…
Read MoreOne thing you will always know about me. Do the right thing by me, treat me with respect, and I will be as loyal as a puppy. But if you ever do me wrong – if you hurt me, if you swindle me, if I still have knife marks in my back – then you…
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Caught this photo at the Hobby Lobby in Latham. I’ll let you all come up with a nice caption for this one. I was thinking… “Industrial Nutcracker Workers of the World, Unite!” But I’m sure you can think of a better one. 🙂
Read MoreJoe Garagiola once wrote a very famous book called Baseball Is a Funny Game, in which he recounted stories about the lighter side of the American pastime. With that in mind, I figured today I would share some funny moments – both on the field and in the announcing booth – that shows that baseball…
Read MoreIf you get the hint… I totally heart this movie. Unlike many films, where I paid my money and sat in the theater, and two hours later came out saying, “I spent all that money for THAT?” – Mad Max: Fury Road was worth every penny I spent and more. This coming week, the film…
Read MoreDavid Magley, an alumni of the Albany Patroons (he was on the 1983-84 Phil Jackson-coached CBA championship team), is now the commissioner of the National Basketball League of Canada. As part of his duties during the NBL’s offseason, Magley has organized several free agent tryout camps throughout North America. Free agent tryout camps are great…
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My latest camera promises to bring three dimensions to my photography. Let’s see if I can photograph some waterfoul and get that to work for me.
Read MoreLabor Day Weekend is coming, and I hope everyone who reads my blog has some great Labor Day plans. Trips. Barbecues. One last chance to lose money at the track. Well, while you’re planning these events… how about a little run-through of today’s crop of great blog posts by a great batch of Times Union…
Read MoreBill Winans is a good friend and one of my dedicated blog readers, and when he brought this book to my attention, I felt it was worth sharing with all of you. Bill’s father, Clarence E. Winans, was a man of many talents – he earned degrees in Divinity and Psychiatric Social Work, which took…
Read MoreIt’s Friday night and I’m looking forward to date night – dinner and a movie. This will be fun. The plan was to stop at Panera Bread on the way, pick up dinner for two, and then get together. Now since I wanted date night to start as soon as possible, and I wasn’t keen…
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