Okay, like your basketball bracket survived past the first round this year. Don’t front. The truth is, my National Basketball League of Canada playoff bracket predictions were as perfect as a sunrise. All my first-round teams advanced. And I had the Atlantic Division champion (Halifax Rainmen) correctly picked. And my Central Division pick – the…
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Honoring Evan: Welcoming a Leica M3 to my home
Five years ago, blogger and good friend Teri Conroy gifted me a camera that was in her family’s possession – it was a vintage Rolleiflex Automat MX. I’ve used it for many photographic excursions, and I still use it off and on today. And last Friday… someone else gifted me a camera that had been…
Read MoreLillian, Jennifer, Freda and me
It seems strange – the passing of three and a half decades of time. Three and a half decades. Thirty-five years. Time that passed almost like thirty-five seconds. And our lives in thirty-five years all went in thirty-five different directions. And last night, some of our lives returned from our journeys throughout the diaspora. We…
Read MoreJamario Moon to be part of “Team Mill Rats” for The Tournament
Well, my interest in the upcoming “The Basketball Tournament” just jumped about 150 feet in the air. And that’s because former NBA star Jamario Moon has just joined up with the team. Okay, let me recap a smidge. The team that will be known as “Team Mill Rats” is participating in The Basketball Tournament, a…
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The “Lane 2” series
A few weeks ago, I attended the All Over Albany birthday bash at the Takk House in Troy. The Takk House is a banquet hall / entertainment center / reception facility in the heart of downtown Troy, and is built from what used to be a Knights of Columbus facility. As I was hanging up…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, April 9, 2015: Ten for Thursday
I knew this day would come, and I’m so happy it did. See, here’s what happened. Prior to writing today’s recap of ten quality blogs by ten quality Times Union community bloggers, I received “nominations.” At least two people contacted me and said, “Hey Chuck, here’s a TU community blog that I really enjoy, please…
Read More“Amish Mafia” book review: Amish Confidential
See, unlike the Discovery Channel, who essentially unpersoned Amish Mafia as if it never ever existed… I’m still finding a way to do reviews of the show. Well, at least one more review, barring any sort of “Merlin and Mary Take a Road Trip” spinoff, or if Paul and the horde of unwashed Kentucky Amish…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The coolness of girl group music
Today on K-Chuck Radio, I want to bring you some beautiful vocal harmonies, all from “girl groups” of the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. These were the artists who combined sweetness and beauty with awesome vocals and tender lyrics. And their music is still treasured today. In fact, what I’ve got on the playlist includes some…
Read MoreWow, I’m selling cars in the Netherlands these days??
I never know what blog post from the past five-plus years will garner a reader response. So I was surprised when someone contacted me about this four-year-old article. Background. Four years ago, I won an eBay auction for a “Chuck Miller Ford” dealership badge. Although I’m a General Motors person, I thought that the Ford…
Read MoreCan we get the Mill Rats into “The Tournament”?
All right my basketball-loving blog readers and friends, listen up. I received word from Ian McCarthy, the general manager of the National Basketball League of Canada’s Saint John (New Brunswick) Mill Rats. He and several Mill Rats, along with some players from other professional hoops teams, are combining to participate in a million-dollar independent basketball…
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