How’s this for a nice big plate of cool beans? Last month, I pitched an article to one of my writing clients, the travel magazine RoadKing. The idea was to cover the A&E television series Shipping Wars, a reality TV show that profiles independent transporters and haulers who will deliver items that the major carriers…
Read More“Dot and the Kangaroo” – now I really feel old…
Back in the mid-1970’s, I remember seeing this animated children’s film, Dot and the Kangaroo, on HBO. Okay, let me rephrase that. I remember seeing this film almost every week, because I think it was one of the only G-rated films HBO was showing at the time. Background. In 1898, Australian author Ethel Pedley wrote…
Read MoreA penny saved is… worthless?
Last Tuesday, before I crossed the border from Canada back to the United States, I stopped at the duty-free store. Usually my trip to the duty-free store involves picking up some candy for my trivia teammates, maybe a T-shirt for a friend or two, and a quick bathroom break. Oh yeah, and changing my money…
Read MoreForgotten Warner Bros. cartoon characters
Everybody loves Warner Bros. cartoons. Bugs Bunny. Porky Pig. Daffy Duck. The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. We know them, we love them. But for every cartoon character Warner Bros. brought us, there were more than a few that just never worked out. These are the characters that never connected with the audience, the…
Read MoreAn Offer Against the Chance
Last May, I was in the middle of planning a Times Union Community Bloggers’ golf tournament, when I received a Twitter message that offered me a very interesting and intriguing choice. The message was from a casting director, who was looking for contestants to participate in a pilot episode of a potential new game show.…
Read MoreBeans, beans, the musical fruit…
I’ll let you fill in the rest of the poem. But for now, have a good laugh at this music video I found. It’s from a New Zealand group called Mother Goose, and they’re singing a song about the wonderful world of baked beans.
Read MoreRoad Trip To Rutland
Two years ago, I entered some photographs in the Vermont State Fair. My photos had some success there – my shot of the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, N.S. picked up a third-place ribbon in the “lighthouses” category. For some reason, however, I didn’t enter my photos into that competition in 2011. Maybe I was just…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Ten Great Love Songs You’ve Never Heard Before
Ah, love. It’s out there. Somewhere. I know it’s driven past me a couple of times. Probably knocked me over and kept on driving. That would explain those valentine-shaped tire treads on my back. Ha. Be that as it may, I thought that today on K-Chuck Radio, I would surf through my record collection and…
Read MoreRescue me, Computer Renaissance! Please!!
So here’s the deal. I spent the weekend up in Toronto, covering the National Basketball League of Canada’s 2012 combine and draft. I saw a lot of my old friends there – owners and coaches and front office people. It was a great time, and I took some awesome photos of the draft party. Tuesday…
Read More“Photoshop” is not a curse word
About a year and a half ago, I was at an event where several photographers were showing off their work. I recognized the name of one of the photographers – he had competed in the St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest the year that I won with my Star Trails of St. Agnes Cemetery picture. “I…
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