Restoring these classic drive-in speakers has been a fun little project for me. It’s kept me going through my recent surgeries, and it’s kept me going on days when I could use a little “me” time. It’s also allowed me to revisit my past. And by “past,” I’m talking about the memories I had with…
Read MoreWait, Tubi has Moonlighting now??
I am more and more amazed that the streaming service Tubi has a plethora of television shows available for casual FAST watching. FAST being free advert-supported television. Yesterday, just on a whim, I figured I’d try a show that I never really got into during its original 1980’s broadcast run. That show was the screwball…
Read MoreI committed MURDER at the Speedway gas station.
It’s Saturday night, and I’m feeling a bit peckish. And thirsty. I can solve this with a quick trip to the Speedway gas station nearby. Get a couple of cold diet sodas, maybe some chips, and I’ll be fine. Speedway is currently running their summer “buy three cold drinks, get 10c off gasoline” promotion, and…
Read MoreE-mails from Syracuse, 2024 edition
It seems like an eternity ago. I would bring my printed photos to Syracuse for the New York State Fair’s photography competition, then I would wait for the “post cards of doom,” my derisive sobriquet on how the good or bad news – acceptance or rejection – would arrive. Now, instead of postcards from Syracuse,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 17 2024
Hi everyone, hope you’re having a good start to a great weekend. Yes, folks, it is the weekend, the time we’ve been waiting for during the work week, and then when we get there, we’re so worn out that we don’t really have time to do much before we have to start back on the…
Read More
(Best of) The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 16, 2024
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2024 Big E Photography Competition are …
The Eastern States Exhibition (the “Big E”) is essentially New England’s mega-fair. And I’ve had plenty of success with my photography entries in this show. Last year wasn’t as successful; one of my two entries was bounced; while the other earned an honorable mention. Which means … I must try harder. Here’s my problem. The…
Read MoreThe Altamont Fair photo results, 2024 edition
Fifteen years. I’ve entered the Altamont Fair’s photography and fine arts competition for the past fifteen years. And in those fifteen years, I’ve achieved some amazing highs and some soul-crushing lows. And here I am once again, driving that windy road off Route 20 to get to the Fairgrounds on the Fair’s opening night. It’s…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2024 Altamont Fair Fine Arts Competition are …
It’s Tuesday morning. Judging at the Altamont Fair Fine Arts Competition is complete. And once I know that the judging is finished, I can at least post the four entries I’ve submitted. Why do I wait until now? Why don’t I just post the images after I drop them off? Simple. I do not want…
Read MoreInstead of painting this … I’m sanding it. Sanding it to a mirror finish.
When I get involved in a continuing art project … I have a lot of fun with it. Seriously. A LOT of fun. But that “lot of fun” also involves putting together new and unique ways to challenge myself on projects like this. Case in point. During the warm summer months, I can work outside…
Read More
Chuck The Writer 
You must be logged in to post a comment.