College life can be full of distractions.Β These distractions appear from a variety of avenues – something going on at home, something going on in town, your favorite band is on its way to play a concert nearby, your have two pairs of undies left on Monday and no money for laundry until the end…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the $2,000 2011 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Before I start the recap from last night’s game, I tip my hat to Team Razor.Β The Razor, originally known as Occam’s Razor when they played at Hooters back in the day, became only the fourth competitive trivia team in the Capital District to have a perfect game – answering all 20 questions correctly.Β They…
Read MoreA webseries about obsessive photographers? Oh I gotta watch this…
Okay, I’ve been derided in the past as being obsessive with my cameras.Β Me?Β No… π Listen, I only own nine cameras, you don’t become a hoarder until you reach at least 15 cameras… π However, I understand that there will be a brand new online comedy webseries devoted to a team of obsessive photographers…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Shadow Morton’s Emotive Pop Melodramas
George “Shadow” Morton produced some very stirring and compelling pop and rock songs of the 1960’s. And if I gave you a K-Chuck Radio show last week about Phil Spector’s pop productions, and if I gave you one a few weeks ago about Joe Meek’s sonic symphonies, then how could I leave out the third…
Read MoreWrigley’s Gum and Uneeda Biscuits: Two New Ghost Signs for the Collection
Last year, I photographed several ghost signs – faded brickads that still promote long-ago products – throughout the Capital District, and later wrote an art book to chronicle them. Even though the art book is complete, I still keep an eye out for any new ghost signs – well, “new” in that I haven’t seen…
Read More“Get out of bed right now, you lazy pile of cow manure!!”
Zzz… Alarm clock’s buzzing… gotta hit the snooze button… CLICK Okay, that feels better… nine more minutes of slumber… “GET YOUR FAT SELF OUT OF BED, MILLER, RIGHT NOW!!!” Must be dreaming… should not have had that second helping of wings at Brown’s… “I SAID GET OUT OF BED YOU LAZY PILE OF COW MANURE!!!”…
Read MoreProbably the worst day to join the Mile High Club
It’s the kind of erotic fantasy that can really drive a person wild.Β As an airplane flies toward its destination, a couple of passengers look at each other… knowingly wink and smile… then, one by one, they make their way to the airplane’s lavatory.Β In they go.Β The door gets locked.Β A few minutes later,…
Read MoreSuccumbing to the Swoosh
Last Saturday, on the way back from dropping off my pictures at the Big E, I stopped at the outlet store complex off Exit 2 on the Massachusetts Turnpike. I walked around some of the stores, doing some window shopping – even at a discount outlet, some prices can be staggeringly high – and then,…
Read MoreNine Hundred Eleven Words: a Personal Remembrance of September 11, 2001
The day started out horribly.Β Two days beforehand, my wifeβs grandfather, Samuel Ginsburg, passed away after a long and valiant battle against Alzheimerβs Disease.Β That day, we were going to attend his funeral. My wife Vicki was already mad at me; I had scheduled the week off so that I could attend the inductions of…
Read MoreCompetition #5 – The Eastern States “Big E” Photography Contest
I thought about entering the Big E photo contest last year, but never really got anything put together for the photography competition – I was more focused on Altamont and the New York State Fair and the Vermont State Fair. But this year, I decided I would give the Big E a chance.Β Β The Big…
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