Admit it.ย Over the weekend, you either changed your Facebook profile picture to a favorite cartoon from your past, or you know some of your friends who did so.ย ย You know, it was a project to raise awareness of child abuse by replacing human faces with cartoon faces.ย Or something like that.ย It got to…
Read MoreDavid-Paul
What’s in a middle name?ย We carry our middle names as the markers of grandfathers and grandmothers and relatives of long ago.ย We know of our middle names when our parents use them when calling for us – a sure sign that we were in big, big trouble. As we grow up, sometimes we use…
Read MoreCaption Time
Here’s a picture that needs a caption.ย I took this shot last May at Tulipfest.ย Are you feeling creative today?
Read MoreSome Forgotten Holiday Specials
As the Times Union is currently running one of their NCAA-style “what’s the best” holiday movie or holiday song or holiday whatever, I am reminded of some holiday specials that didn’t make the cut.ย Here’s four that missed the list – that you should search out if you get a chance. I remember that every…
Read MoreNews from London regarding my Kodachrome submissions…
The rain still cascaded down upon the Capital Region as I began this blog post.ย There was enough rain and foul weather in the sky to put Noah back in the shipbuilding business. So here’s the deal.ย Last month, I discovered that the Association of Photographers, an organization in Shoreditch, London, will host a gallery…
Read MoreWeek 12 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Has it been two weeks since the last time there was an Elbo Room trivia matchup? Yeah, it kinda was. But like clockwork, the teams returned to Elbo Room last night for another round of competitive bar and tavern trivia, with a big fat wad of $$$$ waiting for the winning team at the end…
Read MoreThe Kristie Tunick story – was it all a cyber-begging hoax?
This is why I can’t trust anything any more. A while back, a friend of mine alerted me to a YouTube video in which someone told the plight of Kristie Tunick, a Las Vegas woman who suffers from a very rare disorder.ย Here’s my original blog post on the topic. Now I’m finding out that…
Read MoreRemember the Darkhorse Marines
Think about the most dangerous part of Afghanistan.ย A place where the Taliban still has a stranglehold on the community and can still wage war against American forces.ย A place where British troops have lost over one-third of their soldiers.ย And now the district – Sangin, in Helmand province in Afghanistan – is where the…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Night it Rained in December
NOTE: To read Chuck Miller’s book “The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairy Tale,” as well as the short stories in the “Christmas in Iverhill” series, visit this link. Sunday, December 23, 1973. The decorations covered every storefront along North Main Avenue, each bauble and bangle covered with a thin film of grimy glaze.…
Read MoreLess than 30 days left in my Kodachrome journey…
Time sure flies, doesn’t it? It was March of 2010 when I commenced a Kodachrome photography kick; I bought old Kodachrome film stock on eBay and used it to photograph whatever I could with the vintage slide film.ย I’ve used Kodachrome in both my 35mm cameras, the Kiev-19 (my “Red Special”) and my Nikkormat FTn…
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