As we approach the halfway point of this tournament, several teams can punch their ticket to the “money round” – the final trivia round in February – with a win or two. But that doesn’t mean trivia teams stop playing.ย See, there are points still up forย grabs, and if, for example, you’re four below…
Read More“Chuck Miller’s lifeless body – here … on the Situation!”
I like watching the Glenn Slingerland Situation.ย What’s not to like?ย Way-cool music, hipster humor, hot chicks in black skirts and sunglasses… The show is a great Sunday evening diversion on WNYA MyNetwork 4, and I also enjoy the rebroadcasts on Sunday morning.ย For those who haven’t watched the show, it’s a half-hour hipster program…
Read MoreMoving the Mockingbird Marathon to Stuyvesant Plaza
I got the message from the “Mockingbird Marathon: To Kill a Saturday” organizers the other day, that the event will be relocated from Townsend Park Bakery to the Stuyvesant Plaza Book House this coming Saturday.ย Okay, now there’s parking available, which is good. There’s been a lot of great things involving the Mockingbird Marathon, at…
Read MoreA brand new bridge-span “topper”
That’s right. Normally if you click either my name or my picture in the TU blog community, you see a masthead, or “topper,” featuring a fade of blue and white.ย Some of the other bloggers – Daniel Nester, for one – are blessed with a customized blog topper. And yeah, I wanted some customization too.ย …
Read MoreThe Gold Record – how to lose it and how to get it back
They are status symbols for every musician, producer, singer, arranger, songwriter or radio station. They are framed copies of popular albums and singles – but instead of a store-bought record in the frame, the record itself is made ofย gold.ย And underneath the record is a special plaque, honoring that person as being part of…
Read MoreThe last fall foliage photos in Kodachrome
So earlier in October, I took my Nikkormat FTn, packed it with Kodachrome film, and went for a drive.ย The leaves on the trees were already changing from a dull green to an amberish yellow, from a deep red to a silent brown. This would be my only change to photograph this fall foliage in…
Read MoreCharlie Chaplin’s Time Machine
If I had a time machine, if I had a magic device that could take me to any period in history, you know I would go back to the 1920’s and watch one of the greatest actors / directorsย / filmmakers of all time, Charlie Chaplin, make one of his legendary films.ย I’d stare in…
Read MoreUnited Airlines, “Passenger 1” and me – the greatest flight ever
I wasn’t planning on flying on October 27th.ย I was planning on going home, scanning in some Kodachrome slides that arrived from Dwayne’s Photo, and maybe watching a bit of the World Series. My travel plans were originally set for the next day, October 28th – a trip to Chicago for the Premier Basketball League,…
Read MoreWeek 8 of the $2,500 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
All right, this is going to be a big win for my Street Academy trivia team.ย Everybody’s at the Elbo Room, ready for the first question to begin.ย Jeremy’s there.ย Alexis is there.ย And I am… In Chicago. Yep.ย I’m sitting at O’Hare Airport, just a few miles away from the corner of Delaware, Morton…
Read MoreStorytown – er, the Great Escape – in Kodachrome
Last year, I wrote a well-received blog post about old photographs from the legendary Lake George amusement park, Storytown U.S.A.ย Today that park is the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, and is part of the Six Flags collection of amusement parks. The reason I wrote the article was because I acquired a vintage View-Master reel…
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