Last week at Elbo Room, I tried to win the week by myself.ย Didn’t work out so well. This time I have a full compliment of trivia teammates – plus two. That’s right – in a special one-night-only meet-up, joining myself, Jeremy, Alexis and Erin will be Cassaundra and Kelsie. Who and who? Cassaundra –…
Read MoreCan you caption this picture?
This was taken during the 2008-09 Premier Basketball League season. Photograph by Chuck Miller. Caption by you. Have fun with this one!
Read MoreResults of the 2010 St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest
Last year, I submitted two HDR (high dynamic range) photographs in the 2009 St. Agnes Cemetery Photo Contest, in which photographers must base their subject on something in the cemetery grounds. St. Agnes is part of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese of cemeteries, and is one of the earliest “rural” cemeteries, in which a large…
Read MoreTen Oddball Vintage TV Game Shows
There are classics in television game show history. Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune. Match Game. Joker’s Wild. Price is Right. The Gong Show. And then there are game shows in which you sit there and watch – and scratch your head, wondering what the heck did I just see? Games with strategies that are mixtures of…
Read MoreThe Albany Pine Bush in “efke” black and white
Again, I started messing around with black and white filters… trying to control the black and white image into more than just point the camera and press the shutter button.ย These photos were taken with my Nikkormat FTn camera, 50mm f/1.4 adjustable lens.ย I switched between a Tiffen 85B orange filter, a Bower Red filter,…
Read MoreAh, to watch a Yankees game without hearing John Sterling or Suzyn Waldman…
So last night, I finally attended my first New York Yankees home baseball game.ย Went to the Stadium with a couple of good friends and had a fantastic time.ย Yankees won the game over Tampa Bay, and we had some amazing seats – although they were in the high rows (the 400 section), it afforded…
Read MoreUAlbany 1, Hamilton College 0
Back when I was a high school senior and was sending out college applications, the guidance counselors recommended several colleges and universities in New York where they felt I would thrive best, and I dutifully filled out the applications and wrote the essays and gave my best efforts. Essentially, I applied to four colleges.ย Here’s…
Read MoreAlbums I Want to be Buried With: Kraftwerk, “Autobahn”
If I learned anything from playing youth soccer, it was that Mitch Reiter was the best goaltender in the league.ย The fact that we kept losing by scores of 6-0 and 8-0 only meant that he was playing on the team with the WORST DEFENSEMAN in the history of youth soccer.ย Yes it was me.ย …
Read More“Will Juror number 216 please swear in?”
A few weeks ago, I received a letter from Albany County.ย They needed me to fill out a questionnaire – update all my information and such.ย I filled out the questionnaire as dutifully as I could, and mailed it back.ย Simple as that. A week later, I got a response. “Congratulations.ย You have been selected…
Read MoreA Public Reading of “To Kill a Mockingbird”
“Hey,” Kevin Marshall messaged me, “Can I ask you a question?” We were chatting on Facebook the other day, I can’t remember what the original topic was about.ย “Sure.” Kevin, along with Mary Darcy at the fab website All Over Albany, are setting up a special fundraiser for the Literacy Volunteers of the Greater Capital…
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