My initial plan was to photograph during the Saratoga Race Course “Belmont” weekend (the track is hosting the Belmont Stakes and a few other days of racing while the Belmont track in New York undergoes renovations). I figured I do what I always do when the thoroughbreds race at Saratoga in August – bring my…
Read MoreBritish teenage dancers from 1971 trying to boogie to “Sugar Sugar”
If that headline doesn’t catch your attention, I have no hope for you. But on occasion, when I’m in a bit of a creative funk, or I need to understand that not every person on a dance show has the skills of someone who just finished a three-month run in a summer stock production of…
Read MoreWhen they say, “Get on the Trump Train,” I don’t think this is what they meant.
Even though I have absolutely no room in my home to set up a model railroad layout, I do have some rolling stock in my possession – it’s MTH’s Canadian Pacific Holiday Train O-gauge railroad set (the locomotive, four box cars and a stage car). I acquired the stage car from a merchant named Pat’s…
Read MoreA repainted drive-in speaker in 24 hours or less
So I still have a few drive-in speakers around the place, and I’m feeling the itch to refinish and restore another one. Besides, I need some blog content. And I also need some video content, so I’m actually filming the restoration on this unit. This is a Projected Sound unit, manufactured in Plainfield, New Jersey,…
Read MoreGodzilla Minus One on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club
This is kind of a variation on the Royale With Cheese Movie Club, the blog category where I review movies that everybody else has seen – except me. The category title comes from my FINALLY seeing Pulp Fiction 20 years after everyone else saw it. But this time, the only reason I didn’t see this…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 1 2024
Rabbit Rabbit Yeah, I don’t know what that means, but apparently people say it first thing in the morning of a new month. Good on them, I guess. So hare hare, we have a new weekly crop of blog posts and photographs and observations from the fantastic bloggers and photographers and observationists on my personal…
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(Best Of) The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 31, 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. Tonight’s show – originally broadcast on February 17, 2023 – is way cool – all the songs this week contain alternate time…
Read More“Remember when we said you were paid in full the first time? And the second time? Well, we want more money NOW!!”
There’s an old joke about a person who laments that his father’s funeral costs $75,000 so far. When asked why he said “so far,” he replied that his father was buried in a rented tuxedo. That’s funny … but what I have to say next is NOT funny. Recap. A few weeks ago, the company…
Read MoreIf you’re going to sell knockoff Albany Patroons merch, at least GET THE DATES RIGHT!!
The Albany Patroons begin another championship playoff run Thursday as they face the Frederick (Md.) Flying Cows in a best-of-three series. Normally, that would be the story. But apparently there are some people who feel they can make a few dollars off the Albany Patroons legacy. And with print-on-demand online sources, all you need to…
Read MoreIt’s official. I’m a sponsor.
Two years ago, I blogged about donating some cash to my local town and village’s Little League, so that their organizers can install a brand new outfield scoreboard. Yesterday, as I drove home, I saw two teams of kids playing youth baseball at the Little League field. And it dawned on me. I can see…
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