NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreRemembering artist and illustrator Fred Fixler
When I used to collect vintage CBA and Eastern League memorabilia, I had boxes and boxes of game programs, including some from the Eastern League’s first season (1946-47).ย But between the 1950’s and early 1960’s, many Eastern League teams – along with college sports teams and high school teams – used a series of generic…
Read MoreWeek 13 of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Before I begin this week’s recap of the trivia tournament at Elbo Room, I need to let all trivia teams in the Capital District know about an upcoming event. A charity fundraising trivia competition, which will benefit the Relay for Life, will be held on Wednesday, May 26, at the American Legion North Albany Post…
Read MoreRocky Mountain Film Lab – an update on my antique camera film
A few months ago – February 27, 2010, to be exact – I found an undeveloped roll of Kodacolor-X in an old Kodak Brownie Super 27 camera, a camera that was found in a New Hampshire antique store.ย I bought the camera with the understanding that something might be on the roll – and that…
Read MoreCongrats to Street Academy / Harriet Gibbons HS Hall of Famer Milton Horne
Yesterday, the Albany City School District made their announcements for the 2010 Albany City School District Hall of Fame.ย I watched the announcement with great anticipation – last year, I caught a mistake on their initial application form, which states that although the potential nominee must be associated with an Albany public high school, the…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 19 – Protection
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreKeep your hands off our money, you internet scamming punks
One of my friends, who happens to also be a loyal reader of this blog, had something terrible happen to her.ย While she was out at an event, somebody grabbed her purse, rifled through it, and took her debit card.ย Then they went shopping at Wal-Mart and other places.ย Before she knew what happened, her…
Read MoreYou can now play TRON’s “Space Paranoids” online!
Yes, I am seriously pumped to see TRON Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic film TRON.ย And thanks to websites like flynnlives.com and some other movie tie-in websites, there’s plenty of buzz building for this film. But I wasn’t expecting anything like this. In the original 1982 TRON film, the initial plotline revolves…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 18 – The Pond
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreThe good and the bad of Kodachrome shooting
As you know, I’m currently experimenting with shooting Kodachrome film for the rest of the year, shooting until the last processing plant in the world (Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Ks.) runs out of developing chemicals for processing the film. About two weeks ago, I shot four rolls of Kodachrome – three rolls of Kodachrome 64…
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