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 Best “Empire State of Mind” Parodies
Okay, first off… I get it that today’s modern musicians can’t come up with their own sound. They have to rustle up a sound from a 1970’s R&B track, whether it be a riff, a drum break, or even altered vocals, to create their own music. Take for example, the popular “Empire State of Mind,”…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 2 – Roommates
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.ย New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.ย Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreWeek 7 of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Some things that people don’t understand about competitive team trivia in the Albany bar scene.ย There’s plenty of trash-talking. And most of it comes from the Skidmarks. A little background. The Skidmarks are a “legacy” team, meaning they were regulars when there were 30-40 teams playing every Tuesday night at Hooters in Crossgates Mall.ย Hooters…
Read MoreWe now have to PAY the TU to blog on this site?!?
If I had known I would be receiving this e-mail from the Times Union, I would have exercised second thoughts before joining its blog universe.ย I would have stayed at my old blogspot.com website, or I would have just posted stuff on my chuckthewriter.com homepage. This morning, I checked my e-mails and, surprise, I received…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 1 – The New Man
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. PROLOGUE My name is Genvieve McCarling.ย I played softball for Iverhill High School, and I was quite good at it.ย I could…
Read MoreProtect Your Glasses with Eyecups
I’ve been wearing glasses for most of my life.ย Except for about four months when I tried contact lenses, and actually developed a light sensitivity that required me to wear sunglasses with my contacts – which, in itself, defeats the purpose of getting contacts. One problem I’ve run into with my cameras, whether it’s my…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Prologue
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.ย 25 years later, it has been updated.ย This is the prologue. If you left from New York City, you would travel up Interstate 87, passing Yonkers and Poughkeepsie and…
Read MoreNever made it to the moon…
Saturday morning.ย My Pontiac 6000 was still seizing up at stop lights, a condition that had gone from a slight shudder to near-stalling.ย Sometimes it would lurch forward and continue to drive on; sometimes it would conk out completely.ย I could get it re-started, but I couldn’t swing it any more. I knew what it…
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I was cleaning up my home office last night when I found it. Nearly 200 pages of my college senior thesis, tucked neatly into a manila envelope. It was a copy of my college senior thesis. I mentioned this in a previous blog post, and that at some point in time I would sit down,…
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