When I played trivia at Brown’s years ago, there were several dominant trivia teams.ย One of the more memorable trivia teams was a squad who took their name from an iconic scene in the Will Ferrell movie “Step Brothers,” where Ferrell and John C. McGinley make a music video called “Boats n’ Hoes.”ย I’d link…
Read MorePlagiarize, Plagiarize, let no one else’s work evade your eyes…
Just so you know, that opening line was from a famous Tom Lehrer song, “Lobachevsky” – a song about mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.ย I am never forget the day… Anyways, I cite the source above because of this. Zachery Kouwe, a reporter for the New York Times, was caught quoting from sources without proper acknowledgment…
Read MoreThe Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry are Trying to Kill Me
Last night I was in Rockville, Maryland, for a Premier Basketball League game between the Lawton-Fort Sill (Okla.) Cavalry and the Maryland GreenHawks.ย Very competitive game, both teams had the lead at one point or another before the Cavs pulled ahead and won 105-99.ย The game also had a decent Albany Patroons alumni factor, as…
Read MoreThe Mystery of the Antique Camera Film
February 21.ย I’m in Manchester, New Hampshire, killing time before a late afternoon Premier Basketball League game between the Manchester Millrats and the Capitanes de Puerto Rico (which Puerto Rico won in very convincing fashion).ย Looking for something to keep me entertained for an hour or so before the game began, I came across the…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the Elbo Room 2010 Trivia Tournament
Looks like things are picking up for the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament.ย Tres Hombres, a “legacy” team who have played at various other Elbo Room tournaments, braved the rainy weather to arrive at the restaurant for the game.ย And after one week, Mayhem – who rebranded themselves as Wehrmacht last week – are now calling…
Read MoreAlbums I Want to Be Buried With: Dragon, “Body and the Beat”
Unless you’re from Australia or New Zealand, you’ve likely never heard of the rock band Dragon.ย And you would be sorely deprived from this loss. Dragon was one of Oceania’s most popular rock bands; they evolved from a prog-rock group into a solid core of dedicated tunesmiths; they broke up, they reunited, had more monster…
Read MoreRemembering wrestling announcer Joe McHugh
Ah, weekend professional wrestling.ย Fun stuff.ย When I was growing up, it aired at 11:00 a.m. or 12 noon on WRGB, most often on Saturday or Sunday.ย ย I started watching pro wrestling in the early 1970’s, when the brand of wrestling provided in upstate New York was the World Wide Wrestling Federation (what we know…
Read MoreReturning to Brown’s for Monday Night Trivia
It’s almost as if I never left. The Taproom at Troy’s Brown’s Brewing last night was as packed with hungry and satisfied customers.ย I went over to the hostess station and, almost from memory, requested my reserved Table #21 upstairs for trivia. Yep.ย Trivia was back at Brown’s Brewing, nearly six months after the last…
Read MoreRemembering Spirograph: The Toy that Made Artists of Us All
NOTE: I wrote this article for the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles in January 2007.ย I hope you enjoy it. The most wondrous of toys are those that help us fulfill an accomplishment. We may not be able to take on Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai in a battle of bouillabaisse, but we can at least…
Read MoreReturn to the Road
First off, thanks for the kind words from everyone regarding yesterday’s post.ย It really meant a lot to me through this horrible time. In fact, I needed to get out of Albany.ย So I loaded up all my camera gear, grabbed my laptop, and headed to Manchester, New Hampshire. Maybe if it was summertime, I…
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