And thus begins a new series of blog articles. Some background.ย From 1975 until approximately 2006, I was heavily involved in music and record collecting.ย My collection grew to approximately 6,000 45’s and 3,000 albums, plus a ton of CD’s, cassettes, 8-tracks, 78’s, Edison Diamond Discs and the like. But over time, I realized that…
Read MoreRon Guidry is Pitching Tonight at Heritage Park!!
In a five-year span, covering the last two seasons of the Albany-Colonie Yankees (1993, 1994) and the first three seasons of the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs (1995, 1996, 1997), I wrote several articles for those teams’ game yearbooks.ย I received some cash for my efforts, as well as opening-day tickets at Heritage Park. One of those…
Read MoreSwapping out the hard drive on my wife’s laptop computer
Status report on my wife’s laptop computer.ย The six-year-old HP laptop now has a full gig of memory (up from 512mb), thanks to Computer Renaissance in Latham and Computer Answers on Central Avenue in Albany. And last Monday, one of my trivia teammates, Jeremy McNamara, brought me one of his old 80-gig 2.5-inch IDE hard…
Read MoreMore on the bottle redemption boondoggle
So Friday morning, I stop at my local McDonald’s and order some breakfast, when lo and behold, what caught my eye – Two signs regarding the rights and responsibilities of redemption of bottles in New York State.ย The first sign was listed as a redemption bill of rights, as in you have the right to…
Read MoreWeek 10 of the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
So there was this concert downtown… some legendary metal band of some sort … and it affected trivia at Elbo Room. Some of the teams chose to see Metallica instead of playing trivia, including teams like Mayhem. General James, the host of trivia at Elbo Room, was also enjoying the Metallica concert, so the game…
Read MorePhotographing the Poestenkill Gorge Falls
Last year, when I attended the Octoberfest festivities in Troy, I purchased a book as a benefit for the Rensselaer-Taconic Land Conservancy.ย The book, “Natural Areas of Rensselaer County, New York – Second Edition,” featured several different walkways and hiking paths, as well as vintage photography of many of the original trails and buildings and…
Read MorePlaying Trivia at Professor M Barley’s and at Rev Hall
There were lots of things on my workplate last night, and by the time I finished taking care of all of them, I discovered that I had missed my opening questions at my usual Tuesday night trivia hangout, Pizzeria UNO.ย So I checked the trivianightslive.com website to see if there was another game out there…
Read MoreHow I found the 1942 AHL All-Star Game
The American Hockey League has a long and proud history.ย Numerous centers, wingers, defensemen, goaltenders and coaches have playe their way from the midnight bus rides to the NHL.ย It’s a proud legacy, the source of many excellent books on team histories. And in 1997, I found something that the league completely forgot it ever…
Read More“Drop that water bottle and hit the ground!”
One of my Sunday morning chores is to take all the empty recyclable soda bottles and cans I’ve accumulated through the week and drop them off at one of the grocery store recycling centers. Pop them through the recycling machines, get my little credit slip for $1 or whatnot, and then go into the store…
Read MoreOne of my old photos gets Schmapped
In 2000, I visited the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as part of a photo essay on minor league treasures in major halls of fame for minorleaguenews.com.ย I took some photos of rare and unique minor league memorabilia, as well as a few shots with the Atlantic City Boardwalk Trophy (the championship chalice I…
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