Sometimes you have to put everything in your life into perspective. And essentially, that’s what ended up happening last night. Reinforced by a third person, Ryan West, who graciously joined my wife and me on the “Street Academy” team, it was time to kick ass and take names at the $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament…
Read MoreChuck the Writer returns from the PBL road trip
Yawn. Sunday morning. Up and at’em, rise and shine. Got out of bed at the Days Inn in Montreal Centre-Ville, and immediately wanted to climb back in bed – it was just that cold. Nevertheless, I packed up, rebundled myself, and headed for a 4 1/2 hour trip to Manchester, New Hampshire for the PBL’s…
Read MoreChuck the Writer and another PBL Road Trip
Up in the morning, ready to roll back to Montreal for another Premier Basketball League matchup. First things first – is it just me, or is every time I go to Montreal it gets colder?? Got to the Days Inn for my lodgings, and after stowing my gear in my room, I decided it was…
Read MoreChuck the Writer is now ready for the $2000 Elbo Room Finals
Okay, it’s now official. My one-man team, “Street Academy,” is listed as the #2 seed for the 2009 Elbo Room $2000 Trivia Finals. The top eight teams make it into the finals, which is essentially these eight squads: Big Red Machine Street Academy Woo Hoo A Go Go Stern Fans Mayhem Beer Addled Brains Tres…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Regains First Place in the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
With three weeks left until the final eight teams play in the one-night playoff, I’m pretty much set for the tourney. But I want to go in as the #1 seed. And this week, I was able to regain my top spot in the Elbo Roon Trivia Tournament, picking up a second-place win tonight (and…
Read MoreChuck the Writer's Premier Basketball League trip: Week 1
Over the weekend, I began my first of what will be many trips this year for the Premier Basketball League. The PBL is a minor league circuit with 13 teams spread throughout the United States and Canada, and is entering their second season of operations. I currently freelance for the PBL, in both writing and…
Read MoreChuck the Writer says Bye Bye to Old Chicago
Man, did I kill another trivia bar? The Old Chicago sports bar that opened in the summer of 2007 on Wolf Road in Colonie, and who offered Tuesday (and sometimes Thursday) night trivia was never the kind of place that would replace my Tuesday Night Trivia at the dearly departed Hooters, but it did have…
Read MoreChuck the Writer and the World of Sid and Marty Krofft
My new article for Toy Collector Magazine just appeared today; this was personally one of my favorite interview projects. I grew up watching lots of those Sid and Marty Krofft television shows, like H.R. Pufnstuf, the Bugaloos, Land of the Lost and all the rest. This article includes an interview with Marty Krofft, as well…
Read MoreChuck the Writer Visits Kemp's Truck Museum
This is part of an upcoming article for RoadKing, so I’m not going to spill too many beans in this post. That being said, I spent last weekend driving up to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, for the specific purpose of investigating the remnants of a huge truck collection, assembled over the past forty years as a…
Read MoreChuck the Writer takes stock of Trivia Season 2008
Everyone who knows me understands that I have a jones for competitive trivia competitions. Maybe it goes back to 1981, when my Street Academy high school team annihilated three other high schools on a local television quiz show. For the past three years, I’ve been playing trivia competitions at local bars, restaurants and taverns, playing…
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