A few weeks ago, I put together a macro photo of the insides of a Longines lady’s wristwatch. At the time, I thought it was good enough for Competition Season. Yeah, it’s good enough. But long-time readers of my blog will know right away that I can’t settle for “just good enough.” I just can’t.…
Read MoreArsonist and horse murderer gets 15 years in prison
Six months ago, a horrendous fire broke out at Tioga Downs Raceway and Casino in New York’s Southern Tier. Thirty standardbred horses perished in the barn fire. It was a senseless, horrifying tragedy and a devastating loss of equine life. In January, a man named Boyd Fenton pled guilty to the crime. His counts –…
Read MoreLet the 2024 Competition Season begin!!
Long-time readers of my blog will instinctively know that the warm weather brings the beginning of what I call “Competition Season.” Competition Season, for me, means that I look over all the photos I’ve recently taken, and determine which ones will appear in any one of five different events – the photography shows at the…
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An Eagle Scout is always pRepaired
Full disclosure – I never passed the level of Tenderfoot during my years as a Boy Scout. In fact, I quit the Scouts after a bullying incident at a Jamboree where, after several of my fellow Scouts received achievement awards, merit badges and the coveted rise in rankings, I received a hand-carved wooden stick. The…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 20 2024
I don’t know if you’re aware of this. But apparently this is 4/20 day. And you know what that means, don’t you? Of course you do. This is the first in about nine straight days when the date is actually a palindrome. See? 4/20/2024 spelled backwards is 4202/02/4. Mind blown. And it’ll work all the…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for April 19, 2024
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreNyla Rose doesn’t need Oklahoma bigotry
Nyla Rose is a former All Elite Wrestling (AEW) women’s heavyweight champion, and currently wrestles for both AEW and for their sister company Ring of Honor. She’s known as “The Native Beast,” and is one of the most intimidating grapplers in the squared circle. Nyla Rose is also a television actress, she was the star…
Read MoreBob Newhart knows Billy Joel’s pain – at least in Albany.
Last Sunday, CBS aired a pre-taped Billy Joel concert as a television special. Well, because the previous program on the schedule – some golf tournament of note – ran a little long, the Billy Joel concert started a few minutes late. That “few minutes late” meant that when Billy Joel took to the keyboard and…
Read MoreThe New York Yankees FINALLY did the one thing to improve their team.
I used to be a New York Yankees fan way back in the day. And by “back in the day,” I mean the late 1970’s. Radio station 3WD in Schenectady would broadcast Yankees games on the radio, and I would enjoy listening to Bill White and Frank Messer and Phil Rizzuto call games. Even when…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 9
Junior, the blue roan harness trotter racehorse known officially as Pay Me To Knight, had a birthday yesterday. He also raced yesterday, and despite my hopes that he would finish in the money … he came in sixth place in a field of eight. And that was only because one of the other horses in…
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