This morning, I looked outside. Lots of sunshine. And I thought to myself … this would be a great time for me to take my modified Nikon Df – the one that now shoots in infrared – and go up to Saratoga Springs and capture a few images for Competition Season. Maybe something at Congress…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 13 2024
Hey everybody. Before I start this week’s blog recap, I want to extend my sincere condolences and thoughts and prayers to fellow blogger and all-around nice guy Marc Beebe. Sadly, this week’s blog brings news that his home – and everything in it – was destroyed by fire. One of his cats, Boots, is still…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for April 12, 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.”…
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“How God Sees an Eclipse” is now for sale!
It wasn’t seconds after I posted my photo collage of the 2024 Great American Eclipse as an infinity symbol, now titled How God Sees an Eclipse, that I received the ultimate praise for the artwork. People wanted to buy it. Right now. Well, I’m not going to be one to deny anyone. I need to…
Read MoreSo I finally processed my eclipse photos …
After seven hours of driving what would have been a 4 1/2 hour road trip back from Newport, Vermont, I got home, put the SD card from my camera into my computer terminal to save my eclipse photos, then went to sleep. Woke up Tuesday morning, banged out a quick blog post, and then went…
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Did I get the 2024 🇺🇸🌑🌞Great American Eclipse???
I’ve had several successes in capturing eclipses, both solar and lunar. In 2022, I traveled to Baldwinsville, New York and captured my best-ever lunar eclipse sequence. The photo collage eventually won several awards, along with a cumulative number of oohs and aahs from everyone who saw it. In 2017, I drove to South Carolina for…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 8
The harness trotter Pay Me To Knight (also known as “Junior”) hasn’t raced in the past three weeks. Two weeks ago, the day’s races were cancelled due to a snowstorm. Last week was Easter Sunday, so the trotters weren’t racing that afternoon. But the trotters are back on Sunday, so I need to get my…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons win big this weekend … and Coach Rowland reaches a milestone!
Let’s already make sure you know this. During his playing career, Derrick Rowland scored over 5,000 points – most of them with the Albany Patroons. After his playing career ended, he transitioned into coaching – first as an assistant coach to Albany’s Micheal Ray Richardson, and then coaching the Patroons (and other teams) to victories.…
Read MoreI lost track. Is Marjorie Taylor Greene a frog or a locust?
I swear, the only reason Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t classified as the dumbest member of Congress is because she sometimes gets overtaken by Matt Gaetz and/or Lauren Boebert. Anyway, Ms. Greene – whose name can be anagrammed to “MAGA Eyeliner JO Terror” – has come up with a new screed. Between last Friday’s 4.8 Richter…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, April 6 2024
Good morning everybody, it looks like a decent weekend for eclipse-watching, and whether I can battle the traffic to get to my target locations – that will be the big adventure. But before I go chasing that celestial once-in-a-lifetime event … let’s see what’s going on with the wonderful people who populate my personal blogroll.…
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