So I need to relax before my big flight to San Antonio for the upcoming annular solar eclipse. I don’t fly as often as most people, but when I do fly, I do have some great stories – both good and bad. And if I’m going to remain calm about flying … let’s do this…
Read MoreI just watched Turn-On, the fastest cancelled prime-time TV show ever.
It’s February 5, 1969. At the time, one of the most popular TV shows on the air was NBC’s hour-long comedy series Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, a program full of amazing comedy, trippy visuals and biting satire. This program was not only Monday night destination TV, it was a show that defined what television comedy…
Read MoreHow to hide a covered bridge’s flaws in a photo
Yesterday I drove to Vermont for a small photo trip. Nothing major, just a quick 2+ hour jaunt to Woodstock, Vermont to capture some covered bridges with my cameras. My original plan was to photograph the Middle Covered Bridge in the heart of Woodstock, and after driving around the little town green 15 times to…
Read MoreThe Jump
A few weeks ago, I visited the Schaghticoke Fair in Rensselaer County. It was basically a day trip – just to see the Fair and consider my options on whether I ever wanted to enter something in competition there. The rules are kinda vague – they prefer entrants from Rensselaer County for their competitions, but…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 7 2023
Good morning, and welcome to another Saturday blog recap where I step back from blogging and share what my friends on my personal blogroll are saying. Lots of good stuff this week, definitely have a look. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 6, 2023
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 MoreThe Grindhouse film that keeps on giving
So there was this film in 2007 – a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, where the two directors would each create a full-length low-budget film that celebrated the classic “grindhouse” films of long ago. They would release the two films – Rodriguez’ “Planet Terror” and Tarantino’s “Death Proof” – as a double feature,…
Read MoreHappy Convoy Day to all who celebrate!
Today is October the 4th, and on this day we celebrate one of the greatest songs of the 1970’s. That, of course, would be this little track. Yep. C.W. McCall’s classic “talking blues” record about truck drivers and citizens band radio lingo, “Convoy.” 10-4, good buddy … Get it? October 4? 10-4? Listen, if you’re…
Read MorePenn’s stolen valor
Imagine that someone you know, someone you’ve worked with, someone in your tertiary universe has just received a Nobel Prize. That’s huge. And of course, you’ll want to trumpet this news as loudly as possible. Heck, my alma mater, Hamilton College, can boast that Elihu Root, who graduated from Hamilton and would later serve as…
Read MoreCurt Schilling violated Tim Wakefield’s trust.
I’m going to start this blog post by remembering a great pitcher and an even greater person. Tim Wakefield was a baseball player who changed his trajectory to the big leagues by moving from first base to the pitching mound. And unlike nearly every other pitcher in the sport at that time, Wakefield’s main pitch…
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