It’s the last weekend of October, and next week we move leave Daylight Saving Time. I think they schedule the time change after Halloween so that all the little door-to-door costumed candy-beggars have enough daylight to get a full haul of fun sized Snickers and M&M’s. Trust me, kids. Stop by my house, and you’re…
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Oscar’s Hope for the Win
Two of my most successful photography creations were a mixture of B&W and color photography, capturing two images in one take. In 2011, I packed very old Ansco Pan 70mm film and AGFA Vista color print film into a vintage 616 camera, the AGFA Chief, and created The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake. Prior to…
Read MoreThe electric car adjustment that confirms Elon Musk won’t get any of my money.
Yes, I am a proud Chevrolet owner. My last three cars were Chevrolets, and the five cars I’ve owned in my life all were General Motors products (starting with the Pontiac 6000 and the Saturn Ion). I also have a serious disdain for anything connected to Elon Musk. I’m not enamored with his anti-trans, anti-Semitic…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 5
Last week, our intrepid harness horse Pay Me To Knight (also known around the stable as “Junior”) came in second in his race at Saratoga Harness, only a whisker behind a speedster known as Yucatan Party Man, who won at 13-1 odds. Well, this Sunday the two horses will have a rematch in the 10th…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 4
For those of you who are not familiar with this blog category … I have resolved to bet $20 on a single horse every time he races at Saratoga’s harness track. The horse, a 6-year-old blue roan gelding officially named Pay Me To Knight, but colloquially known as “Junior,” has won one of his three…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, February 17 2024
So I’m back home now. Two weeks in the hospital and I’m now back home. Thank Heavens. Which means I can now get back to my normal routines. And those “routines” include scanning my personal blogroll and finding the great blog posts and photos and comments from the men and women who populate those blogs,…
Read More$20 on his infrared nose
Last Saturday I tested my modified Nikon Df by photographing a park gazebo. And everything worked out well. Now comes the next test. Can I use this to shoot infrared images in an area I previously couldn’t – action sports shots? Let’s see. Saratoga Harness has the trotters running … I checked the lineup, and…
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