Good morning, everybody. Hope your mid-November weekend plans are pleasant and that you’ve got everything under control. And by “under control,” I mean that you’re not doing anything out of the ordinary until you take a moment and enjoy this week’s blogroll recap. There’s plenty of good stuff here, so let’s get started right now.…
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The speed-reading joke
I’m going to say I was in sixth grade at the time, which meant I was at Veeder Elementary School in South Colonie (School #7 of “The Twelve”), when one of my classmates brought in a couple of phonograph records for us to listen to during a break period. Those phonograph records were Cheech &…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 6
After his nice win last week – giving him two wins on the 2024 Saratoga Harness season – my $20-on-his-nose-each-week stallion Pay Me To Knight (also known as “Junior”) moves over this week to the sixth race. He drew post position $7, with a morning line of 15-1 odds. Why so high? Because in that…
Read MoreThe $20 Junior Challenge – Race 3
I started out with a $100 bank on my year-long bet on a trotter at Saratoga Harness. The horse, officially known as Pay Me To Knight, but colloquially known as Junior, won his last race by a neck, which turned my $20/win bet into a $47 payout. Now before you ask me about why I’m…
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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