Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve been a bit of an astrophotographic nerd of late. Three solar eclipses, two lunar eclipses, a couple of Milky Way captures, some star trails, and a meteor shower. But how about capturing one of the biggest sunspots ever? Yep. Did that last Friday. Apparently the sun is going through its…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 11 2024
I should let you know that my blogroll is very fluid. I’ll add links for new bloggers, and I’ll remove links from bloggers who don’t blog any more (or their page comes back as a “404: Not Found” when I search for them). That’s why you don’t see the Lazygal or the James Edward Skye…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 10, 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 More“Thank you for paying your bill in full three months ago. Now pay us $240 more RIGHT NOW.”
There are corporate monoliths that piss me off. Allstate. Spectrum. Verizon. You know, the usual cesspool of vermin. We can now add KCI to this mix. KCI is the manufacturer of a portable negative pressure wound vac machine I used during my recent foot surgery. See, when I was in the hospital last February, I…
Read MoreA slight change to the New York State Fair’s Photography Competition
Let’s make something clear. When you enter a photography competition, you must take some time and read the entry rules carefully. The rules determine, for example, the size of your print, its composition (framed or unframed, mounted or unmounted), the number of prints you are allowed to enter and whether you are limited to a…
Read More“Wake up! It’s time to renew!!”
Ah, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles moves like clockwork. Especially when they want your money. This morning, I received an email stating that this is my THIRD notice for renewing the registration on my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier (“Lightning’s Girl”). I guess that’s supposed to frighten the shit out of me, because…
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Lighting Up Lightning’s Girl
I’ve owned my 2017 Chevrolet Volt (“Lightning’s Girl”) for two years, and it’s a dream car. None one single stitch of trouble. Maybe a couple of check-engine lights, but nothing that wasn’t covered under the car’s PZED warranty. So … I decided it was time to add a little glow to my car. And by…
Read MoreRaskolnikov meets the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad
I haven’t used my super-ultra-wide Soviet Krasnogorsk FT-2 (“Raskolnikov”) camera in a long, long while. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t found a suitable subject to photograph with it … or maybe I’m developing photographer’s block with the camera. When I can get the camera to work to my advantage, I can get some incredible…
Read MoreThou shalt not plagiarize Blotto.
The world of pop music has been littered with potholes of plagiarism. A hundred years ago, the song “Yes! We Have No Bananas” took the melody of G.F. Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus for a Tin Pan Alley refrain. George Harrison’s song “My Sweet Lord” was found to be too close in melody and structure to the…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 4 2024
Hello to all of you on this glorious holiday. Just remember … one of the great things about Star Wars fandom is that the one character you hate in that movie will become, by the next movie or two, one of the most beloved characters. I give an example. Star Wars – “It’s a big…
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