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They Want To Fill In The Ravine In Lincoln Park
April 9, 2018 An unglamorous sewage health crisis gets an inadequate proposed solution UPDATE: The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering billions of dollars in loans for water infrastructure projects Seriously, they want to do this. The ravine in Lincoln Park used to be the bed of the Beaverkill before the river was buried…
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A Very Expensive Pothole
February 20, 2018 The State of New York owns a pit full of fiber optic cables in front of my house Right outside the door of my house, out in the street where the cars make right turns to go up the hill, is a manhole cover. I can’t help but think about it all…
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Defiance In The Cold Sunshine
January 28, 2018 The Martin Luther King March overshadowed by racist profanity It was cold, very cold, as it has been for weeks. On the other side of the world, superheated Pacific Ocean air that had been causing unprecedented fires and drought around the Pacific Rim had been pushing over the North Pole. shoving the…
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Proud To Be A Patriotic American Liberal
December 31, 2017 My New Year’s resolution to no longer be ashamed of holding American values We live in a Liberal country that is the living expression of a Liberal society. We were forged in a Liberal revolution fought and won decisively by a Liberal army against what was once the most powerful military in…
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A Tale Of A Busted Zipper
November 23, 2017 A recent visit to Lev’s Leather and Shoe Repair shop Sometime in the early 1990s The Wife and I were walking the length of the massive Pyramid Corporation Aviation Mall up in Glens Falls. There must have been a specific reason but I can’t remember why, perhaps The Wife was looking for…
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Hot Day On Fish Creek
September 29, 2017 A surreal journey on a blistering Autumn day It was Sunday, the third day of autumn, and The Wife was determined to go boating in Fish Creek up in Saratoga County. It was extremely sunny and the temperature was 91 degrees fahrenheit because of (WARNING: politically incorrect comment) Global Warming caused by…
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The 2017 City Of Albany Mayoral Election
August 11, 2017 A thorough and scathing explanation why incumbent Kathy Sheehan should be reelected Now, before we start, I want to make it very clear that everything I am about to say in this article is solely and completely my own opinion. I’m not going to try to be unbiased like the local Corporate Media outlets…
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The Church On Delaware Avenue
July 15, 2017 A photo tour of a fine Albany landmark and the importance of church buildings I can’t believe that after all these years of living within walking distance of the former St. James Catholic Church on Delaware Avenue, located almost directly across the street from the firehouse with the beavers on top, that…
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The Shale Flats At Waterford
June 29, 2017 The rocks exposed at the mouth of the Mohawk River The City of Waterford sits at the intersection of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers north of Albany, part of a great inland water highway that leads deep into the interior of the United States and ultimately connects the Atlantic Ocean to the…
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You Will Not Burn Our Garbage
June 17, 2017 Are Albany County officials seriously considering killing us with a trash incinerator? I’m not going to mince words or beat around the bush or pull any punches here. If a garbage burning plant gets built anywhere in Albany County or in the surrounding counties, if then someone takes a rocket launcher to…