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A Halloween Ghost Story
October 27, 2016 The blogger is too lazy to write anything relevant so instead here’s a scary story that really happened Back in my early 20s I managed to get a job as a security guard for the first time. I was attending an institution of higher learning during the day and wanted a night…
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Crude Oil Pumped Under The Hudson
September 16, 2016 Publicizing the Pilgrim Pipelines and alarming the military authorities by boating on the river on a late summer day This is what you may not have heard, until very recently the Corporate Media has been obediently quiet about it and they still haven’t given it much attention. There is a proposed plan…
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We Walked The Entire Rail Trail
August 31, 2016 From the South End of Albany all the way to Voorheesville, okay not all at once but we did the whole thing It seems like every few days I hear or read about more people discovering the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail for themselves and offering praises and delight. Actually, most of…
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The Sewage Still Spills
July 26, 2016 The Park South neighborhood still dumps raw sewage into the Hudson River via my neighborhood *UPDATE* Albanyweblog visits the new spectacular Beaverkill sinkhole at the west end of Washington Park Lake that swallowed a car, and also talks to Water Commissioner Joe Coffey You know, I hate to complain about the same…
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Dignity And Respect
June 29, 2016 Reburying the slaves, the would-be Islamberg pogrom, the Albany response to the Orlando shootings and the need for rational gun policies Where to begin. I’ll start by mentioning the slaves, the ones found buried in the suburb of Menands right outside the City of Albany, discovered when a sewer line was being…
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The Tulips And The Tulip Queen
May 9, 2016 Lots of photos of that traditional rite of Spring, the Tulip Festival in Washington Park Every year I head over to Washington Park to check out the Tulip Festival, a sort of traditional rite of Spring for Albany. I make the rounds of the whole thing at least one day, cruising through…
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Earth Day Arises
April 30, 2016 Much more than a bike expo, the fabulous Radix Center farm, and an upcoming radical act of civil disobedience approved by the local authorities This is a long article in three parts, jump to the part you want to read:
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Signs Of Spring
April 10, 2016 Flowers, gnarly maple trees, sick ash trees, woodpeckers, robins, horny skunks and snow Weatherwise, we’ve been having an eventful Spring. One day it’s warm and lovely, and the next day it’s winter again. Usually this is the time of year I take off my long winter underwear, those wonderful garments that make…
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The Presidential Distraction Examined
March 22, 2016 No one wants me to add my opinion to this noisy perverted election cycle but here it is anyway After retreating from American minds for some ten years, the information controlling entity known as the Corporate Media has found a handle and appears to be dictating our thoughts once again. This phenomenon…
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Some Stuff From My Buildings
February 29, 2016 Nothing controversial here, just some crappy looking old junk In the last decade of the 20th Century I bought some old but run down buildings in my immediate neighborhood that were full of rental units. The buildings were solid but the prices were cheap, they needed a lot of work. So this…