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Read moreCategory: Brief thoughts
This is a really cool thing to see from the Albany Public Library: you can now “check out” concert tickets to Albany […]
Read moreAnother Lorax reference
Okay, I’m adding another reference to the Lorax on my blog. It’s not mine this time, but the Times Union’s Steve Hughes, […]
Read moreCounting Calories
Our local food writer Steve Barnes has a column in today’s Times Union about the challenges of calculating the nutritional content of […]
Read moreGas prices rising and electric expected to fall? Good thing I have heatpumps being installed to replace my gas-powered forced air system […]
Read moreThere’s an article in the Business Journals about how employers are struggling to pay the increased cost of newer pharmaceuticals. At what […]
Read moreMoving up in the world?
Living in the Albany area is often an exercise in living with cognitive dissonance. Twenty-first century Albany is simultaneously a small American […]
Read moreAlso in the shadow of I-787
The Times Union reported this week that the Lebanese restaurant on Broadway, just north of the Watervliet Arsenal, is changing hands, and […]
Read moreA Visit to a Garden
My wife and I visited the home of a very dear friend yesterday. She has an amazing English-style garden, and I was […]
Read more“Public” Higher Ed?
Wouldn’t it be great if Gov. Hochul and the Legislature decided to get serious about making college “affordable” by actually funding public […]
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