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December 17, 2024On the web

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/well-intentioned-advice-no-reason-abandon-19962270.php

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December 17, 2024Brief thoughts

This is a really cool thing to see from the Albany Public Library: you can now “check out” concert tickets to Albany […]

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November 16, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news, Trees

Another Lorax reference

A tree with bright red leaves against a blue sky.

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, […]

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November 13, 2024November 13, 2024Brief thoughts

Counting Calories

Our local food writer Steve Barnes has a column in today’s Times Union about the challenges of calculating the nutritional content of […]

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October 20, 2024Brief thoughts

Gas prices rising and electric expected to fall? Good thing I have heatpumps being installed to replace my gas-powered forced air system […]

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October 16, 2024Brief thoughts

There’s an article in the Business Journals about how employers are struggling to pay the increased cost of newer pharmaceuticals. At what […]

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October 13, 2024Brief thoughts

Moving 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 […]

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October 3, 2024Brief thoughts

Also 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 […]

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June 16, 2024Brief thoughts, Upstate Culture

A 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 […]

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May 23, 2024May 23, 2024Brief thoughts, Jotting things down

“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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