Blogorama! (Links & Highlights of the Week)

- Frank Chimero (click on picture for link to work)

Happy Friday, everyone!

It’s been quite a week for yours truly. As you’ll see below, I’ve been sharing my insights over on the Troy blog as well as this ol’ thing. Also, the MANville podcast launched its new website, with much respect and full credit to all the hard work of This is College?! contributor Erin Morelli.

Speaking of MANville, we have secured none other than the area’s #1 local stand-up comic as voted by the readers of Metroland (and fellow TU blogger) Greg Aidala as a future guest.

The latest episode, where we discuss everything from Nature vs. Nurture to Juliette Lewis, is now available. Seriously, this podcast just gets better with each episode, and I have a blast doing it. Give it a listen (we’re also in the iTunes Music Store)

But enough about me. Onwards to Blogorama!

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AWARDS & CITATIONS

TIMES UNION STORY OF THE WEEK:

Troy school official dismissed after degree revoked (Scott Waldman)

COMMENT OF THE WEEK:

“In any discourse, the best consequences will flow from the greatest amount of input. Even the ’stupid’ input counts.” – GenWar [link]

ALBUM OF THE WEEK:

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TU BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

On the Troy Blog – Cool Storefront: Prism Glass Works | Troy Police Implement Community Policing Initiative | Troy Superintendent, School Officials Failed to Vet Plagiarist Whose PhD Was Revoked

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See David Cassidy at Humane Society Picnic (Dog-Owned Life) I woke up with pups this morning?

The Night That Stars Fell On Wunsapana Farms (Chuck Miller)

Work After War (Rosemary Armao)

Silver Hills Chef to Re-Open Illium Cafe in Troy (Table Hopping)

What a Difference A Week Makes…or Does It? (Libby Post)

Cyberchange (Amanda Talar)

Live Cat Found ‘Marinating’ in Man’s Trunk (Dog-Owned Life)

Which Gym Do You Go To? (Savings Source)

Happy Birthday to Us (The Funnies)

How Do Kids Spend Their Two Million Minutes? (Lori Cullen)

Walk With Me (via Lori Van Buren) (Farm Life)

Running in the Dark: Tips for Night Owls (Runners Bl0g)

New Troy Restaurant Tour to Benefit Troy Boys & Girls Club (Table Hopping)

Gotta Have Heart (Will King, Schenectady Blog)

Cosmetic Surgery on Animals (Animal Rights)

Sicko has Concussion (Mark McGuire)

Back to School Clothes (Savings Source)

Slides, Cassettes, and a Script: Reassembling a 1977 Documentary (Chuck Miller)

Has the Digital Age Made Youth Stupid or Smarter? (Lori Cullen)

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ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET

Locally

August Recruitment Night (Hellions of Troy) Ladies interested in joining the Hellions of Troy, check it out!

Tracy Morgan Coming to the Palace (All Over Albany)

Update on the Renovation of the Houston Field House in Troy (Without a Peer)

An Open Letter to Capital District Chefs (FUSSYlittleBLOG)

AFRA: What Fall Trends Excite You? (All Things Ellie)

Comedy, Intentional & Unintentional

The Cat Whisperer (Julie Klausner) NSFW for language

How to Fight the Sandman (John DeVore)

Fancy Cat Wears Permanent Top Hat (Huffington Post)

Conan O’Brien: Advice from Johnny Carson (Hulu)

Great Expectations (Cake Wrecks)

Movies & Television

Mike Tyson Only Did “The Hangover” to Score More Drugs (Cinematical)

Celebrities Who Couldn’t Rest in Peace (Cinematical)

Letter from MLK to Sammy Davis, Jr. (Letters of Note)

The Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV List (The Torch Online)

Great “60 Minutes” Interview with Jackie Gleason

On the Human Condition

James Baldwin debates William F. Buckley at Cambridge, 1965 (We Who Are About to Die)

Spinal Cord Regeneration a Success (BBC News)

Christopher Hitchens’s Battle with Cancer (Roger Ebert)

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ART

Somewhere in My Surreal Dreams (My Modern Metropolis)

Dirty Car? Turn the Dusty Road Into Art (WebUrbanist)

Pulp Cover Art (Golden Age Comic Book Stories)

Apocalyptic Art (WebUrbanist)

Thomas Hafner (Monster Brains)

Susanna Majuri (Design You Trust)

Wizards in an Alley (Sean Andrew Murray) This guy is just amazing.

Amy Stegner

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MMA

Strikeforce Middleweight Tournament Happening After All (Mixed Marshall Arts)

Pictures from UFC 117 (CageWriter)

One Night Tournament Sounds Great, but Is It a Relic Best Left in MMA’s Past? (MMAFighting.com)

Ask the Fight Doc: Why Not Single Night Tournaments? (MMA Junkie)

UFC 118 Video has Subtitles for James Toney (CageWriter)

Dos Santos May Not Have Power to Beat Lesnar (CageWriter)

Ask the Fight Doc: Is Roy Nelson’s Weight Holding Him Back? (MMA Junkie)

Randy Couture Not Buying James Toney’s Stories of Gym Submissions (MMAFighting.com) FWIW, neither do I.

Controversial Former IFL Boss Jay Larkin Passes Away at 59 (MMAFighting)

UFC 117’s Three Stars: Silva, Sonnen, and Struve (MMAFighting.com)

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Got any other links you’d like to share? Put ‘em up in the comments.