Blogorama & Charity

First things first.

Apparently Saturday is Community Service Day here at Chateau de My Apartment. I’m taking part in the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk over at The Crossings of Colonie.  You can do your part and help my team, and the AHA as a whole, meet our goal by donating at my personal donation page HERE.

Meanwhile, my roommate Steve Henel will be back at the apartment playing video games. But don’t think that means he’s not doing his part. Far from it; he’s actually engaging in an activity I, with my limited patience, cannot even fathom. He’s taking part in Extra Life to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Steve, along with many others across the nation, will play video games for 24 consecutive hours – that means no sleep and only brief and infrequent breaks.

All of Steve’s money will go directly to our local chapter, which is the Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center.You can makey our donation HERE.

Please give, or Julianne Moore will cry.

Now, on to Blogorama.

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TU BLOG HIGHLIGHTS

The Amazing & Never Duplicated Flo Henderson Mullet (Davenport Chronicles)

McEneny Zings Tea Party (Local Politics)

October Simpler Living Meetup…with Llamas! (Simpler Living)

Did the First TV Soap Opera Originate in Schenectady? (Chuck Miller)

Local Bar Does it Right (CRUMBS blog)

(insert clever title here) (Funnies) Note to Dan Rossi – putting the title of your blog post in parentheses makes my Blogorama link really awkward, you selfish jerk.

FarmLife’s Teri Conroy on Fox 23 News (FarmLife)

Are Yoga and Christianity Compatible? (Rev. Alan Rudnick)

Overturning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (Homefront)

The Lost Art of Vinyl (High School) Thank you for making me feel old.

Whose History Is It, Anyway? (Alice Green)

CRUMBS Cafe is back with Episode 95 featuring Frank Palangi (CRUMBS blog)

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More greatness from all over is after the jump.

ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET

Locally

Innovation Infrastructure (The Approach) This year marks 175 years of Civil Engineering at R.P.I.

Live: Gordon Lightfoot @ Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (Nippertown) So bummed I missed this.

Next Hellions of Troy Roller Derby Bout Saturday, October 16th

My NYCC Experience (One Seven One)

Movies & Television

How to Keep Track of Expiring Streaming Netflix Titles (Hacking Netflix)

“Back to the Future” Eric Stoltz Footage Revealed for the First Time Ever (Cinematical)

Buried at the Box Office: 10 Creepy Cinema Cemeteries (WebUrbanist)

Other

The Best You Can Be is Worse Than the Best Show (Scratchbomb)

New Tech Meets Old World: Paintings in Ultra Hi-Res (WebUrbanist)

Art for TV (Great Inspiration)

180 Days Later, Happy Meal Doesn’t Rot…or Change Much at All (MSNBC)

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ART

Insightful, thoughtful, inspirational, and/or straight up pretty stuff from great artists, most of whom I just learned existed in the past week.

George Innes (painting)

Craig Hawkins (painting)

Aron Weisenfeld (painting)

Myoe Win Aung (painting)

Studio Furia (image manipulation)

Oliver Vernon (painting)

Johan Thornqvist (illustrations)

Sparrow Guitars (advertising campaign)

Erik Johansson (photo manipulation)

David Cheifetz (painting)

Julien Pacaud (illustrations)

Paul Graham (photography)

William Eggleston (photography)

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MMA

Jake Shields on his UFC Debut, 11 Years in the Making (MMAFighting.com)

Melvin Guillard and Yves Edwards official for Jan. 22nd (MMAjunkie) Neither’s a contender, but boy will it be a fun fight.

Changing NY Political Winds Could Affect MMA Legalization (MMAFighting.com)

Dana White Addresses the Oxford Union Society (MMAFighting.com)

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