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Police officers are an underpaid and underappreciated bunch that are put in the direct line of fire – both figuratively and literally – and rarely given the same amount of attention when they do something right as when they do something wrong. It’s a dangerous and often thankless job. I can imagine, or hope, that […]
To the graduating class of 2010:
Good morning, good afternoon, good day and good evening. My name is Kevin Marshall, TimesUnion.com blogger and barely mediocre local stage actor. Please, do not pretend you don’t know who I am. You’ll just embarrass us both.
Today, you will sit in the blistering sun in dark colors that absorb […]
Sometimes, it takes me awhile to appreciate a film.
It’s part of the reason I admire a film critic, or at the very least a good one. They can go to a viewing and that night, or the next day, formulate a coherent analysis of what they saw and make a solid determination of whether […]
The following is a real commercial that comedian and serious conspiracy theory enthusiast Dan Aykroyd created for his vodka, Crystal Head Vodka. Aykroyd rants for three full minutes about everything from unseen dimensions, ghosts, and the alleged alien crash landing in Roswell before he even mentions the word vodka.
Then things get even more insane.
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A couple Sundays ago, an op-ed piece by local historian and author Scott Christianson appeared in the Times Union that drew parallels between the secession of Southern States leading […]
In addition to his dashing good looks, my nephew Joseph Gino has another thing in common with yours truly: three older sisters.
Being the youngest of five (four in his case) isn’t easy. It isn’t any easier when you are overpowered in terms of gender 3 to 1. Sure, I had an older brother, but […]
It’s Cinco de Mayo. So what, exactly, are we celebrating?
It certainly isn’t Mexican culture, at least not if any of us take the stand that what the State of Arizona has done is even remotely acceptable.
I’m well aware that illegal […]
Ladies, last week I wrote about how I don’t get the obsession with nails.
You know what else I don’t get? “Glee.”
I’ve watched this show with people that practically do backflips over it, and I’ve listened to the arguments. It’s funny, it’s kitschy, […]
A recent blog post by Amanda posed five questions to her readers that I decided to answer because…well, I was bored. And also because I love contributing to her blog.
One of the questions asked “what was the very first thing you wanted […]
Today’s post is inspired by a story a friend (Nooney) told me last weekend. You may remember him as one of the two gentlemen whose conversation inspired the “Dating Week” blog posts.
Early in his teaching career, Nooney was stationed at a middle school. One of his female co-workers, whom he had become fast friends with, was being […]
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