PLUG! I just wanted to give a quick thanks to Pfeil Hardware in downtown Troy for their generous donation towards our goal of raising funds for Special Olympics New York through the Over the Edge fundraiser.
Pfeil opened in the location of the old Stanley’s. I recall making trips down there as a child, and […]
Chuck Miller asked if I would read the prologue to his novel The Robins of Iverhill if he donated $50. I accepted.
Here’s the mp3:
James Odato has the story in today’s paper:
The reason for the technical knockout, according to officials with Ultimate Fighting Championship, the group behind competitions, is retaliation from organized labor. UFC’s officers say Unite Here, the powerful hotel workers’ union, is […]
Appeals to our better angels rarely go heeded. Such is the case with my quest to raise $1,000 for the Special Olympics of NY through the Over the Edge event. And now I have a teammate – Meghan Nolan – who I also want to […]
BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER: Did you know that if just half of the people that read this blog post today were to donate just $5 to Special Olympics of NY, I’d not only meet my goal of raising $1,000 for the organization but beat it by a factor of three?
So this is my busy season at work, hence commentaries on current events being replaced with posts about Kitty Cat Warriors and hipster scumbags trying to drag their babies into a bar with them. I finally listened to a voicemail I received last week from one of the organizers behind “
True story.
My brother, whose son Caden turns one year old next week (he is an adorable little monster), works as a bouncer at a bar down in NYC. For the purposes of this story, I need to reiterate: this place is a bar, not a bar/restaurant/pub/TGI Friday’s. Bands don’t perform behind chicken wire, but […]
Last night someone linked me to a story about same-sex marriage and in particular a recent poll showing that a slim majority of New Yorkers now opposed it.
I hit the brakes when I read that last part. […]
The more I see of the opposition to same-sex marriage, the more I become convinced that it’s definitely going to get passed this year, and most likely this session. As such, groups that are lobbying so heavily against the measure are not only fighting an uphill battle, but putting their own long-term viability at risk.
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The mother of local writer and artist Alan Ilagan, a homosexual in a committed relationship with another man he considers for all intents and purposes (except legal in NY) his husband, sent a letter to the Times Union that was published in yesterday’s paper:
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