A huge night for Tiny

Something special happened for the Limp Lizard squad during Thursday Night Men’s League action at Bowling Green last week. And it wasn’t the fact that we won all three games for the first time to up our second-half record to 9-12. My teammate Tiny had a week that was. If you can’t quite make out…

A clear look at our foggy backyard

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle delivered an extra woof when I let her out into the backyard of A Bitty Better Sunday morning. I looked out further from the back door, brushed the sleep out of my eyes, grabbed my iPad Pro, and stepped out the side door. Our cherished rescue mutt wanted me to…

A tree still colorful in Clinton Square

A trip to downtown Syracuse to meet my dear wife Karen at the end of our last work week brought me a surprise as we walked past Clinton Square. The city Christmas Tree not only still standing, but the lights were still shining as well. The date was Jan. 20. The skaters taking advantage of…

What would one teen boy take from 3 diverse 20th Century Women?

If you lived through 1979, parts big and small of Mike Mills’ Women of a Certain Age will smack you upside the head. The writer and director fashioned this sometimes searing and sometimes sleepy 118-minute period piece after his relationship with his mother, and filled it with the way the people and place in their…

A rousing start to the latest music series at the Liverpool Public Library

A week ago I had to work a few hours at the Liverpool Public Library. Shooting video of Ron Spencer and Jumpstart entertaining a standing-room-only crowd in the Carman Community Room was so much fun that I had to pull out one right here today to share with the rest of the world. That’s Mark…

Sophistafunk shares a good Real Vibration at Funk N Waffles Downtown

I never saw a Sophistafunk set where people weren’t up, out, flying about in the middle of a great time. The new album from Real Vibration the Syracuse funk and hip-hop stewmeisters keeps that vibe flowing. Jack Brown, Adam Gold and Emmanuel Washington will come together to celebrate the release of the seven-cut album recorded…

It’s a dog park, too, when no kids are there (and we bring bags)

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle adores the Children’s Playground behind the Salina Town Hall. My dear wife Karen discovered that when there are no other people present, the totally fenced-in area out back make an excellent faux Dog Park. Yes, I tucked extra supermarket plastic bags in my pocket in case. The dog likes her…

Pretty little Galeville playground

Living so close to the Town of Salina Hall can spice up the walks around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville for my dear Karen and I. Will the spot be jumping or quiet? On weekends it tends toward the latter. And so we investigated the kiddies playground tucked way in the back. There are plenty…

Edgar Pagan sounds sweet, with support from many cool friends

Edgar Pagan can make a few calls, send a couple of emails, punch out a text or three and put together a CD that stands up to anything out there in the whole, wide world. That says so much. About the man’s heart, soul and talent. What a Feeling! billed as coming from GPL (that’s…

Side by side, we paint our own twists to hang on the wall

All those folks making their own messes with paint and brush on a recent episode of Undercover Boss caught my attention. This, I told my dear wife Karen, looked like something I could get into. And so we pulled up to the Liverpool Painting with a Twist this past Saturday night, signed up and psyched…