I finally woke up from those triptowhatevers

The turkey and fixings sure were fine yesterday. The company was finer. Thanks was given for the opportunity to sit down at the unfolded portable table in kitchen of the house my dear wife Karen and I call The Little Bitty and enjoy the company of Daryl, Elisabeth and George for the holiday. You know…

There are free tickets, and there are FREE TICKETS

My dear wife Karen texted me a little past noon Tuesday. “SU BB tonight?” I knew the code. Tickets for the Syracuse Orange’s game against Loyola in the Carrier Dome were being offered at Syracuse Media Group? Fast as I could I answered “Tix for us, yes.” And received back “Sec 122 seats 11 and…

After watching ‘Selma,’ reviewer hears about Ferguson verdict

There are a lot of folks in Ferguson, Mo., who aren’t likely having a quiet and peaceful Thanksgiving today. The city outside of St. Louis has been in turmoil since Monday night, as the world knows, since it was announced that a grand jury did not charge the policeman who killed teenager Michael Brown. Protesters…

Beth pays off Wolverine wager with her unusual voice

I have to hand it to Beth. For somebody who calls her blog I Didn’t Have My Glasses On, she has extremely sharp focus. Beth is a graduate of the University of Michigan. My alma mater is the University of Maryland. So when My Terrapins moved to the Big Ten to join her Wolverines for…

They play hockey in the Carrier Dome, and 30,715 show up

I’ve got season tickets to Syracuse University football in the Carrier Dome, and it was not a good season. One win, in double-overtime in the season opener against Football Championship Series Subdivision foe Villanova, and then five straight bone-numbing losses to rob fans of any sense of spirit. Maryland (OK, the win for my alma…

Syracuse’s best will be honored on March 5, 6

The Syracuse Area Music Awards will present its Hall of Fame inductions on March 5 at Upstairs at the Dinosaur and annual awards ceremony March 6 at the Palace Theatre on James Street. Performers for the ceremony will include Joanne Shenandoah, who’s a member of the Sammys Hall of Fame and a Grammy Award winner;…

Here comes Mick Fury from Nashville for a Thanksgiving week release

You can take the musician out of Syracuse, but you can’t take the Syracuse out of the musician. Mick Fury and his mates in the party country band Midnight Moonshine packed their bags this summer and moved from Central New York to Nashville. And why not? With Fury’s hard-working style and all of their talent,…

You can sit it in halfway hungry and fill up

I saw the first part of “The Hunger Games” series a year after the fact, on NetFlix. Not on my iPad or phone, thankfully. I watched the blockbuster hit on my living room flat screen. Still, the dystopian story didn’t really win my over. I didn’t gush, and I didn’t rush out to see part…

One last burst of energy for The Head, Captain Poblano

The Head gets around. Wormy couldn’t help putting her Captain Poblano version into a peculiar predicament in Brasov, coupled with The Head itself. Her words that accompany the work of her photo-tinkering talent are a Nano Poblano fairytale indeed. Please click the link above and marvel. Blogger Rachel Carrera, meanwhile, made sure to relocate The…

Hey, Geek Squad, give Linda G. a new laptop

I think Linda G. Hill deserves a brand new laptop from her local Geek Squad. Do you want to become part of a grand blogging/social media experiment with me today? Reblog. Share. See how far we can get this statement out, out, out. Here’s the back story, as I was reminded by Nano Poblano teammate…