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Wagner College Drummer

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 10:00:00 -0500

A Wagner College drummer at the 2016 Columbus Day Parade

1910 Hanriot

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:00:00 -0400

From the Old Rhienbeck Aerodrome.

Cassette in Concrete

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400

40.7213889, -73.9866667

Notice

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 22:00:00 -0400

“Any one placing any encumbrance on this balcony will be fined ten dollars”

Height in Things

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 05:00:00 -0400

I’m roughly six-feet six-inches, or about 198 centimeters, tall. Every once in a while I wonder how tall I am in terms of other, non-established, units of measure. For example, I’m 20 Twinkies tall, which would add up to 1,980 calories, 86 grams of fat, and 1,800 milligrams of sodium.

Jury Duty (2016 Edition)

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0400

In mid-May, I was called for jury duty for the third time in my life. This time, it was at 111 Centre Street, which looks like a normal office building with extra security. I showed up half an hour early, and had to wait 10-15 minutes to get through security before being able to head up to the jury room. Once in the jury room, we had to watch an orientation video that seemed to be produced in the early 90s but had contemporary information, and submit some forms including parts of our jury summonses. We were told the rules, and then the fun started.

(I’m going to change specific details of the trial I was on)

Quote: I never remember feeling tired...

Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:00:00 -0400

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.

Brooklyn Bridge After the Rain

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:13:00 -0400

Taken on March 16, 2016 at about 7:36 p.m. The rain had stopped about 15 minutes prior.

2015 In Movies

Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:00:00 -0500

In 2014 I watched over 200 movies, coming close to doubling my yearly average. I blamed that on the fact that there wasn’t much to watch on TV. In 2015, I watched 112 movies, which is one off from the yearly average. I attribute the sudden decline from the prior year to the fact that I did, in fact, watch a lot more television, especially shows that had been recommended to me after having been on for a few seasons, like Vikings, Death in Paradise, Shetland, DCI Banks, etc., and watching all of the seasons of The X-Files in anticipation of the 10th season. Additionally, I did not commit myself to watching all of the movies in a series like James Bond or Aliens/Predators, etc. (I say that as I’m just finishing up watching all of the Harry Potter movies).

I think the standout new movie from 2015 was Ex Machina.

Melting Toht Candle

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 19:00:00 -0500

When I saw that someone had made a candle that looked like Toht melting from Raiders of the Lost Ark, I had to get one! And of course, I had to make a timelapse video of it melting…