Blog Master G

As many of you know, I’ve been involved with the Saratoga Steeplechasers for more than a year now. We’re dedicated to raising money and awareness to save the beautiful and historic Universal Preservation Hall in downtown Saratoga. The building is being transformed from a dilapidated old church into a vibrant performing arts center for the […]

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Holy crap it’s cold here this morning! Air temperature: -5 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind temperature: -23 degrees Fahrenheit. Damn!

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Not that you would’ve guessed, but I love snow. How did my Valentine wife know what to get me? Jen got me 2 feet of snow (and still coming down!) in our first real snow storm this winter. I love it. There’s nothing like waking up to a blanket of white fluffy goodness. We flounced […]

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It’s finally starting to feel like winter in Saratoga Springs — at least according to the treemometer, if not according to the snow depth on the ground (though there finally is a bit). Know how cold it is here this morning? (And Yahoo Weather says it’s actually -6, so the treemometer must have given up.) […]

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For once, we didn’t lose power in a winter storm. Many of our friends, did, though, so our place was the gathering spot last night for dinner and part two of the season premier of 24. Photos from yesterday and this morning: View more photos on Flickr

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OK, so I’m only a bit over a month behind in blogging now, but it’s a holiday and it’s an ice storm outside, so what better way to spend the day than getting caught up on my two blog backlog lists (and doing some work, which I can’t resist). Saratoga Springs officially became a town […]

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On January 5 I finally got fed up with the quality of the Saratogian (or lack thereof). I emailed the below letter that day, and, to date, have not seen it published. Can they not even take the criticism? I just resent it to them to make sure they got it. Either way, here it […]

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This global warming thing is getting crazy now. Here it is January 6 in the Northeast and it’s 61 degrees and sunny today. What the hell? It snowed once a few days ago, but the snow had all melted by the next day. My grass is still as green as it was in October when […]

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I hate to use the Fox News approach to their sorry excuse for journalism (the question mark in the headline), but hey, Blog Master G ain’t no professional journalist (did I really just say “ain’t,” too?). Anyway, last night on the way to the monthly Saratoga Chamber Mixer with Sarah and Justin, we drove past […]

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I don’t like musicals. And for some reason I usually have a hard time staying awake for any kind of live performance. Bill Maher in Albany earlier this month is an exception to the latter, and Home Made Theater‘s hilarious and well-crafted production of Urinetown is an exception to both. Last night following dinner at […]

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