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You Can do What With the Tattooed Skin of Your Dead Loved Ones?
You Can do What With the Tattooed Skin of Your Dead Loved Ones?
You Can do What With the Tattooed Skin of Your Dead Loved Ones?
I mean, I guess this is fitting news since Halloween is coming up.  And this seems like something straight out of a horror movie. This is just straight up bizarre to me though.  In fact, I actually clicked the news link thinking it was a joke...
Capital Region Makes List of Top Cities For Rats
Capital Region Makes List of Top Cities For Rats
Capital Region Makes List of Top Cities For Rats
It's not the first time the Capital Region has landed on this list, but still, yikes. And of course, when I read this news, I automatically started listening to "Rats" by Ghost, so at least there's a good rock song to go with it.  According to a recent list that CNY Central reported on, the Capital Region has landed on a list of the Top 50 "Rattiest" cities in the nation... Rea
One of The Most Notorious New York Jails To Close
One of The Most Notorious New York Jails To Close
One of The Most Notorious New York Jails To Close
One of the most notorious jail complexes in New York is going to be closing. In a vote that passed 36-13, one of New York's most infamous places will be shutting down by 2026.  As reported by the Times Union, Rikers Island Jail Complex will be shut down and replaced by four smaller complexes placed around the Burroughs of New York City...
Disney to Pay $1000 For You To Watch Disney
Disney to Pay $1000 For You To Watch Disney
Disney to Pay $1000 For You To Watch Disney
Talk about an easy way to make an extra $1000 - if you like Disney, that is. Disney+ wants to hire people to watch Disney movies.  Yup.  For the Disney fans, this could be a dream come true.  I mean, for those stone-faced Wednesday Addams out there, this could be torture (not knocking, Wednesday is my childhood idol...
Rockers and Musicians Celebrate World Mental Health Day
Rockers and Musicians Celebrate World Mental Health Day
Rockers and Musicians Celebrate World Mental Health Day
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day and musicians and music organizations had a huge presence in taking part. From legendary rockers like Dave Navarro talking about emotional stress with MusiCares, to Warped Tour rockers like Telle Smith of The Word Alive partnering with HeartSupport, to even organizations like Live Nation posting about the importance of mental health resources for employees, mu
Troy Maintenance Repair Leads to Oldest Find in the Nation
Troy Maintenance Repair Leads to Oldest Find in the Nation
Troy Maintenance Repair Leads to Oldest Find in the Nation
An ordinary maintenance repair led to a historic discovery in one area of the Capital Region. The Capital Region has so much history, and in particular, Troy is full of it.  Now?  The history books may be changing a little bit.  The Times Union posted about a historic find in Troy recently, during water pipe maintenance...
Capital Region Woman to Compete on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Capital Region Woman to Compete on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Capital Region Woman to Compete on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
A Capital Region woman is going to be competing on "Wheel of Fortune" this Monday  (Oh- and living out some of my game-show dreams). Of course I'm going to have to cheer on Melissa Grega or Troy, who the Times Union reported on as an upcoming competitor on Monday...
Why Hetfield is a Rockstar for Rehab-ing It
Why Hetfield is a Rockstar for Rehab-ing It
Why Hetfield is a Rockstar for Rehab-ing It
Yesterday, an official letter from Lars, Kirk, and Rob was posted to the Metallica website.  News became viral that the band is postponing an upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand so that legendary rocker and vocalist James Hetfield can seek treatment for some current struggles with addiction...
Cuomo Wants Teamwork with Vaping and Marijuana
Cuomo Wants Teamwork with Vaping and Marijuana
Cuomo Wants Teamwork with Vaping and Marijuana
It has been over a week since Governor Cuomo's Executive Action ban on e-cigarette flavors.  In the past week, things haven't really settled much. Initially people I knew reacted with a lot of passion- on support of both sides- to this ban...
Upstate New Yorker Wins Ink Master ‘Battle of the Sexes’
Upstate New Yorker Wins Ink Master ‘Battle of the Sexes’
Upstate New Yorker Wins Ink Master ‘Battle of the Sexes’
Upstate New York has been represented on TV a lot lately- from singing competitions to cooking shows.  This time, an Upstate New Yorker took home the top prize. I am a huge "Ink Master" fan, and love to binge watch marathons of the competitive tattoo show...
More Shootings During a Week of Chaos in Capital Region Town
More Shootings During a Week of Chaos in Capital Region Town
More Shootings During a Week of Chaos in Capital Region Town
One Capital Region town has just had a week of what seems like relentless violence.  Now, two teens have been shot, continuing that streak of violence. The most recent shootings of two teenagers, reported by the Times Union, adds to the list of crime in an area that has already dealt with a homicide, burglaries, and shootings within the past week...
Make $1300 Just For Watching 13 Horror Movies
Make $1300 Just For Watching 13 Horror Movies
Make $1300 Just For Watching 13 Horror Movies
It's that time of year to start watching horror movies (though to me it's always that time of year), so why not make some serious cash while doing it. By serious cash, I mean you can make $1300 just by watching 13 horror movies by Halloween...

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