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Chrome OS went opensource on Wednesday. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html I am excited but I also wonder if comfort in the knowledge of having most importan0 . . .
Does anyone have any experience with the Drycleaners at: a) The corner of Linwood and North? You know, that shop next to the art gallery that sells clothes with the grammatically wrong tagline &quo0 . . .
"Visiting with family" is definitely not equivalent to a "Vacation". I was over the moon thinking about the vacation, was stressed out completely during the "vacation"0 . . .
Over the past few weeks or so, I have been finding out what size I am or rather the numerous sizes my clothes need to be to remotely "fit" me in some way. In Delhi, I am an XL for some s0 . . .
<3 <3 <3 I am coming home to you! <3 <3 <3 1009/Humayunsmall1025.png 1009/CowinDelhi1025.jpg 1009/RedFortsmall1025.png 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p5GnB3mDAw Man. I have smashed so many bubblewraps over the years and maniacally jumped on many! This totally changes everything. Hahahaha0 . . .
Something to think about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y Funny thing is, did you exclaim, "But I knew that already (but never thought so much about it)!" after the video 0 . . .
Admit it! First you were afraid, nay, you were petrified whether you would survive the flu if it hit you point blank, correct? Well, your can lay those fears to rest. You will survive with the help of0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odxM_oJLF3A&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ysewrO0XiM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAr5x6XyH0&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eWSt9VEfzo0 . . .
Okay, the thing is (as usual), I didn't agree with that recipe and this is my own. Take it or leave it. That blogger has it wrong. And if you substitute ANYthing here, may the kitchen god make yo0 . . .
Imma let you finish but Kenan & Kel were the best show (well, after Even Stevens) of all time. ALL TIME! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcdPcqls-u8 I need to dig out their "Two heads ar0 . . .
e:Mike, How come you don't do such outrageously spooky literary narratives anymore? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rfPOgTG6tc0 . . .
Cue the music for this Sunday's Singalong... 1009/HaveACuppaTea1011.mp3 Granny's always ravin' and rantin' And she's always puffin' and pantin', And sheƆ . . .
Guaranteed. I mean, just take a look at the overall vigilante tough-as-only-a-class-monitor-pet-can-be attitude of whatever the hell this thing is. 1009/Batman1009.jpg0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Bn4m6dQbI I am completely speechless. I have NEVER seen the Accordion being played at such a blinding pace! This is a baroque period piece written for a full string0 . . .
e:Heidi and I went out to dinner at the Tokyo Shanghai Bistro yesterday. It was a nice outing to wipe out a bunch of disappointments and catch up. Thank you, Heidi! :) The food was great, the serv0 . . .
I am determined to match all the glorious colours of the fall leaves in every dinner this month! 1009/UpmaVeg1004.png Vegetable Upma with Coconut-Coriander-Tamarind Chutney. Here's to Fa0 . . .
I remembered this video when I read your message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDrs-3hJALs I don't buy Chili Flakes. I think the ones available here are wimpy and a BIG disgrace to all ch0 . . .
by a rude network outage, I was going to post this poem. But now that the E:strip chat has revived, I guess the poem is somewhat out of context. Regardless, I seldom waste my poetic efforts at drama. 0 . . .
Felt like a really light supper today and threw this together in 10 minutes. It's so simple, it takes almost zero effort. 1. Heat 1/2 tsp of peanut oil on high heat - 10 sec 2. Throw in some 0 . . .
Yesterday's Twitter stream made me realize that, though people (well, okay, I mean e:paul) talk about Kuni's regularly here, I have never actually eaten there. I considered this rather anoma0 . . .
In fair crazyland, where we lay our scene, medicine doth not exist. There exists only faith. Heal thyself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0 Now, that's some strong stuff. Hahaha 0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8 My twitter experience started out as a slightly staggered instant messaging/helpdesk/news-update platform for the online services and news sources I use f0 . . .
I spent some time at the CEPA gallery in Market Arcade last evening and I was struck by this exhibit. http://www.cepagallery.org/exhibitions/Conversation_Pieces/index.html It takes me back to the t0 . . .
This man has it right on so many counts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKdG7yGi0KA Yeah, the video is 41 minutes long but the message is totally worth it.0 . . .
0909/VietElectric0913.png 0909/ItsElectric0913.png ------------------------------ *I find Buffalo's downtown and harbour utterly fascinating. There is so much character and story behind ea0 . . .
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I was walking by 50 Allen Street when this caught my attention. 0909/Vandal10910.png 0909/Vandal20910.jpg I shared the outrage when I saw what they had done. 0909/Vandal30910.jpg Really? Wh0 . . .
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Rainbow circa 1976 0809/Rainbow19760831.jpg Vs. Rata Blanca circa 2001 0809/RataBlanca0831.jpg There aren't any! Both are mind-blowing definitions of "awesome"! That is al0 . . .
0809/ComfortBroccoli0830.jpg Broccoli and bell peppers steamed with fresh coriander, fresh red chillies, jalapenos, garlic, mint, coconut, ginger, galangal, red-chilli powder and yellow split peas 0 . . .
Now, with sound. 0809/EddieCantorWithPhilSpitalnySMusicCheerUpSmileNertz0829.mp3 Franklin Street 0809/BufSummer20829.png 0809/BufSummer30829.png 0809/BufSummer50829.png 0809/BufSummer60829.png0 . . .
The Roswell newsletter brought some excellent news today: Keeping it green Many departments are already recycling their clean, non-confidential waste paper -- here's how you can join th0 . . .
I had (what e:Vincent called) an authentic "American" experience at the Erie County fair. e:Vincent and e:Metalpeter let me tag along and generally behave like an out-of-control Japanese tou0 . . .
My officemate stars in this delighful little musical! She also jointly wrote most of the lyrics along with two others from the cast. That's right! I know a genuine future broadway starlet! :) 0 . . .
I went to the harbour the other day and searched for "Landies Sweets & Treats" forever. It says on their pamphlet that its in the "Small Boat Harbour". I couldn't find it.0 . . .
I am working on cleaning out *everything* at home and reaching a paper/cardboard-free state by the end of summer. I could gather everything and dump it in trash but a teeny voice in my head is chiding0 . . .
I really like LaRoux*. Their music pops out of the headphones with tons of bass dripping life. But Oh. my. sweet. piano., I LOVE this kid's take on two of their most popular songs! http://ww0 . . .
I was walking back from PriceRite today when I saw two old ladies struggling with their groceries on the way. I offered to carry one of their bags and they accepted my offer. We walked the very short 0 . . .
*****SPOILER ALERT***** Don't watch this unless you don't plan on watching (or have already watched) the BBC series. It will spoil it somewhat for you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90 . . .
Remember the songstress from ABBA? She is still weaving beautiful melodies... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9qDWpAqrE 0 . . .
I had a nice wake-up scare this weekend and lost some newer revisions of my dissertation. I am not sure entirely what happened but overnight, some of my revised copies went back to their earlier versi0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE Indeed. Hahaha...0 . . .
I was out grocery shopping and guess whom I heard honking at me while I was crossing the road? 0709/EnknotDelaware0714.png Heh. That was funny, e:enknot. :)0 . . .
The Taste of Buffalo festival has a stall giving out samples of Fruit Simple - a fruit smoothie mix with no preservatives and no sugar. 0709/FS0712.jpg I like the idea of not adding sugar and hi0 . . .
I had a fun-taste-tick time at the Taste of Buffalo. It was pouring in the morning but it cleared up beautifully by around four. 0709/Beautifulday0711.jpg I sampled a good variety of really appeti0 . . .
This is something I was chatting to e:Jim about in the chat-space. (Notice how I say "to e:Jim". Yeah, I wasn't really sure if he was chatting back.) Anyhow, the poll is about "0 . . .
Can you imagine the sheer deadweight of concussion-inducing wok-power on that wall in the background? 0709/WallWoks0708.jpg This is not a restaurant wall or even a wok showroom. This wall is &qu0 . . .
That is good to know. 0709/Refillyes0706.png But who will refill this ink? 0709/MilkRefill0706.jpg The Meadow Brook milk factory? Walgreens? Why would anyone want a gallon refill of 0 . . .
Overheard at the height of the finale of fireworks at the Erie harbour. First Old Man: (Jostling all the kids watching the fireworks in front of him) Do you see that? That, over there? Second Ol0 . . .
The new movie may not be much to write home about (quite literally, I didn't), but the soundtrack to both movies are worth writing to the world about. They are nothing short of phenomenal. Someth0 . . .
A friend sent me this picture of the falcon baby that fell out of its nest on one of the towers at University at Buffalo, last week. 0609/Falcon0627.jpg Strangely, it reminds me of a puppy who 0 . . .
0609/PeterAllenTenterfieldSaddler0625.flv An awesome memory that floated past me once more today. Peter Allen's Tenterfield Saddler. 0 . . .
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How can you not draw this conclusion hearing these two tunes??! Exhibit A: Clint Mansell: Stay With Me (The Fountain OST, 2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ZkzsBNZ78 Exhibit B: Linkin Park0 . . .
0609/JamesLetter0613.png The event was a HUGE success! We ran out of saliva kits! Nearly 700 people signed up in around 5 hours. If you are still interested in contributing your might to this mass0 . . .
It's time to join the fight against cancer, everyone!! It's time to spit it out of our planet! Quite literally... 0609/Robkimpostcard0612.jpg We are asking you for a donation of a teen0 . . .
My microwave just decided to throw in its nukey little towel. The turntable won't stop turning and the light won't shut off till I pull the door open. It doesn't start heating till I p0 . . .
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Earlier this evening, I made a pit stop at PriceRite for Ginger - a tiny piece of it that weighed less than a third of a pound. I think the ominous sign was when the cashier checking out my groceries 0 . . .
The big confession is that this is my first time baking or even cooking with eggs. The results are surprisingly rather pleasant. 0509/Cake10524.jpg I really expected some kind of hard sedimenta0 . . .
0509/GreenCoconutSaute0523.png My Lemon and Coconut flavoured Green Lentil Power Dinner.0 . . .
I have been keeping watch over what I eat for the past two days using the CRON-o-meter. http://spaz.ca/cronometer/ It's an experiment to see if I am eating a balanced diet and where my macro and 0 . . .
Bufwiki is alive! Someone (David Monroe) who came to Buffalo from Rochester started a Bufwiki. :) Sign up and start wiki-ing your Buffalo experiences and reviews! I am so glad Bufwiki is finall0 . . .
Though I am never ever going to be able to make myself use this much butter or finely milled flour in ANY of my cooking, I can't help but dream about making pastry and pie crusts. http://www.0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VByEHalRr0 It's bound to be amazing. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDxhDbtDak ------------ *That's Strange. I think the Jem song is in the same0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjfzVqIU6XM Hatred - the single word that defines people who cannot see point of views other than their own. I am not sure why we are still in a society that makes0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf4ZmfjyEvI I have been thinking about this topic a lot lately. e:Jason's obesity Vs. smoking posts are not really "out there". These two diseases have0 . . .
I advertised on the Buffalo Craigslist Apartments/Housing Wanted section yesterday http://buffalo.craigslist.org/hou/1138064217.html I was somewhat doubtful about getting any results but I got a bunch0 . . .
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Do you ever check if people were murdered or committed suicide in the flat you want to rent? If you find out that a homicide/suicide did happen sometime in the past, in the very flat you are consideri0 . . .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5I38pus_nA And just because I am in flat-hunt mode... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBJn4BHtqqY --------------- *The super-awesome Kirstin Chenoweth in what she 0 . . .
e:Heidi, thanks for the tip. I shall be contacting the Kissling interests property manager today. :) I just got an email from an apartment owner/manager I had written to earlier. I am surprised tha0 . . .
It's that time of the year again. Nevermind the recession and the layoffs and the expenses, the Mayflower (henceforth called the Moneysucker) overlords have decided that I would need to pay $$ mo0 . . .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdoRdK6_bsg --------------- *Any fans of Kenan and Kel around here? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235512/ I think that's probably the most perfect TV movie ever 0 . . .
We have known since the 1950s that smoking is injurious to health - in every way possible. There is only one disease that possibly benefits from the effect of smoking. And that is only after you actua0 . . .
I realized at 7:45 PM that I had no milk and no green bell peppers. I power-walked to Pricerite around 8:00 PM and checked out at 8:20 PM. I came home with my week's groceries at 8:35 PM. It took0 . . .
I am completely copying e:fellyconnelly's *really cool** greetings (e:fellyconnelly,48273) but here's to e:Jim! Wish you a wonderful year ahead, Jim!! 0409/04000057.gif With compliments 0 . . .
e:Zobar posted the cool Sony ad and that reminded me of the pure piano verson. I love this song. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJDfy6ahgw I realized the notes are very close to Paint it Black0 . . .
I will be starting my THIRD year today at e:strip. That is SO crazy. I didn't expect it all to go so fast! In the two years that whizzed by I have made SO many random friends around Buffalo thank0 . . .
e:Heidi and I went to Merge on Wednesday night and LOVED the whole experience. I recommend this restaurant most enthusiastically. 0309/HeidiandI0329.jpg The food is wonderful and so is the entert0 . . .
Let me just start off by saying that I am thrilled to bits that I actually have a full-scale grocery store with awesome produce within WALKING distance from my flat! It means a lot to me. I don� . . .
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Some bloke on the eighth floor poured grease down his kitchen sink. It came down and blocked mine. The resident plumber of Mayflower worked on it for 2 hours. To give you a fair idea about the actual 0 . . .
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The Pope on AIDS: "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," "On the contrary, it increases the problem." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/africa/18pope0 . . .
You know what? I can't take this any more. I ran into e:paul, e:matthew and e:terry yesterday and its time I chucked the cultural tourism away. Oh, and I officially hate the much touted "0 . . .
I have decided to do some cultural tourism, go to Roswell's Chapel tomorrow, be smeared with some ash and give up a definite addiction for some days. (I am disappointed to learn that its not real0 . . .
I really need an external HD for backup. I looked at online backup but some of the reliable ones cost a ton of money per year. The better option might be to get 2 HDs - make back ups on both, keep one0 . . .
It's a day of great loss for the community of cancer epidemiology researchers. One of our best scientists and a close friend of my advisor's was murdered by someone who gained entry to her a0 . . .
Hi e:kookcity2000, I remember you telling me that there is a Woodlands at Loehmann's Plaza now. I checked out Rocwiki http://rocwiki.org/Mysore_Woodlands and experiences seem pretty chequered0 . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggdNJGlMbZU0 . . .
6038 Long St, Clarence, NY last year**. 0209/6038Earlier0215.jpg 6038 Long St, Clarence, NY last week*. 0209/6038Later0215.jpg 0209/6038Later20215.jpg --------------- Sources: ** Bird� . . .
Anyone who has felt the pain of accidentally losing a post or a comment on e:strip should head on over to this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6984 and install the incredibly useful for0 . . .
cancer has not been "cured" because researchers and clinicians are just making too much money out of it to destroy what is virtually a cash-cow? Today morning, at a discussion seminar, I 0 . . .
Another day, another meal! Feel free to stop me when this gets kind of toxic. Hee Hee. :p 0209/Semia0208.jpg I used the Greek Semolina I bought at the Indian Store. It is awesome! I am SO GLAD I0 . . .
Since e:heidi requested more food posts, here is one! :) 0209/Keerai0207.jpg Keerai Molaguttal is an uber traditional dish from the Palakaddu district of Kerala. Its not so much Tamilian as it i0 . . .
All the reasonably priced orange-bags at Wegmans had greenish fungus on them so I didn't get them. I got these instead: 1. Milk - Fat-free 2 Gallons - $3.98 (1 Gallon @ $1.99) 0209/StainlessM0 . . .
I learned today that someone I know really well lost a sibling in the 9/11 tragedy. It ripped their family apart and brought them together at the same time. It's extraordinary how something that0 . . .
Another music post, but nothing else seems worthwhile nowadays. This time, its the Scorpions. 0209/Scorpions0203.jpg I think this post should end here. They are the Scorpions and hence, they ru0 . . .
0109/HvorAndCO217060131.jpg Dimitri Hvorostovsky, Constantine Orbelian And The Moscow Chamber Orchestra - I can only say, what a magnificent team! 0109/HvorEnsemble217060131.jpg Performing a w0 . . .
Some of my worst and best flying experiences have been on Delta. 0109/Delta0124.png They ALWAYS strand me at a dodgy hotel in Atlanta, where there is always some weird embarrassing party going o0 . . .
I just found out that apparently, I totally cross and break some of them... From: http://estrip.org/elmwood/rules/index.php Additionally, all users of e:strip e:services including guests, visito0 . . .
I made a multi-vegetable penang sauce based stir-fry for dinner today. 0109/Dinner0110.jpg It did take quite a long time by my normal dinner standards but the result was beyond what I expected s0 . . .
I am quite shocked at how I managed to buy $100+ worth of groceries this week. This post was going to be a contender for the dullest journal of 2009 but I thought about it and really, getting grocerie0 . . .
I did some serious - no make that dead serious grocery shopping today and started posting my grocery list in keeping with the recently established e:strip grocery costs and lists tradition. I even ra0 . . .
0109/Pig10106.png 0109/Pig20106.png 0109/Pig30106.png 0109/Pig40106.png --------------- Everyone needs a reality check sometimes. But only Stephan Pastis delivers this check with porcin0 . . .
To answer's e:zzzzzzzoooooobbbbbbbaarrrr's unasked question: Current scientific thought points to the following processes: a) 0109/InflammationCartoon0104.jpg + b) 0109/Apop0 . . .
Ranked in descending order from toughest to easiest: 3. Logon and check e:strip only once a day! 0109/Win20000103.jpg 4. Complete one page of academic writing every day. 0109/CalvinWriting0100 . . .
This is going to be a rather boring abstract stream of thoughts from some of yesterday's conversations. Thus, feel free to skip this journal. I am writing it because really, the construct of hope0 . . .
Resolution No. 1: Cook more interesting stuff. Check. 0109/Samosas0101.jpg0 . . .
I had a wonderful time at the party yesterday. Thanks e:Paul, e:Matthew and e:Terry for hosting it! It was a very fun way to start a new year. Yes, I missed the ball drop and on hindsight, it was for 0 . . .
Life is short. Who wants to waste so much time, energy and money watching two-parter humongous movies? No one. How else do you get yourself up to snuff on hollywood effluents? The answer is here! The 0 . . .
I woke up to this picture perfect postcard view today morning -- all that pretty snow framed by some more snow lining my flat window! 1208/Dec31081231.png Wish you all an awesome new year ahead 0 . . .
All this piled-up snow is cramping my grocery style! 1208/WotNoGuercios1226.png That's right. I didn't particularly feel like shovelling my way to Guercio's. I went to Biglots and W0 . . .
Hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jUSzqy_6zs And I admit. A bit nauseating. Ugh.0 . . .
1208/11224.png 1208/21224.png 1208/31224.png 1208/41224.png 1208/51224.png ------------------- * Thank you for this gem of a strip, Bill Watterson. :)0 . . .
This is in relation to e:Joshua's comments on e:libertad,47072 journal. I took the e:drew route and posted this instead because my initial comment sort of became tough to shorten. :) e:joshua:0 . . .
That's what you get when you link up two neighbouring film industries across the Himalayas and hire Hollywood to do the marketing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJtY4b6xbk Nice music, th0 . . .
Okay, I can't help posting these two Rahmboid gems. The first one was posted by e:drew in the chat: 1208/Rahmviolin1210.jpg The second one was posted by e:james in the chat: 1208/RahmEmai0 . . .
In direct competition with the world's dullest blog, I have decided to spring my entire grocery list on unsuspecting e:strip-peeps every time I go grocery shopping. So, without further ado, (and 0 . . .
1208/WhenYouBelieve1206.mp3 Here's wishing you an amazing year ahead, full of delirious happiness, riotous colours & exotic awesomeness! :) 1208/HappyBirthdayJanelle1205.jpg Here . . .
Before... 1108/UncleSam1128.jpg After... 1108/XObama21128.jpg ---------------- *From http://www.peteryang.com/pages/a4/four%20main.html0 . . .
Don't let the shopping blues cramp your dining style! :) 1108/IMG02141128.jpg ---------------- Recipe adapted and modified from this http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/004320spinach.php0 . . .
In response to e:Paul, and e:Jenks... 1108/IMG02091127.jpg Hope everyone had an enjoyable dinner and a great evening! :D 0 . . .
I guess today is the day for whining. Unfortunately, this is so far away from the thanks-giving mood that I probably should be in. 1108/TajMahal1127.jpg WHO the HELL are these militants who are 0 . . .
I am so sick of around 70% of the web and so many pieces of software having left-sided menus and left-sided access. I am right-handed, dammit. If you are so concerned about accessibility, make it ergo0 . . .
I break out in tears every time I hear this song, even without the accompanying video. If you need to flush out those lachrymal glands, Astor Piazzola is the man for the job. :) http://www.youtube.0 . . .
You are writing furiously and suddenly you come up against the dreaded WORD BLOCK! In my opinion, this is far worse than the writer's block. In contrast to the much-maligned writer's block, 0 . . .
I am so in love with the Gmail theme changing thing! I have been changing my theme once every hour for the past 6 hours. Is that excessive? 1108/GmailTheme1120.png I hope not. Because I have 24 0 . . .
Due to the enormous amount of pubmed whoring I do on a daily basis, I have a search engine plugin for Pubmed in my Firefox quick search bar. I accidentally searched for today's quota of Rahmbonic0 . . .
1108/GalBallet021117.jpg ---------------- * YES. I am obsessed with this bloke. Apologies to all you 3 readers. You are unfortunately going to get a disproportionate amount of Emanuel on this channe0 . . .
I admit it. This man is immensely entertaining! He once said {on the subject of losing his right middle finger}: 1108/RahmEmanuelWaves1114.jpg Of all the fingers to lose! I could not express0 . . .
Cue spooky ambience music... 1108/Spooky1114.mp3 Have you ever wondered why.., - Your comment # is more than the total number of comments on the home page? - Some comments you make mysteriousl0 . . .
The last post reminded me of how much I love this awesome Goddess of voice and passion. 1108/MilvaTango1111.jpg So instead of just listening to me jabbering on and on, I strongly recommend that you0 . . .
I got to my department today morning and someone had left this on the general "help-yourself" table at the entrance. 1108/Maria681110.jpg I still can't believe it. Someone actuall0 . . .
From http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/washington/09auto.html?ref=us Two representatives in the congress have written a letter to the Idiot-W urging him to bail-out the makers of the oil-guzzling S0 . . .
Whatever happened to this group?! I had an audio cassette of this album back... back... really back in the day and I remember the magnetic tape kind of disintegrated because I rewound it so many times0 . . .
Artist Linda Nye captures the incredible gradient of complexity of circulation in a human being. As you start your trace from your heart and venture deeper and deeper into your vessels and bloodstream0 . . .
-- He once sent a 2.5 feet long dead rotting fish to a pollster whom he disliked. 1108/DeadFish11106.jpg -- He is a classically trained ballet dancer. 1108/Rahm1106.jpg -- His brother is0 . . .
The new user sound is an awesome rendition of Maria Carolina - a famous Venezuelan waltz written for the Guitar by the pitch perfect Antonio Lauro. 1108/100386371105.jpg Its played by the awesome 0 . . .
I need to keep this short and sweet. This is a message to people who voted against gay marriage in those loony states. Sexuality is, to a large extent, GENETICALLY determined. There is scientific p0 . . .
This channel would like to triple cheer Science! ..Choice!.. ...Peace!... ....Dreams!.... ....Justice!.... .....Courage!..... .......Evolution!........ ..........Rationalism!........... ..0 . . .
I am responsible for the setting up an interactive web portal for a bunch of researchers. I am not doing any of the active coding or programming or any behind the scenes work for actually setting it u0 . . .
From http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9279399 The search for a missing Buffalo girl came to a happy ending Saturday night. Police combed the neighborhood after the girl's mother reporte0 . . .
Thank you SO MUCH for the party, e:paul, e:matthew and e:terry! I LOVED seeing you all. e:peeps, ALL OF YOU ROCK! The humble comment bubble rose from the footnotes this Halloween and carried out i0 . . .
Okay, quick and random 4-point e:strip behaviour survey: 1008/IgnoringGreenFrog1028.gif 1. Have you ever ignored people intentionally as a sort of getting back at them for ignoring you in the pa0 . . .
Aap sab ko deepavali ki haardik shubkaamnaayen!* 1008/800pxDiwaliDiya1027.jpg ---------------------------- *Hearty well-wishes to you all on this day of the festival of lights.0 . . .
With this latest haircut, I have had 18 of them in Buffalo. Some of them have been more memorable than the others. My first one was all the way up at North Plaza. For want of a better sense of dire0 . . .
If you need some aural self-punishment, look no further. Just push play! 1008/WildWorld1024.mp3 This is one of the 400+ covers from hell, painstakingly sung with acoustic shredding prowess by no0 . . .
In response to e:zobar's profound question: "What kind of deranged individual shakes whole black peppercorns onto their food? ", I present some over the top derangement from Palakkadu a0 . . .
I confess (and most bitterly). My recent addictions have gone to unhealthy excesses. I am officially and hopelessly addicted to: a) 1008/Twizzler16oz1023.jpg b) 1008/HotFries1023.jpg I 0 . . .
Click on their pictures to reach musical bliss!! :) 1. Maria Dolores Pradera 1008/48246251022.jpg 2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1008/Tchaikovsky1022.jpg 3. Adrian Barilari 1008/Barilari100 . . .
Half an hour back, I had no idea who Cindy Sheehan was. I now think she is an awesome and spirited woman with the energy and guts to pursue her ideals and convictions. 1008/CindySheehan1021.jpg 0 . . .
1008/IMG00371021.jpg So much so that I bought a HUGE 3 pound bag of spring greens this past weekend at Guercio's. 1008/IMG00381021.jpg For ~$10, these fresh salad greens were a steal. I0 . . .
I admit it. I am totally jealous of e:pmt weekend trips so I determinedly took one of my own this Sunday. I headed out to Forest Lawn Cemetery and decided to do this entirely by foot. Took me around 20 . . .
Okay, I don't have e:Matthew magic dust, but hey, I try! :D Here is the view from the Mayflower terrace. Looking north towards Delaware Avenue: 1008/Delaware1019.jpg You can see the Zion tem0 . . .
Baby Fing is here!!! He made it!!! 1008/Baby1018.png CONGRATULATIONS e:fing & family!! PS: Now get little baby Jack to blog here! ;-) 0 . . .
-- As of today and in no particular order -- 1. Propose. Propose. Propose. 1008/Wrting1017.jpg 2. Finish that grant paragraph/page. 1008/Write1017.gif 3. Learn how to bake bread. 1008/0 . . .
Overheard conversation on the bus: Girl with a paper shopping bag that had "Coach" Leatherware written on it: *Holds up a small handbag for the inspection of the bus driver* I love Gucci.0 . . .
Watch that alcohol intake this holiday/party season... oh wait, better watch it ALL the time because: From: http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/10/1363 In contrast to studies o0 . . .
I was looking up good presentation software alternatives for the PC (yeah, I do not have keynote, you elite mac owners!) when I found this very cool whiteboard explanation of the credit crisis. With m0 . . .
Yeah! It finally happened! I was walking out the main hospital and I thought the face in front of me was really really familiar - like a friend you see in a 125px x 150px window almost everyday. It wa0 . . .
I feel like I should take a stance today, now that I feel conflicted about the shaky economic policies of not only the right, central and left winged but also, the wingless scum in politics. If I 0 . . .
According to this site's http://www.quantcast.com/estrip.org statistics about e:strip, we have a more than 138 times likelihood of visiting omgblog as compared to the average netizen. In addition0 . . .
How true. People need to be shaken up into consciousness and shown this over and over! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiF9cXy8qR00 . . .
My building turned 80 this year and the owner and the management team in a rare gesture of camaraderie with the tenants, threw a wine and cheese party on Friday evening in the Mayflower lobby. Apparen0 . . .
In a very cool conversation we had a little while back, e:Jim explained, using easy analogies and simplified scenarios, the current big financial crisis in the US. It made things very clear and made a0 . . .
Anatomically and pop-textually dissected for greater comprehension: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbd5WBKdcDI0 . . .
I am on a chain-tea-addiction. To concentrate on my thesis, I find it essential to constantly chug some sort of tea or the other. I guess I could kick the habit if I wanted to but I love tea so much, 0 . . .
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Can anyone tell me where people might get rid of around 70 pounds of Acrylic Sheet that was formerly used for covering a greenhouse? Someone in my department is re-roofing his greenhouse and would 0 . . .
It's a glorious day for regenerative medicine today. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Harvard) reported in Nature that they have managed to convert adult enzyme-producing pancr0 . . .
I decided to take a break and set up my OpenID* today. I chose myvidoop.com http://myvidoop.com/ as my OpenID delegate. I was somewhat surprised by the extremely elaborate and somewhat outlandish hoop0 . . .
I forgot to take my camera to the Elmwood Festival but did photograph my lunch! :) 1. Appetizer: (A tiny portion of ) a HUMONGOUS pack of the most scrumptious Kettle corn - its almost as tall as I 0 . . .
I have to admit that I am confused. I have been confused since Clinton got impeached. If your neighbour is quiet and non-intrusive, you don't care if he is cheating on his wife and doing "0 . . .
... asked Dr. Fing in e:fing,45357. This little research snippet in today's issue of Science answers your question, at least partially: Big leg bones from the Indonesian island of Flores sho0 . . .
e:MrDeadlier's handiwork staring right back at me!! 0808/Deadlier0819.jpg0 . . .
Synchronized Cubicle Dancing This has to be the most creative yet goofy video wishing good luck to the Russian synchronized swim team at the Olympics. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tCssbIhqsI0 . . .
Quite strangely, very similar algorithms, statistics and probability models are used to generate Gene Ontology and Music Ontology Networks. Based on the structure of my music ontology tag-cloud networ0 . . .
I was lazily skimming through some articles on pubmed when I found this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17578544?ordinalpos=7&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDoc0 . . .
Behold Larson, the hidden. 0808/ThirdLarson0809.png0 . . .
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Doesn't ring the bell of evil now, does it? Watch and learn. 0808/WallMildlyevilTea0802.flv0 . . .
That is what I thought I heard e:enknot utter at lunch today. I am not sure what it was in reference to - perhaps a certain league of homeless perennially living in rollercoasters? I was too far away 0 . . .
So you went to the grocery store and ticked off the items from the crumpled list you clutched till the ink ran and splotched your fingers. When you came out to your car, for those five little things y0 . . .
e:Terry posted about this city of buffalo tree-replanting venture some time back - e:terry,44861. The city of Buffalo is looking to recover and spring back (quite literally) from the severe losses to0 . . .
Recipe-writing is an art-form. The "Dire-Consequences" recipe elevates this art-form to its most evil pinnacle of glory. Reading a well-written "dire-consequences" recipe is a hair0 . . .
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I made some absolutely delicious lunch today because I didn't want to go overboard eating all the junk food at the Taste of Buffalo. It's the same principle as eating something before going 0 . . .
What's an absolutely spellbinding story without a montage!?? Ready?? Cue the music >>> 0708/Congratz0712.mp3 0708/Jumpinmail0712.gif I just received an awesome mail in my inbox! 00 . . .
Or so I think. Since I have a deadline, quite naturally, I have been afflicted by the ODES (e:tinypliny,38711) and I am off gallivanting to distant realms of the www. I chanced upon Chow Chocolat0 . . .
I just had a zen moment in the interpretation of Linkage Disequilibrium Maps. Turns out I was actually sweating 1st grade stuff! I found that NO ONE explains this EXTRAORDINARILY SIMPLE thing in th0 . . .
I found a host of nifty and useful research tools out there that are totally worth sharing multiple times. These might be just the life-savers, organizers and new-idea germinators that graduate studen0 . . .
My current inspirational summer hero is e:boxerboi. He is taking on the formidable MUSSELMAN TRIATHLON CHALLENGE!!! this weekend! 0708/Musselman0707.jpg You could walk by his office and not not0 . . .
I know I am mixing up punch lines and writing a blasphemously laudatory post about a fast-food place, but Subway deserves my respect in so many ways! I am not being paid an obscene amount of money for0 . . .
I had a splendid time at the concert yesterday and I am more than convinced that sighting 5 e:peeps in one day is the secret recipe to that day's quota of perfect happiness. If the e:peep sightin0 . . .
Dances bring people together. So do LD blocks and HapMaps. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zlfKdbWw0 . . .
Almost everyone has a story about their avatars - those 125 X 150 pixels of online identification that stay with your readers through the thick and thin of your posts. Since my posts have dropped to t0 . . .
Not surprisingly, my daily airplay breaks down into quite a heavy dose of metal of various flavours along with a smattering of other genres: 0608/9Tinypliny0623.png My "open mind index"0 . . .
I need to sketch graffiti. 0608/NeedtoSketch0621.jpg Does Buffalo have an official free-to-all-artists graffiti wall? 0 . . .
This question is for the designers and the typographers among you. Why is it that you hate the comic sans font so much? It is the only font that is extremely legible at small sizes, is pleasant to loo0 . . .
It's exactly 365+1 days since I physically moved to Buffalo. It's time to list the the ten things I hate the most about myself (and want to try to eliminate this year in Buffalo.) 1. Unwa0 . . .
My daily route from home to office includes jumping down a low concrete wall around 3.5 feet deep. I am fascinated by this particular wall. It has gradually grown to a point where I am conscious of th0 . . .
I have the prettiest bicycle on the entire planet. No... make that the sexiest bicycle in the entire solar system. It's coloured a rich striking blue of copper sulphate with a metallic sleek grey0 . . .
A HUMONGOUS blackish dragonfly flew into our office today morning. I had the official freakout of the year. I ran out promptly, slammed the door to the corridor and shut my officemate in the office wi0 . . .
Three years back, I didn't wear jeans or trousers on a daily basis. I never wore less than 3 colours at a time. My daily dress was a salwar kameez. 0608/SalwarKameez0608.jpg It's a sort0 . . .
Hey Felly and Lauren, Is this what you do Wednesday evenings on the floor above the art shop on Main Street?!!!??? <object width="425" height="344"><param name=&quo0 . . .
In an interesting experiment today, I made dinner in 20 minutes flat set to some heavy metal goodness. The recipe is as follows: ~--Prologue: Witchery->> Fast as a Shark (Accept Cover)--~ Ch0 . . .
So, get this! I work on the same floor and in fact, the same department as another e:stripper (yeah, not imk2. We are at WAR.) and I didn't know this for a WHOLE of three months!!!! I was lou0 . . .
The votes are in. I put in my ballot for another year at the building with the hollow lions, terrible heating and lukewarm water. Here's why. Living in and around Linwood has suddenly become v0 . . .
It will be a whole year since I moved into Buffalo, next month. A leap year with an extra day, no less. Unbelievable. One year has gone by and it seems so unreal. I swear time went by faster here than0 . . .
I am going to be working on Rule 49 from this minute. 49. Develop Equanimity. http://zenhabits.net/2007/04/calm-as-a-monk-how-equanimity-can-save-your-sanity/ The unfortunate fact is I am not. Ei0 . . .
I went for a walk through Buffalo's breath-takingly beautiful and sunny downtown today and spotted a delightful new chocolate coffee shop - Chow Chocolat. It opened this week. Their floor is so b0 . . .
So basically, ALL elements of The Simple Pliny Project went whooshing into the gutter today. Here's the progress report. 1. I did wake up at 4:30 and started reading my article but I could not0 . . .
In edition two of the simple pliny project, my kleptomania from "The Living Simple Manifesto" http://zenhabits.net/2007/09/simple-living-manifesto-72-ideas-to-simplify-your-life/ expands it0 . . .
e:hodown's post has brought it all into focus. I think the key to being better is feeling better. Feeling better implies being proactive in eliminating the things that make you feel worse. And NO0 . . .
E:strippers, Romans and Countrymen!!! Lend me your ears (and some time to make those comments)!! I am back to my grocery scoping in downtown buffalo. This time my goal is to find a good variety of 0 . . .
The hopeless laundry in my building's basement has this sign tacked on. 0408/Macost10426.jpg Life just got easier? Easier????? Yeah, right. For the money-grabbing inefficient doodahs at 0 . . .
I think I have always been fascinated by the unique sounds of Arab music. Back in the 80s and the 90s, I loved radio surfing and hitting the obscure channels streaming the alien sounding ouds, violins0 . . .
Reached a thousand and one comments on E:strip today. It has all been as exciting, fascinating and absorbing as the famed thousand and one Arabian tales. In fact even more so because its all real and 0 . . .
I ate out at this restaurant on Hertel and Norwood yesterday and let me just say that their basil flavoured chillie sauce with the stir fried vegetables is probably the best I have ever had in my life0 . . .
I think the best form of apples are Granny Smiths. They are superior to every form of apple there is and will be. So imagine my heartfelt disgust when I came home and realized that, in a moment of unp0 . . .
I missed blogging on E:strip! It has been pretty un-therapeutic and unproductive for me to believe that not blogging and generally not running amok here would help me concentrate on my dissertation. 0 . . .
I have been kidnapped into colour and design land and I love it! :) 1207/124538f1212.jpg Recently, at a meeting, I was asked to generate icons and schemes for a future webportal. I have no idea0 . . .
It should be renamed the bigfataddictiveden in an appellative description of just how inexplicably addictive it is, for shoppers of all persuasion. I went in looking for some "organic body mis0 . . .
What an apposite day for offering one of the most precious human sentiment to everyone who has gone out of the way to make me feel so blessed!! Thank you, Amma, Appa and K for always standing by me0 . . .
After five months of being in Buffalo, I finally shook off my laziness and made the trip to the Indian groceries in and around Buffalo. Well, I lie. I can never shake off my laziness. I am a lazy lum0 . . .
Quick question for those of you familiar with this area: (Bounded by Sheridian Drive, Bailey Avenue, Niagara Falls Boulevard, Decatur Road, Yale Avenue, enclosing Eggert Road) 1107/Safeornot1116.j0 . . .
A while back, I had an email exchange with a chap who was deleted from e:strip for spamming his realty business advertisements on the site. I wanted to post this before, but I guess I was just being l0 . . .
I think this has something to do with living on the fifth floor. My homeostatic regulatory mechanisms are striving to balance this unnatural elevation. The result is, I spend most of my time at home, 0 . . .
... for some plums to ripen. I bought them more than a month back at Guercio's. Usually, I just eat them, ripe or not. But I remembered Paul and James wax eloquent about the merits of ripened plu0 . . .
Seeing as how video-responses and audio-responses and general responses-in-kind are the rage on the web, this is a pseudoscientific photoresponse to Paul's blog on pagers, posted yesterday. (e:Pa0 . . .
I just need to remember that it was beautiful here, once upon a summer. 1107/DSCF00011106.jpg 1107/DSCF00041106.jpg 1107/DSCF00071106.jpg 1107/DSCF00091106.jpg 1107/DSCF00121106.jpg 1107/DSCF0 . . .
Hope I don't fall off the make-my-own-lunch wagon this time around. It just takes 5 minutes, but it's so hard to get up 5 minutes early. Now that the extra hour has factored in, I am hoping 0 . . .
Thanks to e:jbeatty in more senses than one... All hail Lebanese cooking! Since this delightful little dish has an unpronounceable Arabic/Lebanese name, I decided to be more than a little inspired 0 . . .
... is my own! New and improved, with 75% less fat and 1000% more happiness. 1007/Pizza1026.jpg Recipé: Place a high fibre pita bread (available at wegmans) on a plate. Layer with thinly sli0 . . .
A view of the gorgeous skies, from my flat window! 1007/DSCF00041021.jpg 1007/DSCF00061021.jpg 1007/DSCF00481021.jpg 1007/Sky41021.jpg 1007/Sky51021.jpg 1007/Sky61021.jpg 1007/Sky71021.jpg 10 . . .
My department had a spate of office moves recently and enough trash was generated to choke a small island off the coast of the Caribbean. On persistent prodding of the maintainence staff, secretaries 0 . . .
From now on, this is my favourite website: http://recycleforbreastcancer.org/ Not only do they recycle and prevent electronics from getting into landfills, they do it for free *AND* donate their pr0 . . .
I downloaded a bunch of recipes, packed them all together and uploaded them here: http://chronos.solit.us/archives/download/85816 I know. I know. I should probably have typed out the recipes. But h0 . . .
From: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/10/11/cheap-trainers-as-good-as-expensive-study-suggests-91466-19931176/ The next time you go to that fancy shoe store and are enamoured wi0 . . .
Nicaragua has a blanket ban on abortions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7041359.stm I know there was an abortion/pro-life debate on here some days back, but this0 . . .
Since I am quite amused by all the confusion going around, I decided to do a concise (albeit biased) clarification about "Curry". The East India Company (The British masquerading as trad0 . . .
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I was sent this email at work today. It was written by a woman who my colleague's friend knows personally. From my email (I edited and removed all identifying names.): Ladies-- I had0 . . .
Hey there, Recycle Bin Robber! For your kind information, recycle bins are FREELY AVAILABLE to all Buffalo denizens at each one of these very convenient locations: C.P.C. International Marketpla0 . . .
I wish I knew Spanish - it's one of most poetic languages around. Add to that some soulful poetry, it sounds like heaven. This song is one of my favourites; it's so full of life and nostalgi0 . . .
This is getting really serious! Ladies, have your whistles, panic alarms, and foghorns out and ready, at *ALL* times!!!! From: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/171609.html Suspect in 0 . . .
If so, where were you mugged and what was extorted out of you? Have you ever thwarted a mugging in Buffalo - either yours or someone else's? What are the ideal weapons that one should carry - wou0 . . .
and any restaurant that allows these vicious chunks of loathsomeness to even come near your food. I am sure all of you know how evil the common housefly (for the latin among you - Musca domestica) 0 . . .
I finally went to the city hall today and got my recycle bin! @@******@@@@******HuRRRRRaYY!******@@@@******@@ 0907/DSCF00030904.jpg O my blue recycle bin 0 . . .
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to hear that the first fully automated restaurant in the world has finally arrived! Goodbye obnoxious, snooty waiters/waitresses! Behave yourselves or you might just be made redundant! Read all abo0 . . .
0807/28135443.gif I had an absolutely hideous nighmare some days back where I was the garbage bin and people were throwing their disposable cups/plates/boxes/tissues at me. I have had this nightmare 0 . . .
The Washington Market http://www.thewashingtonmarket.com/ is a very spiffy-looking clean grocery store and deli located on Ellicott street between Chippewa and Tupper Streets. It doesn't reall0 . . .
I think I would like to see this movie. How about you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgFVppU7_Mc0 . . .
Thanks to e:Drew who tipped me about this grocery store. The Lexington General Store is a unique (and somewhat weird) hybrid store; a cross between what could have been a very cool Spot Coffee type0 . . .
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Let me just say, I LOVED this little breakfast place. It was perfect, from start to finish. The endless cups of coffee were heart-warming and the waiters and waitresses at this place were cheerful, ge0 . . .
I went to Trattoria Aroma with my friend yesterday and we ordered some fancy-named pizzas. Mine was a white one with olives, spinach, onions and cheese and her's was the one with cherry tomatoes,0 . . .
365 Connecticut Street, Buffalo, NY. I checked out this grocery store on Tuesday evening as I was craving for some good stir fry sauce. The store is located at the north-east corner of the intersec0 . . .
My friend is coming in from Rochester on Saturday - we are going to the air show in Niagara (http://www.niagaraairshow.com/). I have been singing praises of Panaro's pizzas, but in a moment of gl0 . . .
Here's wishing you have a hoot of a birthday 0807/Clam0806.gif And an absolutely fantabulous(*) 0 . . .
e:libertad's post about laundromats set this one in motion. I think this is a good time to whine about the laundry in my building basement. I am somewhat grossed out by the washers and dryers 0 . . .
@e:Paul: I thought the fire drill would be cool too, until they decided to take the show outdoors. We formed a small queue to have a go at pushing the fire extinguisher handle. I admit that I did look0 . . .
I am required to attend new employee orientation tomorrow and I am dreading it. I work in a corporation. Its Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation. They couldn't stop at a decent sounding &qu0 . . .
The whole $14.99 a month for the first year from Verizon is a BIG LIE! This was my first bill which came in today: $180.03 0707/VerizonBill0723.jpg I expected the first bill to be high but take0 . . .
I finally located my camera's USB cord. It was carefully coiled and fitted into my coffee making filter - that was fitted into a mug that was packed in a woolen stocking that was under a pile of 0 . . .
A'Chau 2 Oriental Food Market, 833 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY 14213 This Vietnamese store is located at the east corner of the crossing between Rhode Island Street and Niagara Street. The name A&0 . . .
I am sure this huge chain needs no introduction to "Upstaters" and there is really no need for an official review, but I was somewhat impressed by the Wegmans on Amherst St. today and feel i0 . . .
Lexington Coop: 807 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, 14222 -->On the southeast corner of Lancaster Avenue and Elmwood Avenue. I have been to this grocery about three times now and though I find it to b0 . . .
e:paul, e:Jim and e:enknot (well, maybe the title of the post doesn't apply to you, but hey, it was great to see you again!) Since this is my new favourite pic... 0707/Frogsnail0711.jpg 0 . . .
"Farmer's Market": Elmwood & Bidwell, Saturdays: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM This was a letdown. A huge... no an enormously disappointing one. I know people praise it to the heavens and I 0 . . .
Bills Food Mart, 32 Allen St, Buffalo, NY 14202 Location: At the southwest corner of the Allen & North Pearl Street crossing, a block away from Main Street. The best thing about this store 0 . . .
Guercio & Sons Inc: 250 Grant St, Buffalo, NY 14213 Since I got off school early today, I decided to make the piligrimage to this famed store and boy, it *deserves* its fame! The produce is var0 . . .
Wilson Farms (http://www.wilsonfarms.com/) 304 Elmwood/Summer Buffalo, NY 14222 This store is located in the North-west corner of the Elmwood-Summer crossing. It has a produce section, but its a h0 . . .
Main Food Mart, 1130 Main St, Buffalo This grocery is located at the South-West corner of Summer and Main Street. Fresh produce sold here is very limited. The ones that I saw today included: -- Go0 . . .
I am about to become an official E-Stripper (well, almost) and I am super-excited. I think it has something to do with the fact that I would be living on Summer Street in the dead of winter. When the 0 . . .
I was setting up the new phone/internet service for my future apartment and everything was going fine. Verizon has a sweet deal for $15 a month (comes to about $34 a month with the landline). I though0 . . .
So the moving date is steadily drawing near. I am thinking of driving into Buffalo with a rental SUV (someone else will be doing the driving). We would need to park temporarily on the curbside till I 0 . . .
It has been known for sometime that Aluminium is associated with Alzheimer's disease. However, the past few years has brought forth research that might potentially implicate Aluminium in the deve0 . . .
The update on my drab life: I am done with my qualifiers. *w00t* But I don't know if I passed or am doomed to take them 6 months later. *anti-w00t* The update on my not-so-drab life: It'0 . . .
A nice "large" studio on the 5th Floor --> $550 (everything included) turned up on craigslist. Everything sounds perfect, except there is no picture (and no exact address). I checked on G0 . . .
jenks mentioned this rectangle in one of the comments and in one of my bouts of o.bsessive d.eadline e.scapism s.yndrome, I had fun spotting and shading the rectangle. :) The green arrow is Roswell. N0 . . .
Hey everyone, Since you are living or have lived in (and around) Elmwood/Allentown/Downtown, what do you think of safety of these areas: Oak St & E. Huron St. North Pearl @ Allen Franklin 0 . . .
is going dismally. Am I asking for too much? I just want a simple 1BR/studio -- within a mile from Roswell (so I can walk/bike) -- within $600 inclusive of all utilities -- with access to a laundr0 . . .
are next week - and I feel like an empty shell. I just got done with the semester finals and here I am having to study for another round of exams. Yeesh.0 . . .
I have a handful of categories now and they aren't turning up on the sidebar. I wonder why. 0 . . .
I should have been weeded out from this planet by now. I heard people telling me all week how they ran for 3 miles that morning or worked up a sweat at the Gym or played squash every alternate day0 . . .
I find it a little more than distracting that the default pic actually looks like me right now.... especially the cowlick. Hmmm.. maybe not the bodyart. Well.. all the more reason why I should stic0 . . .
that when you have a huge assignment hanging over your head (read: due tomorrow), you feel this utter need to get distracted and go rampaging all over the web for something that isn't due till th0 . . .
Its final. I am moving to Roswell Park Cancer Center for my dissertation research and I am practically bouncing off walls. A few small road-bumps and creases need to be ironed out. Paperwork, Qualifie0 . . .