I need to go home this week - would anyone like to come visit my sweet purry China Cat Sunflower? Three visits would ensure her happiness. Back when I bought a ticket to DRUMLine Live ( http://www.drumlinecasting.com/ b…
Her "check" was "stolen" so she has like half the money. We didn't have a lease for her until she paid the first month's rent. Now she is saying its not really convenient for her to have a lease. I think its time for he…
Today has been joyful and taxing. We finally finished our 3rd full day of interviewing candidates. It has been great having the opportunity to interview folks for professional position. I've interviewed loads of student…
So after more than a month of missing in action and being evicted, the tenant calls while I was leaving the botanical gardens today to say she is "so sorry about the inconvenience but her baby was sick and someone stole…
so part of my whole point of coming to blo is to be able to go to the st patty's day parade... will i'm an idiot and totally though it would be the weekend after, not before st patty's days, or maybe that all people get…
...this weekend, at JFK High School in Cheektowaga-Sloan!
Well I was hoping to Go to Club Diablo for their Fetish event but Just didn't have the energy I needed. So not only did I miss that I couldn't finish watching the sabres, then I missed Street Kings, I didn't know there …
I'm not quite sure why I'm posting right now...but hey, why not? I guess I will go ahead and give ye olde college try at the post I've been thinking about posting. Post haste? Posty post. The comments I received about O…
Stupid daylight savings time made getting up for work this morning NOT fun. blah. but I had a lovely weekend. Pearl St and Encore on friday... then last night roller derby and a party downtown. I love/hate how giddy it …
I pride myself on being able to see things from another person's point of view. Understanding Republicans or Libertarians, or WTO protesters, or Jehovah Witnesses, or other countries, or people who resort to violence, a…
Sunday, sunday, in the office -- Yee ha! We've got a big cat themed day going on here at the house of fun so I had to be here to oversee some grad students who working on that but also I project I gave them to help mark…
So many things were happenng on friday. The nice part was getting new furniture. The upstairs looks a lot different now. Best of all, the den is comfortable ;) While we were at the tenants, cleaning up in the attic we d…
It makes me a terrible person in a way, but ever time I see this banner ad I crack up. First of all, it is your dads funeral kid, could you have at least not worn a brown sweater with your black jacket. Second, what is …
Don't forget that daylight savings starts tonight, e:peeps! For a lot of you, it may not matter until Monday, but for those of us not fortunate enough to have a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 gig, it matters Sunday morning whe…
For the Bills, because they do not know. 1. Hire a good coach, and stick with him, even when he has a bad year. If a player won't play for him, said player goes--not the coach. (See: Noll, Cowher, Tomlin) 2. Build your …
I went to Talking Leaves tonight to buy a book with a gift certificate some people so thoughtfully purchased for me for my birthday. I browsed the store for nearly an hour. Fiction versus non-fiction. Standard literatur…
Although my one other friend that has the same taste in beer has told me that Michelob was changing their signature bottle I finally came across where was coming [q]Bottle design Bottled Michelob was originally sold in …
So today I got to see the 11:30am showing of Watchmen. It was the regular one and not IMAX or anything. The previews looked pretty good and so was the movie. That being said I have never read it so I can't compare it to…
Although I had enough sleep, I wasn't ready to get out of bed when I looked at the clock. Instead of getting up, I switched positions, buried my head under two pillows to block out the light, and fell back into a light …
It's snowing here. Pretty big change from the 80F in Doha. Seattle, what little I've seen of it, is really nice. It has a very walkable downtown area, and there are bookstores everywhere. I think the people at Barnes an…
So...to all you home owners out there.... how did you make out on challenging your assessment? They increased the assessed value of our house by $15,000 originally. They knocked off $7000 after we challenged it. I fough…
Too tired for thought Three Federal grants submitted Week from hell need sleep It's been a really long couple of workweeks of reading, editing, formatting, making sure all forms are completed and attachments are in orde…
Just read an article in the Atlantic Monthly that I wanted to recommend. Its called How the Crash will Reshape America, by Richard Florida. Good article. Buffalo even get some face time, not that flattering, but hey. It…
