01/16/10 11:03 - 34ºF - ID#50829

Pink Flamingos

Long time, no update. I should get better about that.

I'm looking for a tasteful gift for a housewarming party. Anyone know where in the Buffalo metropolitan area one can find a classic pink flamingo (WIKIPEDIA - Plastic_flamingo),

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

06/24/09 05:23 - 80ºF - ID#49066

SC vs. NC

SC's finally eclipsed us NC folks in some area. The best our former senator could do is some cougar videographer. Meanwhile Sanford goes for Argentinian hotties. Bonus kudos if the whole affair involved an exceptionally well-done tango.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: funny

06/16/09 02:33 - 60ºF - ID#48987

Fuckin' Beautiful

It's incubation of young minds like this that make me proud to be an alumnus of North Carolina State University.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: apartment

05/15/09 03:04 - 69ºF - ID#48674

Plumber Recommendations

The kitchen sink in our new place still doesn't work. After two weeks, we're still washing dishes in our bath tub, which is starting to feel real 19th century-like. The handyman guy who the landlord was gonna have come by today is absent, and we can take it any longer so we're going to hire someone ourselves and then deduct the bill from our rent.

Can anyone on estrip recommend a plumber they've had good experiences with?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: haiku

03/12/09 04:49 - 26ºF - ID#48033

Work Haiku

Boss wants it done, but
Each new feature requested
Moves the goal posts back.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: crash

02/13/09 05:17 - ID#47746

Yitg'dal

I had this dread today that someone who I knew was on board the plane that crashed.

An hour or two ago I got an e-mail from my synagogue mailing list informing us that our cantor, Susan Wehle, died in the crash. I didn't know her very well, but she was a lovely person, had a beautiful singing voice, and was very enthusiastic about her job. She was the person who would have done the blessings at Ari's bris if the Rabbi weren't around last April.

We'll miss you, Susan.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

02/11/09 03:11 - 44ºF - ID#47709

Mittens for Kittens

Every time I hear talk for/against the stimulus package, this video I saw a year and a half ago keeps playing through my mind.

I hope for all our sakes that President Obama will be careful to strategically place bacon in the right areas to fix the economy and not listen to stupid people who would dilute the spending into powerlessness.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: food

01/15/09 07:25 - 7ºF - ID#47417

Winging a guess

I'm at Duff's right now my car's getting some maintenance. And while I am looking at my plate of wings I ponder one of the great mysteries of life: why is something as bad for you as wings almost always served with celery? I've never understood it. Are you supposed to eat the celery and then pretend that it balances out the enormous amount of fat you've put into your arteries? Or is there some more sinister purpose for this bizarre paradox?

metalpeter writes at 04:34:50 01/17/09 - Comment #44567: I don't remember the exact reason but what (e:Vincent) says is very close to the reason. There is something that it does to the taste or is supposed to do to the taste in your mouth. It is kinda like when you (from what I have heard) taste wine there is some cracker they give you. I'm sorry I don't remember the exact effect, that I was told about. Some places also now give carrots instead I guess they are prepackaged and don't go bad just a guess and they go with Blue Cheese also. But why ruin a great wing with moldy cheese that tastes gross.

jbeatty writes at 09:55:28 01/17/09 - Comment #44553: They can be used as an edible spreader for application of bleu cheese to the wing.

vincent writes at 08:18:13 01/15/09 - Comment #44525: Well I have always found the the celery helps sooth the sting from the hot sauce.

zobar writes at 08:12:17 01/15/09 - Comment #44524: When I was a kid they came with carrots, too, which disappeared for a while but have started showing up again here and there. I always figured the vegetables & blue cheese were to cut the spiciness. Also, if you're eating pepperoni pizza & wings, that can be a lot of oily food to eat at once. The celery gives you something to munch on between servings to let your aorta catch up a little.

Lately I've taken to putting the blue cheese dressing on the pizza crust, which I always kind of regarded as a really dry and boring breadstick getting in the way of my next slice.

- Z

james writes at 07:55:12 01/15/09 - Comment #44523: Because you eat the wings for the blue cheese, at least I do. Celery gives you additional warm sticks to dip.

theli writes at 07:40:44 01/15/09 - Comment #44522: I have NEVER got this.

Probably just a tradition. Maybe in the old days they didn't get enough wings to fill you up or something.