03/12/09 11:14 - 22ºF - ID#48026
Barreling over Niagara Falls
(e:Drew) said the barrels were safer and I argued that surely one could break their neck or other bones in the course of the fall if inside a barrel. (e:Drew) countered that people could be packed in the barrels and I imagined curling up inside a barrel and having styrofoam peanuts stuffed in around me so I wouldn't bump around and break.
So today I found a link that explains the different daredevils who have barreled over the falls and the techniques/equipment they used and the results. I think the most interesting barrel story is the guy in a barrel who survived the fall, but the barrel was trapped behind the falls for 14 hours where no one could reach him and he died from suffocation:
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Location: Buffalo , NY
03/07/09 09:08 - 38ºF - ID#47979
Overwhelmed
I browsed the store for nearly an hour.
Fiction versus non-fiction. Standard literature versus classical literature. US author versus a foreign author translated into English. Travel book or food book or travel-food book. Book of Local Interest. Book I'll read again versus book I'll only read once. Number of pages of book versus cost of book.
I found myself overwhelmed at all the books and was unable to select one.
I had to leave book-less.
I'm such a dork.
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Location: Buffalo , NY
03/07/09 11:43 - 44ºF - ID#47974
House Assessment
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Location: Buffalo , NY
03/06/09 08:51 - 54ºF - ID#47968
A taste of spring in the air
As I walked home after the visit I thought about why I didn't stop by my friends' house more often throughout the winter to say hello and I realized that warm weather is much more conducive to spontaneous social activities. I think next winter my goal will be to be more spontaneous through out the season. To keep a well stocked house full of food, DVDs, alcohol and games in order to be ready for last minute get togethers over the winter or for surprise drive bys at friends.
On the other hand, there is some I like about the rthym of coming together with friends slowly in the spring and being crazy busy with friends over the summer, then slowly falling away in the fall and hibernating in the winter.
As a side note, my friends requested that I bring my home made hummus to their upcoming cocktail party and it turned my sad day into a happy day. I love that my hummus is so well liked that someone would specifically request I bring it!
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Location: Buffalo , NY
03/04/09 12:52 - 24ºF - ID#47943
My favorite cut of meat
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Location: Buffalo , NY
02/22/09 04:51 - 25ºF - ID#47861
Sims as a model for human experiments
Subject A will be the Amin and Lydia Christian family that is currently working on having one child which they will be responsible for rearing through childhood up to college. They will have one and only one child.
Subject B will be a not yet known family that will adopt as many children as they can until they reach the status of elder. As soon as a baby becomes a toddler they will adopt a new baby and so on.
It should provide some grounds for observations on small family versus large family rearing as well as several future blog posts, I hope.
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Location: Buffalo , NY
02/21/09 03:32 - 33ºF - ID#47851
Another WBC post
The woman who posted is from a fairly conservative church and even they got picketed once according to her.
You guys, in all honesty it is best to just ignore Fred Phelps and his gang as they can't be reasoned with. They will stand there and argue until they are blue in the face, they are so brainwashed. We use to live in Topeka, Ks. and you learn pretty quickly to either ignore them or act civil with them...one time they tried to pickett our church because a college associated with our denomination was supposedly too liberal and supported Gays ... some of our deacons went outside and invited them to come in and join our church service and it was so funny they immediately left ... anger doesn't get anywhere, but kindness burns them.
What really burns them is to ignore them though, they do all this for public attention and if you don't give them any public acknowledgement they will feel slighted
They have to go other places now, because they don't get the rise in Topeka like they use to be able to...the more places ignore them, the sooner they will start to fade into the woodwork of the local looney bin.
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Location: Buffalo , NY
01/24/09 01:25 - 11ºF - ID#47510
Buffalo Stampedes
They are playing at the Koessler Center tonight at 7pm. We will get there around 6:30pm to 6:45pm.
General admission is only $7. Give a shout out if you're interested.
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Location: Buffalo , NY
01/20/09 01:18 - 15ºF - ID#47462
I'm a 5 year old
I felt a hand grasp my hair and give it a good tug to get my attention. Naturally, I assumed it was a developmentally disabled consumer, so I put my stern face on. The face that says, don't F-ing pull my hair, because it's not polite.
Imagine my surprise when I saw that it was my supervisor who pulled on my hair. It's just too funny. My supervisor is tugging on my hair like I'm a 5 year old.
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Location: Buffalo , NY
01/17/09 03:05 - 10ºF - ID#47429
Mama, don't let your babies grow up...
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Location: Buffalo , NY
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