Category: art

09/25/14 07:34 - ID#59413

30 for 30 and curtain up

Friday we headed down to Brian's 30 for 30 event for Squeaky Wheel. He video dj'ed for 30 hours, a world record (hopefully) in honor of Squeaky Wheel's 30th anniversary. (e:terry) volunteered - (e:paul) and I had to be there also from 12-4am.




Stinky the wino came too

Outside Curtain up was happening. I always thought it was an old people thing your parents did, but it actually seemed like an awesome street party. They had kettle corn, performers, a weird puppet show - I haven't seen that many people on Main Street since before the square moved.



The squeaky wheel event was at Cowork Buffalo on Main. They had these cute little bead buffaloes everywhere.

Terry and I went back for the end the next night. Brian made it without sleep. The videos he were playing got kind of creepy at the end (people on fire, screaming, mental patients etc).

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Category: nature

09/21/14 11:05 - ID#59405

Buffalo sunsets

Sunsets in the fall are absolutely crazy. I wish my camera could do them justice.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: paul

09/20/14 01:32 - ID#59399

Life alert

Paul gets ads in the mail for a type of life alert. I think that's a few decades off at least, but I don't think he'd even consider it unless it was on his Android wear watch. OK Google, I've fallen and I can't get up!

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: work

09/18/14 05:37 - ID#59396

Creepy bathroom

For a while in our building at work the creepy shower in the men's bathroom was boarded up, and had a huge hole punched in the wall. Now its taped off and you can't use it because of asbestos. Should it have been closed off this whole time? How ironic would it be getting mesothelioma at a cancer hospital.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: dancing

09/18/14 05:33 - ID#59395

Music is art

After Tour de Farms, we headed to music is art with (e:xandra). First I had to go with my mom to let out this horse of great Dane. It was a little terrifying because he could jump so that he was taller than me.

I met up with everyone at music is art for the end. I couldn't tell if the music the DJ played was actual 90s dance or it was from hipsters. We saw Masumis friend Liz and Phi there, before (e:Steve) met with us. it was an awesome time.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: bikes

09/13/14 06:25 - ID#59390

Tour de farms

Tour de Farms was way colder than last year, but still pretty awesome. (e:terry) and I left in the morning, and met up with (e:yesthatcasey) for the urban farm portion. (e:paul) rested up in bed during the morning.


Terry and I had to dress warm and sporty. It got warmer later though.



Ever since I replaced the chasis on my phone, the pictures are so blurry and overexposed. I think the lens plastic isn't as good.

Wilson Street urban farm. They have 25 lots and the one owner has a pretty intense beard.

The MAP chickens. I don't want to eat them but they're cute enough that I want to raise one.

This weird house in Elma had a garden of bald eagle status. 'Merica




You weren't supposed to pick the flowers at Ole's farm this year. Everyone who did got yelled at.

The food was really good this year. We had wraps from Ashker's for lunch, and I got bean salad and corn for dinner. Warning for next year, the potato salad has bacon in it.


Paul woke up at noon to pick up Casey after he got a flat. He raced out to Alden on his bike and we got to drink beer and eat with him.


I got to track Paul's Tour de suburb on the way over with Google+.

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Category: work

09/13/14 01:20 - ID#59388

New job (again)

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: birthdays

09/13/14 01:12 - ID#59387

Happy birthday dad

For my dad's birthday we went to Curly's to celebrate. We had the best waitress I think I've ever had.

We were singing happy birthday in this picture but my dad really wanted to text a picture of the cake to someone.

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Category: house

09/13/14 01:10 - ID#59386

Kenmore Dryer repair

Last Saturday, the dryer stopped working. The heater still worked, but the drum itself didn't tumble even though you could hear the motor/blower going.

So on Friday I decided I was going to fix it. At first I tried taking off the back, but quickly realized you couldn't access the drum from there. It did give me a chance to clean it out though.

So I looked it up and found a guide for Kenmore 500 series dryers here . To get access to the drum you need to remove the lint trap, the two screws in the trap, and then slide and pop the top off. After that, there are two bolts holding the front panel on.

When I took it off, I found the drive belt on the drum was completely slack. So I took the drum out, and found the belt tensioner was on the ground and the belt was connected to nothing. So I cleaned out the machine, put the drum and tensioner in , and reconnected the belt, making sure it was on the wear line. It took about an hour, but the dryer definitely works.

Here is a diagram from the appliancerepair.net website:


I definitely feel like I could be an appliance repairman if I needed to.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: buffalo

09/13/14 01:10 - ID#59385

Deep holes

The UB med school construction is in full swing. The foundation they've dug is the second deepest hole I've ever seen. It's going to straight to the Allen Street subway station - I'm guessing that's why.


They may be good at digging but not so much at spelling.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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