11/04/15 01:35 - ID#60311

Election day

Did anyone else vote this year?

It was my first year voting in New York, since my first chance to vote was in Ohio and I never updated my registration until this year.

It was real easy. We just went across the street to Trinity Towers. It seems kind of crazy they just take your word that you're you, and there's your ballot.

The last time I was at a polling place in New York was with my parents when I was young. When did they get rid of the lever machines for scantrons? I remember getting so excited to go in the booth with them, flip the switches and the satisfying ching that happened when you cast your ballot and opened the curtain.

I am not very political or into local politics - but I knew about a couple races. I wish I knew more but I trust local news to give me any accurate information. For the most races, there were zero choices anyway. Just the same candidates running on 5 different lines, most of whom have been around forever. I think that says something Buffalo.

I do know (e:paul) and (e:terry) got a write in. ;) Sadly they didn't win.

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Category: halloween

11/04/15 01:26 - ID#60310

Halloween cleanup

We wrapped up the rest of the Halloween weekend with (e:hodown) real low key. Thanks for helping us clean the house.

Here's a picture of a frittata brunch at the coffee shop before she left.

Sunday we went for a walk. I love these almonds but can never justify paying that much. Maybe if I collected all the pennies outside of the M&T.

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Category: tech

10/31/15 08:27 - ID#60305

Ploofy battery

As found in the TV's computer. How did it get this big without us knowing? If our house burned down, would Apple pay for it?

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Category: halloween

10/31/15 08:26 - ID#60304

Halloween

Halloween party was a great success. (E:Paul)'s decorations turned out really good even though it was weird to eat snacks in the dark (also hard to take pictures).

A ton of people showed up. I started out with costume of a victim of car culture, and ended it with the cute bears.

(e:mike) in his natural state.

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Category: allentown

10/30/15 01:57 - ID#60302

Couch lifting on North Pearl

Look out below!

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Category: pets

10/27/15 06:04 - ID#60300

See you later Basra the tortoise

Basra is now a resident of the Phoenix Herpetological Society in Scottsdale, AZ after 16 years in Buffalo.

This 4:30 in the morning we dragged him out of bed, put him in a dog kennel, and got him on the flight to Phoenix. The airpot cargo man was pretty strange. It all was so unceremonious.

I felt guilty sending him away - their website even acknowledges how many sulcatas they receive from people who can't keep them anymore. But I know he'll be a lot happier living in warm weather year round. Who knows, maybe he'll even like their other tortoises?

Since we are sponsoring him, he stays in a special area and we're allowed to arrange visits up to twice a month. (E:lilho) you should stop by. It's too bad Phoenix is such a car centric city and so far away. Cross country bike trip there one day?

See ya later beasty!

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Category: walks

10/25/15 11:20 - ID#60295

Sunday strollin'

(e:paul), (e:terry) and I went for a long walk today. The weather was perfect.

Feeding the beast before we went.

The mushrooms on this tree on Ferry Street are going to town. Surprisingly the tree seems very alive.

While we walked down Elmwood, they had a daytime trick or treat going on. I notice there's a lot more of these things going on and not many night trick or treaters. Are parents really too scared to take their kids at night?

The worst I've heard is "trunk or treating" where you go to a parking lot and go from trunk to trunk for candy. If my parents ever made us do that growing up I think I would have died.

Notice for a lost dog ;(

On the way back we met up with (e:mike) and went to the bougie smoothie place next to the fancy salad place. It was good but very overpriced.

We walked down to Allen Street - look at this art inside the hoarder store. (e:xandra), that rear painting is meant for you.

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Category: trees

10/25/15 11:18 - ID#60294

East side elms

One of the best looking streets in Buffalo is Timon Street. It has a full canopy of elms on it running between Genesee and Northampton. It even has a brick road. How have they survived?

I can't imagine back in the day when every street in Buffalo had a canopy like this.

There are disease resistant elms now

. I would love to have one - a big tree that could withstand snow, salt, and not fuck up all the pipes and sidewalk. Especially compared to the twigs the city plants now.

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Category: shopping

10/25/15 11:17 - ID#60293

Good shopping, bad shopping

Saturday was a lot of shopping.

First off (e:paul) and I went to the farmers market. It was good as usual, except for one farm. I need to confirm which one it is next week before I publish the name - but when we got up to get our fruit, the trashy lady was swearing and complaining about something being "fucking sent her way" and gave us a knowing look - I ignored it not knowing what she was talking about. When we finished our transaction and walked away, I saw the only other people at that stand was a family speaking Arabic. I can't believe how ridiculously racist that was and she looked to us for some sort of confirmation. I'm making sure to never buy anything from that stand again.

This put me in a bad mood. Then we had to go to Cheektowaga Target to look for a container to ship Basra and I went nuts. Sorry I was so miserable Paul - I shouldn't take the culture hate all out on you.

Here is childrens' olive oil they have - how could it really taste that different?

A gold spray painted geode

And royal tabloid news for (e:mike)

It turns out Target didn't have a box big enough for the beast so we went to the nearby pet store. This is some shopping I am okay with, because we got to see:
Meerschweinchen!