11/23/06 12:24 - ID#25694

Off The Wall User Sound

(e:Uncutsaniflush) and i decided to eat lunch off our usual beaten path today. Since it was a nice day, we thought eating on the strip and a stroll would be a good thing.

My only request was anywhere but Globe Market, since the few times i was there, they couldn't get their heads out of their asses. And i think my only 2 choices there are cheese related....

We thought about Solid Grouds, but the menu online had me aghast -- 7 bucks for a peanut butter sandwich? No thanks.

We ended up at Off The Wall, having had a decent dinner there many moons ago and we vaguely recalled something about lunch specials.

I reckon we should have run when the server told us what they had run out of. I think, too, the cook (no way i would call him a chef) ran out of something as well, but i am way to polite to say. Suffice it to say that any cook that can't make french fries that are cooked all the way through and actually warm (forget about hot), perhaps needs a refresher in cookery. Even i know that warming up a plate really helps keep food warm to bring out to customers. Sheesh.

My veg burger was moderately good, if barely warm. The salad dressing (my second choice, they ran out of the one i asked for) was very good, though. Best thing i can say about the meal. 'Cause i can bitch about the price... not worth it, peeps, not worth it.

On a sweeter note...

I changed my user sound. Title track to the album Car Wheels On a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams.

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11/15/06 04:44 - 49ºF - ID#25693

Unfaithful?

Is it cheating if we saw (e:lilho) at Weggies instead of (e:Mrmike) ?

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11/14/06 11:26 - 43ºF - ID#25692

I Could Beano Better...

I'm way too lazy to look up the many times i have complained here that i have been having issues with my stomach and digestion. The lovely doctor of the house, (e:jenks) has confabed with me via email about it a few times and offered suggestions.

I tried a few things here and there, the symptoms went away for a little bit, but they always came back. I was chatting with some friends and they recommended enzymes. Then, i saw a commerical and thought i would get me arse online and look into a few things. The Beano website

was eyeopening. Particularly the section on Complex Carbohydrate Intolerance.

Now, it's been 3 whole days and my gut feels better than it has in, well, years. Nothing is perfect and not all the symptoms are gone completely, but it feels liberating to not have cramps 24/7. I feel human...

Hope this doesn't jinx this. It feels so precarious.

On another note, i think the lil grey mousey i saw dash out from under our stove is hiding out in our sofa now. Poor thing nearly scared the piss outta me about an hour ago when it scurried its fuzzy behind up over the top of the sofa and behind some pillows.

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11/07/06 11:10 - 49ºF - ID#25691

Ducks, Voting and Anniversaries

Yesterday was the 2 year anniversary of (e:Uncutsaniflush) and i moving to Buffalo. Time flies... yet it feels like we have been here forever (in a good way, not in a 'gee, this feels like a prison sentence' kinda way).

Right now, (e:Uncutsaniflush) is voting. I've never been overly political, but i have always tried to stay somewhat informed and voted. Well, until i moved here. Can't vote here. Not a citizen. I'm just a resident.

I fed ducks yesterday. They insisted. We left them and went to get them some healthy food (wild bird seed). They ate right outta my hand...

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11/02/06 09:21 - 34ºF - ID#25690

How Canadians Are Different

One thing i know for sure, is that the word shit sometimes sneaks by on radios. Would that happen here, i asked (e:Uncutsaniflush) ? He said no.

I remember we watching a CityTV film when he was visiting Canada and the word "Mother" was bleeped out, but "Fucker" wasn't.

Sex isn't taboo in Canada. It's not something to be hidden from children. It's something to be learned about, to be taught responsiblity about...

But i still giggled like a school girl when i saw this...

Yeah, ok, i know, the name has got to be Salon Swank. Maybe i should have purchased that tshirt with the finger pointing to someone beside me that said "wanker" on it in the Brit shop down the road?

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10/30/06 08:36 - 40ºF - ID#25689

I Rock

No... not bragging about my abilities at, well, anything.

We got a rocking chair yesterday, that's all.

Here it is...

And here it is in our space...

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10/29/06 08:38 - 39ºF - ID#25688

It's All Her Fault

The early snow storm a few weeks ago notwithstanding...

Whenever my mom decides to visit us for the weekend, the weather turns bad. It's been a little while, but the last time she was here it was warm and sunny and pleasant for at least a week before she arrived. Then, bam, cooler weather! She doesn't like cold weather. Why she lives in Canada, then, is beyond us, but she does.

So, on behalf of BossMom... sorry for the bad/windy/rainy/cold weather this weekend.

She's supposed to be busy for a while and may not be able to visit before the xmas holidays... so we might be safe for a while!

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10/25/06 04:29 - 46ºF - ID#25687

What Theme Next?

Thanks (e:Uncutsaniflush) for the help and eye. Thanks, too, of course, to (e:Paul) for all of your help -- adding the bats, your touches here and there... and liking it enough to not change much at all! I almost gave up on it a few times, the non-computer geek that i am!

Should i start on Hanukkah and Christmas themes now?

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10/23/06 09:51 - 39ºF - ID#25686

Bumpy Beginning

As i mentioned in (e:LeeTee,232) the end of the era of me having to walk to get a morning paper is over. Sad thing is the beginning of the new era of me just going to the front porch to get the paper is off to a bit of a bumpy start. No paper at 9:15am. So i called. Was on hold for about 5 minutes. Was told a manager would deliver one.

And as i type this, (e:Uncutsaniflush) says the paper has arrived...

I hope i don't have to call the Buffalo News every morning!

leetee writes at 09:31:21 10/24/06 - Comment #12344: Lucily for us, the paper arrived and was waiting for us this morning. Yay! :)

Sorry to hear about the issues you guys have had trying to get a paper delivery, (e:chico) !

Never having been a paperboy/girl, i guess i don't understand the job all that well. I feel for anyone having to go door to door to deliver or sell anything, though...

chico writes at 07:09:04 10/23/06 - Comment #12329: Ah yes, Buffalo News home delivery (sigh).

When we moved to B-lo I had already been reading the paper online and figured it'd be good to get the newspaper delivered every morning. I was happy then when the Buffalo News called me to solicit me for a subscription -- I was all over the promotion they offered and signed on...

But then no paper for like 10 days after they promised. I called, they promised again, and again nothing. This is now going on 3 weeks. Finally, it arrives! No, not the paper -- the bill. Hello, straw? Meet the camel's back. I called and canceled my subscription, having never received a single copy of the paper.

Two days later, the Buffalo News showed up in my driveway. :::WTF?:::

Like Paul I feel bad for "paper boys" but the truth is that a lot of routes are really "paper adults" -- and apparently not always responsible ones, even in good weather (in this case, late August).

paul writes at 01:02:06 10/23/06 - Comment #12314: I feel bad for paper boys. I mean I realize that people pay for a service at a certain time but having been a paper boy - I give them leeway - kind of how people that were waiters or waitresses deal better with food service problems.

Funny story: One time I remember it being so cold that I got into my paperbox and shivered with my handwarmers :::link::: . I love those thing. After about a half hour, the woman who's house I was in front of came out and opened the box. I was so embarassed. She asked if I needed help. I just got out and started delviering papers like nothing was out of the ordinary.

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10/22/06 03:57 - 50ºF - ID#25685

Second Second Place

I won second second place ("no third place awards here!") at Gay Bingo last night for wearing this..