05/02/09 09:50 - 52ºF - ID#48576

Bike trip to Lackawana

On Monday I took a half day at work and went straight from Roswell to South Buffalo and Lackawana. I felt so free and wonderful to get out of work on such a beautiful day and just go wherever I wanted. I think I'll skip most of the commentary but I stopped at Erie County Botanical Gardens, the Basilica, Tift Nature Preserve, Times Beach Nature Preserve and unfortunately the US Coast Guard. That is when I realized I no longer could get to downtown and had to back track to Ohio street at which time I was able to get a friend to pick me up at the General Mills factory. I'm not sure how many miles I went that day but I definitely covered a lot of ground and saw quite a lot of Buffalo. You see so much more when you are on a bike compared to being in a car. There were times actually that the wildlife was just a bit too close. A couple of times I went running from the deer and the geese. If wild animals start to approach me I always get freaked out. Maybe they just wanted some food or maybe they wanted to hoove or peck me to death...you never know.






















































Does anyone know what this building is? It is near the Water Authority.

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04/30/09 01:11 - 68ºF - ID#48543

Use protection e:hodown

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04/25/09 11:16 - 62ºF - ID#48508

Bea Arthur

I am really sad about Bea Arthur passing. It is so strange because as viewers we look at the Golden Girls as always being in their golden years. Rue McClanahan was in a series recently but I didn't know anything about Bea so I didn't even know she was sick.


When I was younger I wasn't allowed to watch the Golden Girls. I did anyways. I remember watching them once in the reflection of something so that my parents wouldn't see me watching the TV.







photo by Alan Light

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04/23/09 02:03 - 44ºF - ID#48483

My speakers are possessed.

For weeks I have been hearing the faint sound of a radio playing and it was starting to drive me crazy. Now I realize that the sound is coming from my computer speakers. I hear ads and sometimes music and turning the volume off doesn't make it stop.

What is wrong with them are they possessed?

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04/20/09 11:55 - 48ºF - ID#48462

Hard to get by

Almost forgot to mention to listen to my user sound. Micachu Lips, We Have Band) remix.

So I tried to write this before I downloaded Lazarus like (e:tinypliny) suggested. I naviagated away from the page and I lost everything I wrote. Now that should never happen with the special little add on for Firefox.

Back to the point. Buffalo was recently listed by Forbes as being number five of top cities within the US where it is hardest to get by. My first feeling was of pride that I am able to make it in the fifth hardest place to get by. My next thought was about number 4, Tampa, who not too long ago experienced tremendous growth and prosperity and has now completely bottomed out. Finally, I thought, WOW! we have tremendous stability and resilience here.

Buffalo is number 6 on top downsized US cities according to Forbes. This is clearly no surprise- as we all know how much of Buffalo is boarded up. They say positively about Buffalo:

Buffalo, for example, saw a 0.8% increase in housing value over the last year. Sure, the median home price is just $106,200, but home values have decreased by 30% in some parts of the country over that same period...

"When I moved to Buffalo, I carried the same misconceptions that most do. What I found was jaw dropping" she says of the city's architecture and cultural offerings. "Efforts to market the region are so important."....

We certainly do have a lot to market. Buffalo is a great city and I think it will remain to be long into the future.

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04/18/09 11:51 - 48ºF - ID#48435

Cleaning the tub

I had some words to say but I lost them all when I navigated away from estrip forgetting to save first. Oh well.



I love a clean tub. Soap scum build up feel so gross on the feet.


Almost forgot this pic of (e:mike) who is away in Toronto. He is so cute.

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04/17/09 03:37 - 55ºF - ID#48422

The origins of tea-bagging

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04/13/09 01:53 - 45ºF - ID#48376

Sexy post-its

I'm pissed that (e:paul) is getting sexual innuendo post-its and I don't get any. . I just checked my post its today and there were several I had no idea were there. I'm not sure why I don't know about them cause they used to pop up when I signed on. Maybe my pop up blockers are preventing them from poppin gup so I will just start checking manually for now on. I even posted about lube and still I don't get any lewd post its. Maybe when I eventually take pics of my body again to show my work out progress somebody will want to send me some sexy comments. Hopefully in another month I will be closer to where I want to be as far as my work out goes.


I got post its from (e:hodown), (e:leetee) and various guests. Thanks (e:leetee) for a very nice offer if you ever remember making that offer. My guest comments were about the LOOW and the h2 gro tomatoes that have been ever so present at the CO-Op and at Guercio's lately and about the Gay marriage rally. I'll have to respond to these guests when I get a chance. Now I got to finish an email to (e:ladycroft) before my lunch is over.

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04/03/09 07:57 - 55ºF - ID#48269

Bacon grease

Sorry (e:mike). Not until after Easter.

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03/28/09 11:11 - 52ºF - ID#48224

Grandparents and Earth Hour

My Grandparents came to visit for my Dad's birthday. Mike got to meet them for the first time and he took the photo of all of us. I like this picture of my Grandfather driving. He's 84 now and I am starting to get a little worried about his driving. It's fine now but it seems like it is just slightly off which Mike noticed too. I think he will stop driving when it is time but it must be hard for people to give it up when it comes to it.





I took my first shots of Hoyt Lake this year yesterday. I'm looking to expand my horizons with photo taking this spring/summer. This also involves expanding my cycling geographical limits. I'm planning on going down to South Buffalo to go to the Botanical Gardens and to making a trip across the Peace Bridge.












As per my last post, I turned off the lights for an hour this evening. Actually I was late doing it but I still turned everything off for an hour. I'm glad that I didn't let myself get all hung up on the fact that I was late because really it didn't quite matter. I chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for an hour by candle light for the earth. This symbolic gesture I am sure will have an impact on the UN Climate talks that begin tomorrow. It would be awesome if there was similar events targeting vehicles. It would be awesome if we could just have a moments peace from the buzz of all the engines.

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