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02/23/12 05:30 - ID#56114

The Death Of Diablo

So as some of you may know on March 10th 2012 it is official Club Diablo is having it's last even a Funeral and it is closing..... Guess they have been selling some stuff on the web and I guess once it closes things from the bar will be up for sale... I really need to look into that.....

But before I talk about Diablo I should mention that I'm not from the Continental..... I know some people who read what I write are....
-For many years never heard of the place
-Bands I have never heard of
-Dance Music isn't really my thing
-Would have loved to find out if the legendary 3rd floor was true or not
-If said band was there getting home at some crazy time at night would be tough.....
-Back what must have been ages ago I think a saw a band out side of the place at one of those festivals might have been the art voice street fest but never made it inside......

Now I'm not going to lie and say I'm at Club Diablo once a month... In fact I don't go there very often.... But it is the coolest place in town....
-Jen sure knew how to poor a drink and was sweet and pretty
-Love the interior
-They play Rock Music not only that dance stuff
-None of that here is a line to get in crap lets make you wait....
-One Never feels out of place there.... That kid with the leather skirt on is like so what.... Or a dude with a suit so what.... Or dog collar and chain so what
- Now again I'm not a regular but it is a great place for so many people

The reasons why I didn't go that often are the same as for the Continental......
-The biggest is from downtown to around Grover is a long way at 3am or even longer at 4am , and why is there never any cabs about and do they even take debit cards?
-Yes bands I've never heard of is another reason

But again it is an amazing place and it will leave a big vast hole when it closes.... I wonder if any thing else will move in there and how it would compare....

So I guess I should list some things that I remember seeing there....
-Caught some kind of Contest with Mike after something else we went to
-Went to see DJ Curt Soma spin a couple times I think
-Purgatory Fetish :That was eye Opening
-Purgatory Fetish show 2: That was Amazing
-Cony Island cockabilly Road Show was amazing: Bands and Side show stuff it was amazing
- Think I saw a small version of that show
-A Fetish show (no photos unless you knew the person on stage) by one of the local groups Niagara Fetish of some kind
-Satan For President Art Show!!!!!
-As Summer Dies Anti Valentines day show
--->I feel like I may have seen them twice there....
-Technoir Fashion Show 2 wish I would have seen the 1st one.....
-I'm sure I'm leaving something out.........How did I see the Hell's Harlots?

So kinda lost my train of thought... Remember I don't prof read I just kinda have an idea what I want to say when I write a blog then go at it... But the place will be missed by myself and even more so by others... So stop in and say your respect or for those that don't believe in funerals poor some out for Club Diablo that night where ever you hang out.....

I my self amworking on plans to go.... Don't have them all worked out... Why are Downtown Hotels so costly... I remember they use to be more then staying in Toronto and they still are it looks like.... The next day I have wrestling and it will be cold I'm sure and If I go out and get a suit I could just walk from a hotel... Don't want to try that with a big camera at 3am.... I wish I could find a fun suit you know with like flames or something or even a cool suit that would look gangsta.... Or even an all red one..... Guessing it will wind up being JC Penny black dress pants and suit jacket with black shirt and black tie?

I feel like i left something out.......

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Category: photos

02/21/12 06:59 - ID#56109

Parade

So I like the big camera but bringing it was a mistake but I didn't know it at the time my little water prof camera would have been better... Don't get me wrong the light was weird but still it would have done better... Wish I was going to Nietches but lame staying in... Part of it is the alarm goes off at 4:30 Am...

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Category: movies

02/12/12 11:57 - ID#56055

Red Tails Phantom

Well Yesterday's plan got thrown off a bit and then the Bus to the Movies was mega late... So I missed The First showing of Phantom Menace and saw Red Tails.... Pretty good movie... Yes even if anyone doesn't like Negros I know there are some out there it is still a pretty good movie... It is a pretty good war movie I think oh yeah and it is Black History month so it kinda fits... Didn't know it was a Lucas Films movie.... Plus the music is amazing I'll post some Youtube stuff I can find........I use the term Negro cause it is the term used in the movie as a positive....

Phantom Menace in 3D... How you make a movie that was filmed all ready 3D I have no idea... Been a long time since I've seen it and yeah it is still pretty good. So that also means it is tough to compare it to the 3D version... But the Darth Maul Glasses are worth the price so..... I still don't think I see all things 3D but a couple explosions looked pretty cool and some of the lasers and Light Sabre Stuff was cool.... Now only 5 more 3D movies wonder about clone wars... I wonder if this will set up episodes 7,8,9 only in 3D... Now some would say whats the point but... Doesn't Han and Leia maybe have a kid... And you are telling me that am A sith Lord that shoots lighting out of his hands dies from that fall? Maybe Speilberg will do them who knows.....

Opening ..... Terrance Blanchard also did Malcolm X very dramatic Music



This is going to be kinda random since I don't know what song is what kinda



Blue Skies .... Some times I wonder if I was born at the right time



Think Christina Agularia does a Modern Version of this song but this isn't her's






Another old timey song




Well that is Plenty now one from Star Wars

Yes some talking but worth it


Darth Maul Isn't dead! Ha
Granted Video ends before that but gotta love that music...
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Category: holiday

02/09/12 05:52 - ID#56039

V-Day 2012

So Saturday Night there is the Event that sounds pretty cool I missed it last year also But don't feel like dressing up or trying to get home from it late at night... Plus don't feel like being the creepy single guy with the Camera... ARGh.... But I think things like that and like Prom Of the dead.. Are great if you are part of a couple or a lovely single chick... Or one who is single that night...HA....

Won't be Negative about the V-Day not Victory day that is what the two fingers use to mean not Peace... Not sure what I'm going to do... I know I want part of it to be seeing the 3D Phantom Menace not sure how much better it can really be It will be fun..... Maybe a trip back to Cantina Loco and just a few Pomogrante Margaritas?

Now I would love to find a huge Box of Chocolate that comes with a cool stuffed Dragon... But doubt they make that or that I could find it.. So maybe a tiger?

To me the videos all the same song different versions are kinda about heart break? But good song...... more after the videos....

What the young people know this Bang Bang song from Kill Bill what a great movie...... But that has nothing to do with this post or maybe it does a bit?



Cher doing Bang Bang



Bang Bang by the Recounteurs little different then the original .. But pretty cool....



So V-day is Tuesday and Glee is having their V-day show that night so maybe I should just get stuff that day? But this brings up a question... Is it wrong to want to Have a 3 some with Santana and Britney? How about with the actors.... How about when 90210 was on (not the new version where real teens are the actors) and the kids where played by adults... Its funny lost the new version somewhere and Jenny Garth isn't as Pure white as she was on the original but she still looks just the same and is hot as fuck still............

I'm not going to ... But there is a part of me that says just look up the back of artvoice..... Do they even still run ads? But with all the stuff (and all sad) in the news lately with that poor girl in the tote is it even worth it...

I just want to have a Spartacus inspired orgy :) As much fun as it would be... I don't even have close to enough Purse for that...... Plus some of the guys are as big as my arm :)..... So that can be demotivational .... Maybe some Rainbow Party (if they are even real?) HA... Is a guy Short...HA

Seriously though I'm going to try and enjoy it...
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Category: photos

02/06/12 07:32 - ID#56034

Bandits? Argh

So Not sure what Happened to the Bandits... They lost the 3rd game in a row to the stealth a team that traveled from the west coast... It was a good game and the loss was in over time so a few thousand pictures....

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Category: photos

02/04/12 04:18 - ID#56020

Skiffle 1st Friday Feb 2012

How did it get to be the first Friday all ready........

Good times great food really good music and it was packed but my photos won't reflect that.....

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All ways a good time... Just gotta say I didn't have anything to drink felt a bit cold so..... I'm not sure how they do it but man that is a tasty Burger......
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Category: food

01/31/12 06:10 - ID#56011

Cantina Loco

  1. Ok I admit since I don't have any pictures it isn't a real review since I can't prove what I got
  2. I've been meaning to go for some time
  3. Other peeps have mentioned it was good....
  4. It was nice to see (e:TK) sorry somehow from you tasting post I missed you worked there
  5. I meant to go there this past weekend but some how with DVR and sports that is why no pix
  6. Nice to have a sit down place
  7. I got a Burrito and didn't know how to attack it ... It was open and does one eat the leaf is it edible ...... I had some of it
  8. (e:Jason) is correct (via facebook) they do have good Margaritas .... First one seemed small but the next two didn't seem small the seasonal (pomogranate) was very good....
  9. The art work on the face book page is from the bar.... after 3 drinks wasn't going to try a 4th...
  10. Want to go back..... and try the tacos.... Liked that the guy admitted the tacos where small and you might want to get two.... Next time that might be what I try
  11. looks nice inside if I where going on a date (yeah right) seems like a nice place to be
  12. again can't rate the bar since I didn't go to the bar
  13. Yes I would go back again
  14. Oh cost wise it is right in line with like Lloyd's but of course Lloyd's and other taco places don't have alcohol and they don't wait on you or have a person at the desk thing.....
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Category: photos

01/29/12 12:29 - ID#55999

Bandits lose to wings argh

So Friday Night there was an event that sounded pretty good at Club Diablo..... Hell's Harlots where dancing and a Lingerie Fashion show at Midnight.... There was no way I was going to walk home from there at that time of night in the cold.... Plus the Bandits lost.... Tired from a full week of work... Not sure if the long day or the putting up with people is more tiring ........? That isn't a good time to drink.... Now a bandits win... Plus what does one do with a jacket in a club..... In any event even with the lose I had a great time......


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Well then a few Pictures from me and the snow the next day.... I can't believe Friday is Skiffles again all ready.... Saturday another home Bandits game and Sunday is the super bowl.... Guess I should finish watching this weekends sports first?

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Category: tv

01/23/12 05:09 - ID#55973

Anthem Football chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth I became a fan of through a show that I can't remember what it is called about the Pie Maker and they could bring people back to life for 30 seconds it was a great show...... Now there was some great football on yesterday even though the 49ers lost argh..... Thought this anthem was great not sure how this video translates though.... I didn't take it....



Here is her doing another anthem....



Ok and one more song....... I guess



This is Great :)



Not sure what this is from but I think it is funny.......



Ok now it really is time to stop...................
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Category: philosophy

01/22/12 12:45 - ID#55965

Overweight For e:tinypliny



So saw this article in the Buffalo news and thought it was post worthy.....

Now not sure if philosophy is the best cat. for this but I think it fits....
More means less on boats under new weight rules
By Charity Vogel
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Published:
January 21, 2012, 10:30 PM


Updated: January 22, 2012, 8:12 AM

Put down those chips and that 32-ounce soda and listen up. The federal government thinks we're all getting ... heavier.

An average of 25 pounds heavier, as a matter of fact.

That's the bad news. The good news?

They're trying to keep us from sinking -- or crashing, or plummeting to the ground -- because of it.

This winter, the U.S. Coast Guard -- using federal figures for typical male and female weights around the country -- announced that a new number will be used as the "assumed average weight" for people riding on some types of passenger boats.

The old weight allowance was 160 pounds.

Now, the Coast Guard figures folks average out to about 185 pounds apiece.

The change -- made in December, and being implemented now -- is the first one in assumed weights on such boats in decades.

"This is the first change like this I can remember happening," said Ryan Hayhurst, vice president of Buffalo Harbor Cruises, which operates tours on the "Miss Buffalo."

That's not to say Hayhurst is entirely surprised, either.

"The public is the public," he said, with a laugh. "I'm trying to look at the positive side of it."

But before fluttering with offended dignity, consider this: Local tour operators in Western New York -- and others whose jobs have to do with how much the public weighs -- said that people do seem to be heavier than they used to be.

"My balloon is rated for 10 passengers, but I usually fly 8, max, because people are bigger," said Sean Quigley, owner and chief pilot of the hot-air balloon touring company "Balloons Over Letchworth."

Quigley needs to ask people their weight when booking balloon rides in his seasonal May-to-October business, in order to calculate the physics that will allow for lift-off. He said he has developed a strategy that permits people to preserve their modesty while still answering the question.

"I ask everybody their weights on the phone. But I ask combined weights," said Quigley, who has run the business since 1987. "That lets the lady off the hook."

He chuckled.

"I've had people who are 300 pounds before. I've had people who refuse to tell me; then I tell them, 'You can't fly. This is FAA regulations,'" Quigley said.

Another area where weight matters is with elevators.

Elevators and weight

In the City of Buffalo, where he inspects a good many of the city's 3,000 elevators on a regular basis, Chief Elevator Inspector Joe Schiavone said that elevators have maximum weights, but that such figures are calculated in pounds, not persons. (Some of the inspections are contracted out by the city.)

"The elevator industry, it's the total weight," said Schiavone, who has been doing his job for 26 years.

That means, he said, that as Americans get heavier, elevators can still carry the same amount of pounds up and down.

It just translates to fewer actual people.

"Twenty-five years ago, it would take nine or 12 people to overload a car," said Schiavone. "Now it takes less, because people are bigger. Because people are larger, you're going to overload the car with less people -- quick."

Schiavone put it this way: "An elevator that used to take 10 people, now, with the obesity problem in America, it takes six people."

But don't worry, Schiavone said. The elevator will let you know if a load gets too heavy.

"When it exceeds the capacity," the inspector said, "an alarm bell will go off."

Quigley, at "Balloons Over Letchworth," said his customers tend to be middle-aged and older, because of the price of tickets for balloon rides.

That may play into the situation as well, he said.

"Let's face it, when somebody's in their 40s, they weigh 20 pounds more than when they were in their 20s," Quigley said, joking. "Including me."

At the same time as boaters are recalibrating loads to accommodate heavier people, one airline is redesigning airplane cabins to fit more -- not fewer -- people.

Southwest Airlines announced last week that it is reconfiguring the cabins of its 737-700s with thinner, less-tilty seats that will allow for 6 additional passengers per flight.

Increasing weights of typical Americans were not really a factor in the redesign, said a Southwest spokeswoman at the airline's Dallas headquarters.

Airline adding seats

But, said Brandy King, the renovated cabins may actually be more comfortable for all types of passengers now.

"The thinner seats, in combination with the pitch and incline being less, allows us to add six more passengers, so that takes us from 137 to 143 [per flight]," King said. "But there won't be a difference [in comfort]. There might actually be more room, because were using (a different) design. Your personal space will actually be better."

At the Buffalo station of the Coast Guard, officers said that the changeover is going smoothly.

Coast Guard personnel said that most boaters have been happy to comply, typically by reducing the maximum occupancy for their vessels.

"A lot of the mariners out there agree -- America is getting heavier," said Lt. Andrew Sweeney, chief of the inspections division of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Buffalo. "It's kind of hard to argue that one."

Some boat operators are opting to have their vessel's stability calculations retested, to see if they can handle the same number of passengers, the Coast Guard officers stated.

At Buffalo Harbor Cruises, Hayhurst said that those are the two options open to his tour boat -- and that's a bit frustrating.

He said the weight guidelines really apply more to smaller boats, which are more affected by per-person poundage. For bigger boats like the Miss Buffalo, he said, a few extra pounds on individual passengers doesn't make too much of a difference.

"When it comes down to the weight issue, it's more of an umbrella rule," Hayhurst said. "The weight of a passenger affects a smaller boat much more than a larger boat. Our boat is so large, but we unfortunately fall into the same guideline, and it doesn't really affect us at all."

"There's no way out of it," he added. "The only way out of it is a very expensive way."

Miss Buffalo limit cut

That expensive way would be having a naval architect do load-testing on the Miss Buffalo to prove that the boat can handle more pounds. Hayhurst said there are no such recalibration businesses in Western New York, so he'd have to take the boat out of the area for the tests, which would be "very costly."

Thus, in part as a response to the Coast Guard change, the Miss Buffalo's capacity will be trimmed to 185 this season, Hayhurst said.

The boat has been operating at a capacity of 200.

Small price increases will be made to the hourly rates for cruises, Hayhurst said, "just to absorb a little bit of that change."

But there may be bright sides to the change.

"People might be more comfortable in the long run," he said. "With 185, it'll be little bit roomier, the bathrooms will be better, the bars will be better.

"We'd rather have 185 happy customers," he said, "than 200 unhappy customers."

News Staff Reporter Maki Becker contributed to this report.
cvogel@buffnews.com

..... This isn't really about Health..... Yes health is an issue.... But people over time have gotten Taller and bigger... This does tie into health also.... But maybe this is a good thing? Maybe now with people getting bigger those chairs at movies and sports events will in the future be made more comfortable so that everyone has more space and more room.... But who knows.....
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