01/05/10 11:56 - 21ºF - ID#50751

Talking Carl

This app for the iPhone is so fun. It's 99 cents but the way it
works, we all get to use it on our phones on our family plan.
Anyways, he repeats after you in a funny voice and you can tickle
him. We justified the purchase by (e:Matthew) saying the kids would
like it.

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01/05/10 11:17 - 21ºF - ID#50750

Remember the white tiger

Looks like someone else got it ;(

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Location: Buffalo, NY

01/05/10 10:59 - 21ºF - ID#50749

Flowers

(e:libertad) got these pretty flowers fir my mom. Each one is like the
size of a basketball.

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01/05/10 10:58 - 21ºF - ID#50748

Holiday graveyard

This year we went all out with the big stuff. I am not so dedicated
for next year. Moving a 50 lb frozen pumkin is hard. Right now it's
in the middle of the backyard.

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01/05/10 10:54 - 21ºF - ID#50747

The pear juice

Someone else must have discovered the pear juice in glass, argh.

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01/02/10 08:21 - 10ºF - ID#50727

Really bad day

Today I am really sick with this supid cold that won't go away. I
feel like crap and then one of my programs at work has a y2k10 bug.
It was my fault and stupid. It took me like 8 hours to fix the mess.
Luckily my applications meticulously log what they are doing so it
traceable and everything worked out. On the other hand I was so
stressed the whole time and have a slamming headache now.

So for the comic relief. In the background (e:Matthew) was watching the
Supersize Me documentary. It just ended up making us both hungry for
bacon cheeseburgers which I am cooking now.

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01/02/10 10:30 - 8ºF - ID#50725

New years eve party 2010

The party was a blast. So many people showed up considering it was so
last minute. Besides having this cold I am still having, it was
really fun. I fell asleep a littleearlier thanks to a visit from the
nyquil fairy.

This year I had to upgrade the ball for the balldrop as one of the
strands went out. I think it looked even better with white. (E:leetee)
and I thought that next year we should do orange too if anyone sees a
strand of orange lights. I guess they probably have them for
Halloween. Sorry the picture of after the balldrop is so blurry. It
was so dark.

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01/02/10 10:25 - 8ºF - ID#50724

New year's Eve

Before the party we went to my mother's for dinner. It was so
delicious. She fried cauliflower in garbanzo bean flour so (e:Matthew)
could eat it. It's really good that way.

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12/28/09 10:19 - 20ºF - ID#50677

No one shovels

That is besides (e:terry). Look how nice our sidewalk is and how it
abruptly ends.

The one place that is totally clear is the Bank of America between
franklink and delaware. They gave heated sidewalks. How much energy
does that take?

tinypliny writes at 10:02:03 12/29/09 - Comment #54088: I need to wear my snowboots but they make me so clumsy in the snow.

fing writes at 12:39:44 12/29/09 - Comment #54072: I have a snow blower so doing my sidewalk is very easy and I tend to go up and down a few houses as well. The house next to us does not even do their driveway. When I run up and down Main Street in Amherst it amazes me as to how many people do not clear the snow in front of the house. I usually am motivated by someone falling and then suing me. This does not look to bad but if we get more snow on top of this and that gets packed down you are looking at a real problem.

jason writes at 08:29:43 12/29/09 - Comment #54070: Anyone who shovels should be dropping some salt when finished. In general the people who shovel on my block do a good job of this, being a commercial block and all.

tinypliny writes at 02:37:22 12/29/09 - Comment #54068: And she is ROSEMARY! She cornered me again today!

tinypliny writes at 02:36:10 12/29/09 - Comment #54067: heh, the advantage of being somewhat puny is that you can walk on top of 3 feet without it collapsing under you. ;-)

Jokes aside, I know its nice to not have to walk on snow, but its just impossible for everyone to keep shovelling when you have snowstorms like crazy. I am just looking at the positive side.

Its interesting that you mentioned trousers getting wet. I think snow here must be more powdery than Rochester because I can usually dust it off as soon I reach a stand-still on the way (red-lights, destination etc.) If you let it build it eventually makes for a lot of unpleasantness so the dusting off trick at regular intervals works well.

terry writes at 01:56:04 12/29/09 - Comment #54066: Unfortunately city code does not agree with you (e:Tinypliny). Supposedly you can be fined for not shoveling, though this is apparently not much enforced. I want to see you have the same sentiment once it is 3 feet high instead of one foot. :p

Aren't your feet cold and wet all day from pant legs getting soaked in the snow?

tinypliny writes at 01:32:44 12/29/09 - Comment #54064: You shouldn't too. Pardon my anti-shovelling sentiments but I think shovelling makes walking more dangerous because ice is more likely to form on the wet cold ground than on powdery snow. I slip more often on shovelled pavements than non-shovelled one. I can walk top-speed on snow but walking on shovelled icy surfaces is such a disaster in the morning. I have skinned elbows to prove it. :(