10/23/10 08:45 - 53.ºF - ID#53005

Almost a Fire

Just before we left for a birthday party the tortoise heat lamp started on fire. Luckily, the fire melted the wire and severed the connection.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: food

10/22/10 09:19 - 47.ºF - ID#53002

SNAP and candy

I find it ironic having a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program advertisement on giant bags of candy.

metalpeter writes at 03:42:05 10/23/10 - Comment #59021: I can admit that I don't know anything about SNAP. That being said if the government chooses the foods that make the cut then any place that sells them you should be able to use the card. Rite Aid does sell some good food along with walgreen's. Just playing devils advocate here, but what is wrong with a little candy it has Chocolate and Sugar and can be used as a treat, can you get it with food stamps? It would be better if people used it at someplace cheaper, but what is the government supposed to do pick every single retailer that is allowed to use the card, that would never work.......

jbeatty writes at 01:40:06 10/23/10 - Comment #59020: I agree that the state should not be subsidizing someones sweet tooth under the guise of a healthy eating subsidy. According the website:

"Soft drinks, candy, cookies, snack crackers, and ice cream are food items and are therefore eligible items

Seafood, steak, and bakery cakes are also food items and are therefore eligible items"

This seems to me like another failed government program. Looking at the eligible retailers in my neighborhood :::link::: it seems fairly obvious that some places should absolutely not be included. It's mostly convenient stores and drug stores. The only places that in my mind even qualify as actual grocery stores is the Lexington Coop and Price Rite. That's out of ten qualified retailers. I'm sorry but Rite Aid doesn't have a single healthy item.

paul writes at 12:47:03 10/23/10 - Comment #59019: On the radio I heard a talk show host say that by limited this we are limiting people freedom. This is not about freedom. They, like anyone else, are free to buy whatever they want. But when the state provides the food as a free nutritional supplement, it should be nutritional.

Things with little or no nutritional value should not be included. Otherwise, we end up paying for the crap to go into the people and then for their medical expenses to treat the diseases associated with eating crap.

libertad writes at 11:11:21 10/23/10 - Comment #59015: That is all very controversial right now. They want to do away with allowing benefits to be used for soda. Lots of strong arguments for and against. It could get really complicated if they started to limit which food items you can and cannot get. They do it to some extent by not allowing beer purchases.

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Category: clothing

10/22/10 08:55 - 48.ºF - ID#53000

scary or awesome

The polar bear one has a cigarette hole for the mouth.

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Category: food

10/20/10 09:00 - 57.ºF - ID#52988

Coke foor tinypliny

Your favorite!

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: parking

10/20/10 10:04 - 45.ºF - ID#52986

Driveway

Why does everyone think my driveway is public parking. It didn't even make a difference when the sign was up

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Category: work

10/20/10 12:56 - 43.ºF - ID#52985

Long Day

I had one of the longest days ever. It was one of those days with like 10,000 unrelated things that all wanted all of my attention. I never ate lunch planning to try and get out a little early. Instead I made it home around midnight.

At one point I needed to get onto a server to fix the issue and the monitor to the KVM stopped working after it the screen wavered and twitched a bit. It was like the server version of a Simpsons Halloween special.

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Category: buffalo

10/17/10 07:52 - 55.ºF - ID#52971

The Buffalo Historical Society

On our tour of the park we spent some time at the historical building playing on the building. (e:terry) is great at scaling stuff. I am not so good, I think it is time to hit the gym again.

He lifted himself up the walking ramp across the thruway.

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Category: buffalo

10/17/10 06:23 - 58.ºF - ID#52970

Buffalo Psychiatric Center

Everytime I visit this building I get freaked out imagining people being dragged inside against their will.

Totally unrelated I love oak trees. We have two baby ones out front but I would love to have a house with one like the one in these photos in the yard.

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Category: hiking

10/16/10 08:33 - 53.ºF - ID#52962

Hiking in the fall sunshine

I hope it stay this way for the rest of the fall.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: halloween

10/16/10 08:17 - 53.ºF - ID#52960

The Giant Pumpkin Farm

We got another one. Its so freakin hard to decide. The field of them kind of looks like a million giant heirloom tomato. I also bought a Blue Hubbard squash and some pie pumkins to eat. Has anyone eaten a Blue Hubbard squash?