🏷️ buffalo

We biked down to the inner harbour to see the festival. It was so packed so we went out to the outer harbor for the blow up castle event. It was smaller than I thought and I was having a ton of allergies so I didn't want to go in, although it might have been really cool inside.

They now have a beer standard Wilkinson point. It's so much more commercial than when we got married. I almost don't even think you could do it now with the number of people and stuff down there.

I am more allergic to grass everywhere this year. Its literally debilitating because unlike cats you can't go away, it everywhere. When I get back from Germany I am starting grass allergy and dog/dog shots. They say it takes 3-5 years for it to work but I might die otherwise.

On the way home we saw a woman beating her ~10 year old child in plain daylight. Not just slapping, like full on closed fist sucker punch, bashing his face, dragging him by his hair in etc.

Some other families tried to step in. I called 911 but despite what you read about them being able to locate you, they could not find me, even though I was describing where I was. She kept just saying we can't help you if you can't tell me the name of the street you on.

I kept explaining under the skyway where it interests the new ice skating canal. Apparently, that was not explanatory enough for 911 that also must not have Google maps or some other mapping program at their disposal.

@joe was able to get some police by bike. The mother got handcuffed and she just kept screaming at the kid, "look what you did now.". The kids looked so freaked out. I felt so terrible for the kids because they seemed terrified at what happens next.

Interestingly the lady had no shame about it and couldn't believe other people were getting invovled. She kept saying, "It's my kid I can hit him if I want to." Thank god for this giant dude who just stepped in between them. The lady called his wife a bitch and he just hulked in fronk of her till the police came. Had it been me she would have just beat the shit out of me.

The last time I saw someone hit their kid that crazy was in Morocco like 20 years ago. It's sad that it happens here so openly in 2016.

Then move to Buffalo where everyday is cloud day.

Remember when this was the Multicultural Potential Center? Looks like the potential ended and Paladino is developing it. Surprise.

They still have brick roads and Elm trees. How did everyone else's Elm tree die? Could they grow again?

Not sure why they got the area around the new medical campus construction so bad on google maps

There is no four county bank anywhere around here

I live in the downtown Buffalo, NY neighborhood called Allentown. I walked to work today. This was how much snow was around me as I walked to and from work. Its still not snowing now. If you watched the weather you'd think the whole city of Buffalo was under 5 ft of snow. I think the whole storm is just a conspiracy theory involving the illuminati, lol

At Niagara square today I noticed they sand blasted the bricks to make it look cleaner. Frankly, I liked the old look to the sand blasted look but what's really crazy is that someone thought asphalt was an appropriate brick substitute. How the fuck did anyone think it was okay to do. This screams lazy govt worker. They couldn't find a freakin substitute brick. Even of another color. I would support taking the person who made the decision that this was appropriate and ironically stoning them to death with bricks in the square.

We took @terry's mom. I couldn't stop thinking about the guy that jumped. As we were in the elevator and walking up the stairs, I wondered if he amazed at the reliefs or if he stopped and read any of the signs on his way.



Its sad the state the Statler is in. Its like covering the sidewalk with overhead protection is their total solution to the problem of the buildings concretes decorations falling on people's heads.

Before Mulberries @paul #57335 we had made a trip to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. I renewed our family membership for 2 years if anyone wants to go I got some passes. I love the feeling of the warm humid air in the winter.

I can't believe we live in a world where people like Maureen Pratt from Williamsville are so afraid that children will use iPads for porn and "violent gaming" that they would question the use of mobile information technology in schools. Maybe even worse that our city's newspaper has nothing better to print than this response. She "could not remain silent" and neither can I?



Get with the future Maureen, people like you and the children you "protect" from mobile information access are going to be left behind in the information age. Its already happening, the slower they learn to harness information technology the further behind they will be as adults. Denying kids access to mobile internet technology because they may access porn or violent games is the modern equivalent of keeping kids illiterate because they might read about sex or violence.

Tablets, like phones are just computers you can take with you. They allow you to access the information when and where you need it instead of having to wait until you get home or to school to look it up at which times most things will simply slip off the radar. They represent an amazing opportunity to integrate the world's data stores into the fabric of our lives. I can't count how many times a day I reference valuable information on the internet to help me make informed purchases, define words, repair things, cook meals, program computers, appreciate art and music, and get me around from place to place. Not to mention the ability to tap into a vast network of people and their expertise at any moment.

You can't sanitize the internet. The beauty of it is that no one controls it. Its like the world itself. If it were all neatly controlled and government sanctioned the internet would have never happened. It would be like one big paid Disney commercial in America and other countries wouldn't even know something existed outside their borders.

Instead of just denying kids access it makes a lot more sense to teach them about what is and is not appropriate.