I spent all day Friday and Saturday working on house stuff. Started with the garage - which is now our personal dump.



The squirrels in the attic also built this crazy insulation nest.


I am getting rid of these skeleton paintings if anyone wants them. I was going to put them on Craig's list but I thought I would mention it here first in case anyone wants them.





I wanted to bring all the junk to the east side transfer station (dump) but they close at 11am on Saturday. It is pretty much impossible to find out their hours on the weekend without driving all the way there on S ogden street. The Buffalo-city site site sucks. I can never find what I am looking for. Try and looking up garbage or dump. Something that it seems a lot of citizens would be interested in. I think they have some info if you search under refuse but then it gives you a phone number (the mayor's hotline) which is only open monday through friday.

So here it is for you on estrip.org - the hours of Buffalo's east side transfer station Monday-Friday 7am-3pm and Saturday 7am-11am.
(e:lilho) and I had to drive there to find out. First ton free, $40/ton after that. It is amazing how many tons of garbage we have had to remove this year. I think more than in my whole life combined.



Then we went to home depot to buy an outdoor furnace/fire pit thing so we could dispose of the huge amount of post october surprise.

While we were there (e:lilho) tried on these large boots.


I can't believe how much waste Boston Market's makes. The plates and silverware are reusable quality plastic.



The side salad takes the cake for refuse.


(e:matthew) dug up the nasty pile of cat shit the previous owners had piled in the back of the yard.



Choxie from target is really amazing chocolate. It is very high quality.




We got this grill from Kmart last year for the housewarming but hadn't opened it until yesterday. First (e:terry) noticed the handle was broken and then that the side was totally dented. It is way to late to return it.



There were so many primitive electronics in the garage. I can't believe how easy they look to fix. Look how big the transistors and capacitors are.




Saw this ridiculous princess bottle at Target. Who buys this. It made me think of (e:mike)

Okay, I don't wish I was a punk rocker and I definitely don't wishg I was born when computers were still scary, but I liked this song. It's funny how they just mix punk rocker and hippie together.

SANDI THOM LYRICS

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)

[Chorus]
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

When the head of state didn't play guitar,
Not everybody drove a car,
When music really mattered and when radio was king,
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything

[Chorus]

When pop-stars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when God Saved the Queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
When my mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail

[Chorus]

When record shops were still on top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand me downs,
And playing games meant kick around
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face

[Chorus]

I was born too late to a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair

To try and feel a little better about asian stuff I decided to immerse myself.

I ate lunch at Kunis To Go again. I had the Bento box. Seriously, it is the best lunch deal in Buffalo - only $8 for enough food to be full. You get everything in this box plus a miso soup.



On the way back I saw the lady in white. She definitely knew I was taking the picture and posed. I see her almost everyday on main street.


First stop was (e:tina) 's art design show which was very excellent.






Later we ate at Ming Tea Cafe
3268 Main St. (near UB South Campus), Buffalo.
833-6988.

(MAP TO: 3268%20MAIN%20ST)

I had the crustal shrimp. A little dear at $18.00 but it was tasty. They only take cash. When I went to the ATM on main street near there it dispensed the money in $10 increments. I never saw it since the 90s.





(e:lilho) and (e:tina) had the udon noodles with shrimp.


Tha spicy calamari was really good but also expensive at $9.00





Here are some close ups of the anti-war rattle at the bus stop from the last journal. I can't believe (e:lilho) picked it up to shake it.

I hate traveling on public transportation. There I have said it. It's not that I would rather ride a car, it's just I would rather go nowhere or walk everywhere in my neighborhood - which I usually do.

I am also not so good around foreign people which is weird considering how I am one only once removed. It's just that I am a little scarred of arabs on busses and angry looking asian students since the other day.

Maybe I just hate UB and riding the subway to the bus is freakin me out.

Below are some pics from the camera. The can is some weird rice filled rattle that was used to protest the war by asking them to shut down the recruitment center at UB.

I didn't want to sit near it because I thought it was a bomb at first but (e:lilho) rattled it.





At work (e:enknot) and I visited the computer graveyard in order to drop off some CRTs and pick up some flat panels. I was very surprised how many monitors their were.



This woman saw (e:enknot) and I pushing the cart with the monitors on the bottom and the mouse on the top. I think it appeared that we were just using a giant push cart for a mouse.

First a quick shot of (e:matthew) reading a book in the living room while we cooked.



I wish I could say this was a how to cook artichokes video blog but I didn't record the cleaning the artichokes part.

Basically the recipe involves cleaning the artichokes.











Chopping parsley

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Grinding Pepper corns

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Stuffing the artichokes - you might recall the tune I am whistling from a previous journal

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Then you pour olive oil on the artichokes and steam them in a pan for an hour.

Finally you chew the goodness out of them.

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Watch out for the ghost version of (e:lilho)