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04/24/2007 20:16 #39031

A nice day
Category: food
The Monti Cristo and Chris's Sandwich shop on Delaware looks so amazing. (e:enknot) ate it.
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It loosk very bright. I have had a considerable amount of time to work on a new interface for publishing that is much more dynamic. Hopefully, I will have a change to integrate it at some point in the near future. Lots of other stuff planned too.

There were so many African (like recently from another continent) people in robes today. I think I saw 4. That is 4 more than I have ever seen and they weren't altogether. I wonder where they came from. Robes kind of look comfortable but I would surely be mistaken for a terrorist if I wore one.

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On the way back we had a photo opportunity with the best boss's boss I have ever had, the famous Joanne Ruh - also the winner of a BETA award this year.
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Saw a poster for the roller girls on main street while flirting the scientologists (firefox keeps trying to make me change this to gerontologist, lol! )through the window on Main Street. There is some about men in a cult that makes me want to brainwash them.
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Time to go start a fire and burn the ton of wood around my house.

04/22/2007 20:58 #39007

Watkins Glen Disappointment
Category: travel
I am emabarssed to admit that this is how I spent my Earth Day. Dave drove us to Watkins Glen in a giant van today to do the gorge trail Holy crap this website got stuck in the mid 90s

Unfortunately, the gorge trail is not open until mid May. So that was accpetionally disappointing as we spent about 5 hours in the car to not be able to hike the trail.

That didn't stop them from keeping the frickin' gift shop open

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Found this cool hollow tree trunk and took a picture down the top of it.
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The creek looked so awesome, I wish we could have gone down there.
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In the end we ended up hiking around a cemetary.
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The cemetary was huge, the magee family had their own section.
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Watkins Glen History
The village of Watkins Glen, in Schuyler County, NY, has been called different names and had many people influence its history since people started settling there in 1779. That year the Clinton-Sullivan campaign against the Seneca Indian villages was launched to rid the area of Indian hostilities who were siding with the British in the American Revolution



Apparently, indians are not people. Seems like time for a rewrite?
dragonlady7 - 04/23/07 15:12
Oh yes, I knew it wasn't open too-- I tried to walk around there in November when it was so nice out. What a bummer.
There are a lot of things to do down there, though. Isn't it gorgeous?

04/22/2007 20:28 #39006

Housing Stuff Over the Weekend
Category: housing
I spent all day Friday and Saturday working on house stuff. Started with the garage - which is now our personal dump.

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

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

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The side salad takes the cake for refuse.
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(e:matthew) dug up the nasty pile of cat shit the previous owners had piled in the back of the yard.
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Choxie from target is really amazing chocolate. It is very high quality.
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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.
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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.
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Saw this ridiculous princess bottle at Target. Who buys this. It made me think of (e:mike)
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leetee - 04/24/07 21:39
Better advertising might work, Paul.. try calling the pictures "supermodel paintings" to see what kinda of feedback you get...
paul - 04/24/07 20:17
So - no one wants the skeleton objects d'art.
james - 04/23/07 20:54
Jim and I walked by your place the other day and debated if that garage was yours. Now we know it is so much more. It is a garage filled with crap and crowned with a mound of cat poop.

The joys of being a home owner.
mrdeadlier - 04/23/07 12:00
my daughter would be all over that water bottle if she saw it. i swear, 2/3 of my house is either purple or pink.
mike - 04/22/07 23:45
haha! I'm glad a princess bottle at Target makes you think of me!

04/20/2007 11:51 #38972

I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
Category: music
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
leetee - 04/20/07 17:49
i would so love to see you as a fashion punk, Paul! I am sure (e:lilho) would be willing to do your hair!
uncutsaniflush - 04/20/07 17:44
Hmmm, fwiw, I was a punk rocker in the late 70s and early 80s and I, and most of my cohort, did not think much of hippies and peace and love. My attitude at that time was exemplified in the Clash's "Hate and War"

"Hate and war - the only things we got today

An' if I close my eyes
They will not go away
You have to deal with it
It is the currency"

I think it is interesting that two movements that were so different (and in opposition to each other) get lumped together nowadays. I reckon that the one thing hippies and punks have in common is that they are against the "Man" so to outsiders they must like each other.
chico - 04/20/07 17:34
The hippie-punk rocker combination does not make a lick of sense. I think maybe I need to expand my mind in order to understand that lyric.

04/19/2007 23:32 #38967

Asian Invasion
Category: food
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.

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

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(e:lilho) and (e:tina) had the udon noodles with shrimp.
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Tha spicy calamari was really good but also expensive at $9.00

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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.

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metalpeter - 04/20/07 18:06
First of all this may sound weird but why have I never heard negative sterotypes about Asians. I think I have heard them for almost all nationalites. The one exception is the eyes but that is a physical one and not really a negative.

Ok in terms of ATM's the wegmans one in the city you used to be able to take money out in 5 dollar incurments. That was very odd most places then made you take out in $20 incurments. I don't know if you can still take out in 5 Dollar incruments anymore. The last time I tried was when they first openend.
jason - 04/20/07 09:11
Mobil On The Run on the corner of Forest and Elmwood has an ATM that does $10 increments.