I turned 32 today. It's cool that my birthday's finally on a saturday. I think I'll check out grandma moras tonight. For some strange reason, Buffalo doesn't really have quite as many Mexican restaurants as Raleigh-Durham has; I can't explain why but it's been two years since I've had anything in a decent mole sauce.
(e:inscrutable) made me a buttercream icing cake. Yum. I'll try to snag a picture of it later.
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11/17/2007 18:42 #42175
BirthdayCategory: birthday
11/08/2007 01:41 #42041
Which one?Category: moving
I haven't posted in a while. I'm not dead; I'm just in the process of moving into my new apartment. Although at times, I can't tell the difference.
Combining two households really sucks. When you move out from your parents for the first time, you have the evilness of having the expense of duplicating all the items you used to have back home. When you move in with someone, you have the its evil twin: duplicates of everything you own and deciding how to get rid of them.
What silverware do we keep? The heavier more expensive ones they don't make anymore, or the ones that go with the dishes? Whose furniture is sacrificed for extra space in the living room, and whose hobby is the recipient of that space? Which blender makes better margaritas, and should we keep the other one as well because it has more fancy settings, even if keeping both of them takes up more room?
I can only take solace in the fact that I can still store my car in the garage--I refuse to let it get taken over entirely by secondary storage.
Combining two households really sucks. When you move out from your parents for the first time, you have the evilness of having the expense of duplicating all the items you used to have back home. When you move in with someone, you have the its evil twin: duplicates of everything you own and deciding how to get rid of them.
What silverware do we keep? The heavier more expensive ones they don't make anymore, or the ones that go with the dishes? Whose furniture is sacrificed for extra space in the living room, and whose hobby is the recipient of that space? Which blender makes better margaritas, and should we keep the other one as well because it has more fancy settings, even if keeping both of them takes up more room?
I can only take solace in the fact that I can still store my car in the garage--I refuse to let it get taken over entirely by secondary storage.
tinypliny - 11/18/07 02:04
Yes, keep everything. I second metalpeter.
Yes, keep everything. I second metalpeter.
metalpeter - 11/08/07 19:06
keep it all it can be used. Trust me on this glasses break, furnature stains and wears out, polish silverware gets detergent marks. The other fact is that you moved into an apartment when ever you move some stuff gets lost. What if something happens with the land lord or someone next door and you two move again and lose other stuff then the stuff you lost was stuff you got rid of so you have to buy more of that same thing.
keep it all it can be used. Trust me on this glasses break, furnature stains and wears out, polish silverware gets detergent marks. The other fact is that you moved into an apartment when ever you move some stuff gets lost. What if something happens with the land lord or someone next door and you two move again and lose other stuff then the stuff you lost was stuff you got rid of so you have to buy more of that same thing.
10/27/2007 02:14 #41830
Leopard Induced RageCategory: programming
(Warning, non-english computer rant below. I need to express my overwhelming anger somewhere).
Still no Apple-provided Obj(google-guard)ective-C way of doing regular expressions. After 5 major OS versions and 7 years! Motherfuckers!
Every other language framework has them, except for Cocoa. Every single damn one. Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Java, JavaScript, .Net/C#, Gtk, Qt. Hell, even WxWindows has a regular expression class. WxWindows for crying out loud! But still, nothing from Apple.
Having needed regexps many times when doing mac development over the years (as so many people just aren't nice enough to make their content into web services), the lack of this important functionality in the core library has been an enormous source of wall-punching ire for me. As is the protestation from hardcore NeXTies that 3rd party laissez-faire solutions are good enough, or that the API is just too damned 'selective' to have regexps, or that scripting languages should really be used instead. The last one is really confusing; as they've added automatic garbage collection, it seems like they're trying to make Ob(google-guard)jective-C competitive with scripting languages that provide regular expressions.
The emperor looks even more naked from the standpoint of an Ob(google-guard)jective-C developer when one looks at all the other stuff that's either missing an API altogether or has a C-based non-OO API (did I mention that Apple keeps telling us that "Cocoa is the future"). There's no Apple-provided OO Cocoa interface for web services, none for getting the basic system configuration, nothing for WebDAV, nothing for secure FTP, nothing for any sort of MD5/SHA-1 checksum, nothing for relational databases. It's stuff that so simple to add, or at least should be from the standpoint of a billion-dollar company, yet it doesn't get added. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I know that the world faces more pressing problems, and there could be happier thoughts running through my head than constantly thinking about giving Apple the finger by creating a framework called "CoreFunctionality" that intentionally clashes with Apple's namespace by including such classes as NSRegularExpression and NSHash.
Hell, I just think I need to rant so I can form my battle plan with a clear head and ponder on where to get stuff for my slutty costume I'm wearing tomorrow.
Still no Apple-provided Obj(google-guard)ective-C way of doing regular expressions. After 5 major OS versions and 7 years! Motherfuckers!
Every other language framework has them, except for Cocoa. Every single damn one. Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Java, JavaScript, .Net/C#, Gtk, Qt. Hell, even WxWindows has a regular expression class. WxWindows for crying out loud! But still, nothing from Apple.
Having needed regexps many times when doing mac development over the years (as so many people just aren't nice enough to make their content into web services), the lack of this important functionality in the core library has been an enormous source of wall-punching ire for me. As is the protestation from hardcore NeXTies that 3rd party laissez-faire solutions are good enough, or that the API is just too damned 'selective' to have regexps, or that scripting languages should really be used instead. The last one is really confusing; as they've added automatic garbage collection, it seems like they're trying to make Ob(google-guard)jective-C competitive with scripting languages that provide regular expressions.
The emperor looks even more naked from the standpoint of an Ob(google-guard)jective-C developer when one looks at all the other stuff that's either missing an API altogether or has a C-based non-OO API (did I mention that Apple keeps telling us that "Cocoa is the future"). There's no Apple-provided OO Cocoa interface for web services, none for getting the basic system configuration, nothing for WebDAV, nothing for secure FTP, nothing for any sort of MD5/SHA-1 checksum, nothing for relational databases. It's stuff that so simple to add, or at least should be from the standpoint of a billion-dollar company, yet it doesn't get added. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I know that the world faces more pressing problems, and there could be happier thoughts running through my head than constantly thinking about giving Apple the finger by creating a framework called "CoreFunctionality" that intentionally clashes with Apple's namespace by including such classes as NSRegularExpression and NSHash.
Hell, I just think I need to rant so I can form my battle plan with a clear head and ponder on where to get stuff for my slutty costume I'm wearing tomorrow.
museumchick - 10/27/07 14:37
slutty costume, eh? I'm curious as to what it will be.
slutty costume, eh? I'm curious as to what it will be.
10/19/2007 12:54 #41713
Hammer Time!Category: funny
I wonder if she does govt. passport issuing offices?
metalpeter - 10/19/07 18:17
The lenord Nimoy version of that song is awesome you should really hear it if we are thinking of the same song. That story is awesome and (e:mrmike) you thought Time Warner Blew. But this brings up a point that I have heard before and is true. The reason companies like verizon, Time Warner, Comcast and others can get away with this (i've been lucky and never had a problem yet until they read this and kill my cable) that they are a monopoly and you can't go to any one else, well with out moving that is, and that isn't true anymore. It used to be the city and burbs had different companies and back when it was adelphia there was also adelphia international and they had different channels. Some may say well you go get a satellite dish. That is true but that is a different medium and some people don't want boxes and those ugly things on their homes. If you had at least two cable companies in each city then they would compete and they would have to give you good service. On a side note I wonder if she got her idea from that snickers ad where the guy gets woken up by a caller and flies to where he works and smashes his phone.
The lenord Nimoy version of that song is awesome you should really hear it if we are thinking of the same song. That story is awesome and (e:mrmike) you thought Time Warner Blew. But this brings up a point that I have heard before and is true. The reason companies like verizon, Time Warner, Comcast and others can get away with this (i've been lucky and never had a problem yet until they read this and kill my cable) that they are a monopoly and you can't go to any one else, well with out moving that is, and that isn't true anymore. It used to be the city and burbs had different companies and back when it was adelphia there was also adelphia international and they had different channels. Some may say well you go get a satellite dish. That is true but that is a different medium and some people don't want boxes and those ugly things on their homes. If you had at least two cable companies in each city then they would compete and they would have to give you good service. On a side note I wonder if she got her idea from that snickers ad where the guy gets woken up by a caller and flies to where he works and smashes his phone.
james - 10/19/07 13:49
You see Peter, Paul, and Mary. THAT! is what you do with a hammer.
You see Peter, Paul, and Mary. THAT! is what you do with a hammer.
joshua - 10/19/07 13:03
This is simply awesome.
This is simply awesome.
10/17/2007 13:55 #41689
Single White Male ISO Tan Cardboard BoxCategory: moving
I'm moving. Anyone got any suggestions for where I can nab lots of cardbox boxes for little or no $$$ in Buffalo?
theecarey - 10/17/07 22:39
Your title made me laugh. Anyway, I used to pick up banana boxes from Tops whenever I was moving. Give them a call to find out when their shipments come in. They are a manageable size with a handle of the sort to make transport easier. Especially good for books :)
Your title made me laugh. Anyway, I used to pick up banana boxes from Tops whenever I was moving. Give them a call to find out when their shipments come in. They are a manageable size with a handle of the sort to make transport easier. Especially good for books :)
tinypliny - 10/17/07 22:14
If nothing else works out Walgreens is a good place to go for boxes on Thursdays.
If nothing else works out Walgreens is a good place to go for boxes on Thursdays.
leetee - 10/17/07 17:34
Sally Beauty on Elmwood (in the Tops plaza, between Sears Optical and some shoe store i forget the name of right now). Go tonight if you can. We got a truck load yesterday and they are probably throwing away boxes as i write this. They are open until 9pm. Go ahead and say that i sent you. They call me Lettuce there. :)
Sally Beauty on Elmwood (in the Tops plaza, between Sears Optical and some shoe store i forget the name of right now). Go tonight if you can. We got a truck load yesterday and they are probably throwing away boxes as i write this. They are open until 9pm. Go ahead and say that i sent you. They call me Lettuce there. :)
mrmike - 10/17/07 16:47
To fill in, UHaul on Main will sell shipping boxes. Lacking wherewithwal when I moved I bought a bunch from them. Prices weren't too horrible and you actually got sturdy containers for the money
To fill in, UHaul on Main will sell shipping boxes. Lacking wherewithwal when I moved I bought a bunch from them. Prices weren't too horrible and you actually got sturdy containers for the money
jbeatty - 10/17/07 14:38
I have about ten left over from my move if you would like them.
I have about ten left over from my move if you would like them.
hodown - 10/17/07 14:12
Premier Liquors. They'll give you as many as you want and they are bug free (most liquor stores will give you boxes and because food is not stored in them you dont get bugs).
Premier Liquors. They'll give you as many as you want and they are bug free (most liquor stores will give you boxes and because food is not stored in them you dont get bugs).
jenks - 10/17/07 14:07
Try wegmans. The boxes that boxes of cereal come in are a particularly good size. And if you go at the right time, you can usually get tons and tons. At least, that's what I did in NO.
Try wegmans. The boxes that boxes of cereal come in are a particularly good size. And if you go at the right time, you can usually get tons and tons. At least, that's what I did in NO.
janelle - 10/17/07 14:01
We may still have some left from our move Carolinian. I'll take a look in the basement/attic.
We may still have some left from our move Carolinian. I'll take a look in the basement/attic.
Sorry I missed the evening. Mrmike el canelo is the bomb in Syracuse! I haven't had it here yet but I plan on doing so soon.
Hope you have a most rewarding, happy, peaceful, plentiful and stress-free year ahead!
I don't especially *love* mexican food, but since my birthday is 5/5 I *have* to eat it, at least then- and ladycroft took me to the place on union (el chaporal? something like that) and I remember it being good... or maybe it's just the margaritas I remember. ;) I went to gramma mora's having heard it was the best ever, and was underwhelmed, but who knows. And cozumel isn't exactly authentic- but I've generally enjoyed it there.
In any case, happy birthday!
Yeah, we didn't expect much in the way of Mexican food when we moved to Buffalo and it occasionally makes me sad. I made the mistake of trying Mighty Tacos upon insistence of a co-worker and it was the most awful stuff I've ever had.
Puerto Rican food of course is different from Mexican food. But there are a couple places on Niagara. We went to one and I loved it! It was good, home cooked simple food. Lots of different roasted meats; some barbecue; and fried plantains, rice, flan and a wicked good hot sauce that's heavy on the garlic. So you might want to make the switch to Puerto Rican food.
Happy Birthday!
When I first moved to Buffalo I was amazed when I saw white landscapers.
According the census date only 3.6% of the Erie county population is Latino. This is compared to 16.1% in the rest of NYS. That is why we don't have too many Mexican places and the one's that we do have are mediocre.
Oh ya, we can talk about illegals. But those aren't the ones opening up restaurants.
anyway, hope you have a nice birthday.
Happy Birthday!
Happy DaY!!
el Canelo on Dingens is a good place for mexican food.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! Buttercream icing cake sounds wonderful:).
Happy Birthday!!
Yeah, we thought we would miss good TexMex when we moved up here, too. El Charro in Knoxville TN is still the place we measure all Mexican places to.
We tried Gramma Moras whne we first moved here and weren't impressed. I hope you liked it, though!
But, we have found a couple of places we do like -- El Palenque on Niagara Falls Boulevard just south of Sheridan (in and old Dennys, of all places!), El Caporale (sp?) on Union just north of Walden... and a new place i can't remember the name of that's in Niagara Falls...
Hope the cake is yummie!
Happy Birthday! Oh and the reason we don't have as many Mexican places to eat cause we don't use them to do farming and pick tobacco and stuff like that. I'm kidding but I wonder if there is any bit of truth to that. I know we have had a couple close and a couple replaced them. In any event I hope you have a great time and enjoy your birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I don't love Gramma Moras but plenty of people around here think it is the bees knees so I hope you enjoy it!