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11/17/2007 22:01 #42180

Gowanda Psychiatric Center Cemetery
Category: cemetaries
Last Monday, (e:matthew), (e:terry) and I went to Zoar valley to climb down and back up point peter. It is so fun climbing down it. I really miss climbing bigger things out west. On the way there we saw the sign for the Gowanda Psychiatric Center cemetery.

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All the graves are just labeled with numbers and according to the website (e:matthew) was reading they lost all the records associating the names with the numbers back when the hospital was taken over by the correctional facility.

Here are some random links for it
janelle - 11/17/07 22:48
I mean to mention too, that there are organizations who try to track down the records of these numerically marked graves and replace them with new grave markers with their names as a way of bringing respect to the individuals. Interesting...but I'm more concerned with the individuals with MR who are alive.....
janelle - 11/17/07 22:47
This is incredibly common for mental retardation/mental health/prison institutions. It's really sad and creepy.

I had a client who was born and raised in an institution by her mother. Her mother died and was buried in the institution cemetery. My client at some pointed had wanted to go back to her grave site, but it wasn't possible to locate the actual grave.

11/17/2007 21:36 #42177

Korea House, Laughlins and Ruh Franklin
Category: food
Korea House
Went back (e:paul,32617) to Korea House today for some yummy lunch. I really think Korean food is superior to other asian foods. Accept for maybe Japanese Sushi.

We orded Bulgogi (WIKIPEDIA - Bulgogi) which comes with a million side dishes that you mix with rice, roll in lettuce leaves and eat. It is so super yummy but a little steep at $22.00. Seriously, it is enough for three people though. So maybe not steep but, considering we ordered it as an appetizer, it was a little steep.

I wish I had my real camera
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We also all ordered a meal each which turned out to be way too much food.

When I ordered the clam soup the Korean lady, who was the friendlist , most matronly waitress ever, asked me if I was sure I liked soup. I was totally confused. I mean you think she would have asked if I was sure I liked clams.

It was so good. It has squid, clams, mussels, octopus, fish cakes, and scallops in it. Eating it was like fishing. I am sure that I like octopus the best now that I got to taste them all at the same time, although each part was delicious.
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Laughlins
Has lunch with (e:terry), (e:matthew), and (e:flacidness) at Laughlins the other day.

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My sandwich was so good and the prices are reasonable. I had the steak and Dandelion sandwich. I think it was around $12 but there have much cheaper sandwiches too. It is located at the corner of Franklin and Edward.
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The decor is amazing. Once again, I wish I had my real camera with me.
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On the way home I saw the menu for Ruh Franklin. I am definitely sure to go there sometime soon. Maybe for my birthday.
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leetee - 11/18/07 11:46
i love korean food... and that place in general... even though it doesn't tend to be veggie friendly... :O(
jbeatty - 11/18/07 10:14
I really miss working in a Korean restaurant, but I don't miss bring forty dishes to a table of six! I am going to have to try Korea House. Do they have Korean BBQ tables there or is it all cooked in the kitchen? I pass that Rue Franklin menu a few time a week and drool over it. The squab, lamb and foie gras dish all sound so freaking delicious. They have one of the best cookbook collections in their kitchen too, they must have like 200 or so. I agree the dining room at Laughlins is really nice, not so much for the work spaces because they are beyond cramped, but the copper everywhere is pretty cool. Personally I think the beer list is the best part of that restaurant. Having 70 beers definitely brings in the beer snobs, but its still nice to be able to "sample" such an extensive list.
jenks - 11/18/07 00:17
I finally ate at rue franklin a while ago when my mom was here...

yum yum yum.

Still haven't been to laughlin's though...
lilho - 11/17/07 23:30
i seriously love that korean place, so freakin yummy!
james - 11/17/07 22:55
Korean food is so delicious. I would colonize their peninsula too if I was an Asian warlord.

11/15/2007 00:46 #42131

Some random facts...
Category: random
I am still so sad over the gay boys that got killed in Iran for being gay

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I think that is what their president meant when he said they had no gay people in Iran.

From wikipedia - Sodomy is a crime for which both partners can be punished by death, if the participants are adults, of sound mind and consenting; the method of execution is for the Shari'a judge to decide. A non-adult who engages in consensual sodomy is subject to a punishment of 74 lashes. (Articles 108 to 113) Sodomy is proved either if a person confesses four times to having committed sodomy or by the testimony of four righteous men. Testimony of women alone or together with a man does not prove sodomy. (Articles 114 to 119). "Tafhiz" (the rubbing of the thighs or buttocks) and the like committed by two men is punished by 100 lashes. On the fourth occasion, the punishment is death. (Articles 121 and 122).

If two men "stand naked under one cover without any necessity", both are punished with up to 99 lashes; if a man "kisses another with lust" the punishment is 60 lashes. (Articles 123 and 124). If sodomy, or the lesser crimes referred to above, are proved by confession, and the person concerned repents, the Shari'a judge may request that he be pardoned. If a person who has committed the lesser crimes referred to above repents before the giving of testimony by the witnesses, the punishment is quashed. (Articles 125 and 126).

As of 2007, teenagers accused of engaging in sodomy have been executed, although the official rationale for the hangings is debated.



I feel so bad for this lard ass. I mean really, their picture shows up in every single google news article about obesity. I wonder if he/she is on an obesity clipart CDROM somewhere. Has anyone else noticed this?

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I was talking with (e:libertad) the other day and telling him this usb vaccuum I wanted for my vaccuum collection.
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They dug up king Tut and unwrapped him. He has buck teeth. I am not sure exactly why someone would not just leave him alone. Isn't the whole point of being a mummy to be mummified and left alone. I kind of feel and for him too.
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This is a new mp3 player for dogs . (e:jim) and (e:james) - you guys totally need ot get this for ben, although maybe it is too prissy for him.
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jenks - 11/15/07 05:49
Well what do you expect from a country whose capital punishment is "lashes"?
Sad sad sad.

(and Mike, how is it that everything you say makes me go "mike, you're awesome"?)

mike - 11/15/07 00:54
how do you get that fat? And yes I am talking to you, dog with the ipod!

11/15/2007 00:09 #42128

Having Sex With How Many People?
Category: inappropriate
(e:lilho)'s friend had sex with 45 people and he is 37 and asked me if that was normal. She is posting her list too. Feel free to join in. So I tried to think of all the people I had sex with. And seriously, I thought I had sex with a lot of people but I guess when I really counted, 14 over 15 years is not that crazy.

This is actual I put it in there, not just touching naughty parts because that is such a different list that I am not getting into. I feels great that none of these people are secrets or anything.

1990s
teens
Girl - D
Girl - E
Girl - J
Girl - H
Guy - G

twenties
Guy - C
Guy - M
Girl - S
Guy - J
Guy - Terry
Girl - E

2000s
Guy - (only random) Redhead, I have a thing for redheads and jumped at the chance.

late twenties
Guy - Matt
Girl - T

Well that is my life sex story. Now there are only two regular players in the story.
metalpeter - 11/15/07 17:06
I admit I wont say my number cause it is a small number. What I will say is that 45 sounds like a lot. But again it depends on the circumstances (no red line that is how it is spelled wow). If the person goes out to bars like say "The Chip Strip" as an example for a few years just as a way to "Hook Up" (however you define it) ok get laid then that number might not be so high comparatively.
paul - 11/15/07 00:18
I can hear the blog censorship whip cracking.
james - 11/15/07 00:15
Jim wont let me post a real response to this.

But just let me tell you, there is not an orphanage without one of my kids in.

11/14/2007 21:52 #42126

Monday night
Category: computers
I am getting so sick of working on the new server - DNS, php, apache, mysql, email all set. Next I am gogin tot move the new site over from my dev machine.

At least I have techno4ever

This is what I look like programming, I guess everyone else has probably seen it but it was new for me.

::Download Flash Video::



I really wish I could move back to Germany sometimes. I miss living in europe. Today I looked at the Italian Citizenship site again and I really just need to go to New York to deal with it. I think maybe in January? I just need to drag my mother and brother with me.

Don't worry, I am not going anywhere. I just want to have it all together so I can ditch this country when the chinese come and claim it.
paul - 11/15/07 00:26
The rules are very specific. In my case, my grandfather was an italian citizen still when she was born in italy. She moved here when she was 5 and he took american citizenship after that. So that while he renounced his Italian citizenship to become American, she never renounced hers by becomming an american citizen through him. Basically she inherited his citizen ship and I inherited it from her.
lilho - 11/14/07 22:23
haaaa. i want to ditch this country too. do you remember when you blogged about everything??? i miss that. i miss you.
james - 11/14/07 22:23
do you just need Italian heritage? I am 25% though I look like an anglo. My mother, however, looks like she should be gesturing with her hands and weeping before a statue of Mary.
mrdeadlier - 11/14/07 22:13
at first i thought you were just droning to the music, lol -- then i realized that it was probably just the code-checking or whatever.
paul - 11/14/07 22:11
I love the ways my eyes move near the end, when I am obsessively comparing data on two monitors.
mrdeadlier - 11/14/07 22:09
kinda, only it's from the back and the music's self-contained in your headphones.