Like right under my stomach has been hurting for about a week now. No matter what I eat, no matter what time of day - it just kind of hurts - sometimes it feels a little better but mostly hurts, especially after I eat. I suppose maybe I should see a doctor, but I keep telling myself that it will go away - hoping it is a flu like symptom because (e:matthew) just had a flu.
Please don't let it be an ulcer ;)
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11/26/2007 10:09 #42282
My StomachCategory: health
11/25/2007 22:05 #42277
Resolution and relationshipsCategory: life
The way the garden looks, is how I feel right now.
I guess at least the new phone is coming tomorrow, although at this point nothing can really make me happy. I think it is time to join the gym again. This time I am going to try Allentown Athletix, which is just around the corner form us.
I got into a huge fight with (e:matthew) yesterday about a random chimney shaft in our bedroom wall that connects to no mantel. Based on previous pictures I had taken with a web cam on a 6 ft USB chord, I thought that the tunnel went down and to the left but what I thought was a "floor" and a tunnel to the left turned out the be an odd brick of the side of the shaft wall.
I thought that brick or whatever it is was the bottom in the usb webcam view and that the hole on the end was a turn to the left.
When I switched to the 7MP camera with flash I got a much better view.
I wish I didn't get so angry about it at 2am last night. Sometimes, I can be a jerk. I am embarrassed for the way I acted but I was so sure I was right.
Anyways, the good news I think we can switch the Den and our bedroom and get a wood or gas burning insert similar to the one that (e:enknot) has at his house and have it be direct vent. This is a much better alternative to the next vented ones that make me ill.
You can see the chimney straight up and it looks easy enough to line it ourselves considering it is just a straight trip up.
I thought someone might find this amusing
Look at the clipart they used in this professional article about the iphone in Europe. It is a freakin' old white ipod on a slide phone, running windows mobile. Seems like no one fact checked that one.
I am switching from qmail to postfix and got my book in the mail today. I am not sure why. I just wanted to try something new and got sick of setting up qmail on the new server although I did it before on the old one.
There has been lots of progress on the new site, don't think I forgot! I just hurt my neck and it is slowing me down, argh.
I guess at least the new phone is coming tomorrow, although at this point nothing can really make me happy. I think it is time to join the gym again. This time I am going to try Allentown Athletix, which is just around the corner form us.
I got into a huge fight with (e:matthew) yesterday about a random chimney shaft in our bedroom wall that connects to no mantel. Based on previous pictures I had taken with a web cam on a 6 ft USB chord, I thought that the tunnel went down and to the left but what I thought was a "floor" and a tunnel to the left turned out the be an odd brick of the side of the shaft wall.
I thought that brick or whatever it is was the bottom in the usb webcam view and that the hole on the end was a turn to the left.
When I switched to the 7MP camera with flash I got a much better view.
I wish I didn't get so angry about it at 2am last night. Sometimes, I can be a jerk. I am embarrassed for the way I acted but I was so sure I was right.
Anyways, the good news I think we can switch the Den and our bedroom and get a wood or gas burning insert similar to the one that (e:enknot) has at his house and have it be direct vent. This is a much better alternative to the next vented ones that make me ill.
You can see the chimney straight up and it looks easy enough to line it ourselves considering it is just a straight trip up.
I thought someone might find this amusing
Look at the clipart they used in this professional article about the iphone in Europe. It is a freakin' old white ipod on a slide phone, running windows mobile. Seems like no one fact checked that one.
I am switching from qmail to postfix and got my book in the mail today. I am not sure why. I just wanted to try something new and got sick of setting up qmail on the new server although I did it before on the old one.
There has been lots of progress on the new site, don't think I forgot! I just hurt my neck and it is slowing me down, argh.
tinypliny - 11/28/07 20:12
I read this journal and I have the same burning question as Carolinian! Why was the direction of the shaft tunnel important? Is it some Vaastu/Feng Shui thing?
I read this journal and I have the same burning question as Carolinian! Why was the direction of the shaft tunnel important? Is it some Vaastu/Feng Shui thing?
carolinian - 11/26/07 13:02
Why were you fighting over where the shaft lead? Was there a practical reason, or was it just for the sake of the argument?
Why were you fighting over where the shaft lead? Was there a practical reason, or was it just for the sake of the argument?
fellyconnelly - 11/26/07 08:18
yeah the new phone will totally make youf eel better
yeah the new phone will totally make youf eel better
jenks - 11/26/07 05:18
Sorry you had a crappy day. I bet new electronics *will* help you feel better, though. (always works for me!)
Sorry you had a crappy day. I bet new electronics *will* help you feel better, though. (always works for me!)
11/24/2007 19:33 #42273
Bored to death, christmas marketCategory: buffalo
paul 18:51 I am so bored
imk2 18:52 i never hear you say that youre bored
paul 18:52 haha, i have never been bored unitl tonight i think
paul 18:53 I couldn't describe
paul 18:52 because there was some new feeling
paul 18:52 i thought I wanted to kill myself
paul 18:53 and then it hit me that I was bored
We went to the broadway market this afternoon. It was lame. Maybe we went at the wrong time but I will surely never go back to find out.
The way there was so pretty. I love traveling down sycamore. It is by far the most scenic view of Buffalo.
(e:terry) says they are developing som enew village here that he read baout on Buffalo rising.
No seriously, it makes me want to do a documentary about the history of advertising signs that rusted out.
While this pretty church is dead, every single other non-burned down, non-boarded up warehouse and crappy house is some other sect of freaky Christianity with blacked out windows.
This is what I expect in a Christmas Market.
Then we got there...
and this is what it was.
Back over to elmwood
We got new glasses today at Elmwood Specs. I had the same prescription. My only problem with the place was that the doctor brought her dog with her. I was very allergic to that kind of poodley dog so it wasn't so horrible but if it had been a cat, I think I might have died.
Why did stache or whoever owns this building paint the half timbering over? It seems really trashy.
I hope elmwood doesn't become sycamore ever.
tinypliny - 11/28/07 20:19
Now we know where that orange door on Stache's came from. The residents of the "monastery" were so impoverished that they had to sell their door.
Now we know where that orange door on Stache's came from. The residents of the "monastery" were so impoverished that they had to sell their door.
tinypliny - 11/28/07 20:17
You know, that orange building looks like it could have been a glorious Thai Monastery in its hey days.
You know, that orange building looks like it could have been a glorious Thai Monastery in its hey days.
imk2 - 11/24/07 20:59
i used to work every chirstmas and easter at those two stands you have pictured. god, they worked us to death. 4:30-5:00am until 8pm with not one break in between, not even lunch. they would let us scarf down some bread while standing up and shoo us back to work. i guess 12 year olds are easy to manipulate like that.
i used to work every chirstmas and easter at those two stands you have pictured. god, they worked us to death. 4:30-5:00am until 8pm with not one break in between, not even lunch. they would let us scarf down some bread while standing up and shoo us back to work. i guess 12 year olds are easy to manipulate like that.
11/23/2007 19:38 #42264
New TiajuanaCategory: buffalo
(e:matthew) and I were talking about outside investors after reading (e:ajay,42263) and then thinking about Canadian consumers with more valuable currency and I couldn't help but think of Buffalo as the new tiajuana. Our bars are open till four, their money will be worth more in our Casinos.
Please don't ever let me have to resort to selling chicklets on the street.
Please don't ever let me have to resort to selling chicklets on the street.
mike - 11/26/09 12:11
you don't have to sell chicklets, just host the donkey show!
you don't have to sell chicklets, just host the donkey show!
metalpeter - 11/23/07 23:47
There is only one problem with that in that in Mexico people go for drugs, the beach and Donkey Shows. But I do get the comparison really. The thing is that People from Canada have to use plasstic I'm sorry there are two things Americans can't stand Dollar Coins and Money with all kinds of Colors on it. Seriously though what I think will happen is that Canada has a strong dollar so they will shop over here a lot. The more they shop here the more money Buffalo will get. Eventuly that will cause use to have more money and our Dollar will get stronger again. That assumes that we ever get out of this war. What is killing our dollar is that no one has any moral responsiblity and are just greedy. Yeah the gas prices go up and up and then what I think happens is that it makes one unit of one item go up about say 10 cents. Well the company that sells that stuff now has an excuse so they raise it by 20 cents and raise there profit margin. But all this inflation does is devalue our Dollar. I will be the first to admit that over the past couple of years Elmwood has taken a real downturn. I think that is the real reason for the name change so people don't notice it they notice the singage and Christmas stuff. Hopefully all those vacant places can be filled with good business Ideas. I wish it wasn't just banks and we do need lots of local places but is a good chain store like pier 1 was better then some place that will close or move in a year. I will also admit I never went to Ex-cell but from what I understand one of his reasons for closing is that it is hard to be a small place like that and be competetive cause places that are big get breaks that he couldn't. I guess another example of that is true in the independent record store. As an example go to Target or maybe best buy and find a popular artists CD and compare prices New World is a lot more most of the time, of course it all depends (Target could also be best buy, circuit city or who ever). I just hope these out side investors wind up working out ok and hope they are here for the long hall. Sometimes it is just about the money and not the community so once they find out that panhandlers are costing them money or people piss in there lot, they may go screw this and resell the buildings since it isn't where they live they don't care it is just about cheap real estate. What is that saying "Pray for the best, but expect the worst" is it prey or hope I can't remember. In any event I will hope for the best and hope some more but know that Elmwood could go down the drain quickly.
There is only one problem with that in that in Mexico people go for drugs, the beach and Donkey Shows. But I do get the comparison really. The thing is that People from Canada have to use plasstic I'm sorry there are two things Americans can't stand Dollar Coins and Money with all kinds of Colors on it. Seriously though what I think will happen is that Canada has a strong dollar so they will shop over here a lot. The more they shop here the more money Buffalo will get. Eventuly that will cause use to have more money and our Dollar will get stronger again. That assumes that we ever get out of this war. What is killing our dollar is that no one has any moral responsiblity and are just greedy. Yeah the gas prices go up and up and then what I think happens is that it makes one unit of one item go up about say 10 cents. Well the company that sells that stuff now has an excuse so they raise it by 20 cents and raise there profit margin. But all this inflation does is devalue our Dollar. I will be the first to admit that over the past couple of years Elmwood has taken a real downturn. I think that is the real reason for the name change so people don't notice it they notice the singage and Christmas stuff. Hopefully all those vacant places can be filled with good business Ideas. I wish it wasn't just banks and we do need lots of local places but is a good chain store like pier 1 was better then some place that will close or move in a year. I will also admit I never went to Ex-cell but from what I understand one of his reasons for closing is that it is hard to be a small place like that and be competetive cause places that are big get breaks that he couldn't. I guess another example of that is true in the independent record store. As an example go to Target or maybe best buy and find a popular artists CD and compare prices New World is a lot more most of the time, of course it all depends (Target could also be best buy, circuit city or who ever). I just hope these out side investors wind up working out ok and hope they are here for the long hall. Sometimes it is just about the money and not the community so once they find out that panhandlers are costing them money or people piss in there lot, they may go screw this and resell the buildings since it isn't where they live they don't care it is just about cheap real estate. What is that saying "Pray for the best, but expect the worst" is it prey or hope I can't remember. In any event I will hope for the best and hope some more but know that Elmwood could go down the drain quickly.
uncutsaniflush - 11/23/07 23:18
Actually, the analogy works better with Niagara Falls and the suburbs than it does with the actual City of Buffalo, imho. Unless, of course, ln -s Niagara_Frontier Buffalo. <g>
Actually, the analogy works better with Niagara Falls and the suburbs than it does with the actual City of Buffalo, imho. Unless, of course, ln -s Niagara_Frontier Buffalo. <g>
11/24/2007 12:59 #42269
ThanksgivingCategory: holiday
This is a little late but I have been so busy setting up the new server. So here it goes.
There is finally snow everywhere, He is some on the front windshield of the car on the way to my mothers for thanksgiving.
I forgot to tak any pictures of all the amazing food for once. I was so hungry I forgot about tthe camera. After dinner my Dad got out al the liquor, considering they don't drink very much , a lot of it was quasi vintage.
Don't the instructions on the back of this bacadi bottle seem kind of redundant.
I discovered that Peach Snapps and Cointreau makes a slightly stronger fuzzy navel - minus orange orange juice. I think Cointreau is my new favorite liquor.
The whole family played games minus me and the kids. I don't really like games very much.
The kids played with their webkins on the computer. WHy didn't I think of making something like that.
We made little turkey stickers.
I got all my old yearbooks which has plenty of blog fodder. As an example, this yearbook entry by (e:oda) formerly known as emily.
There is finally snow everywhere, He is some on the front windshield of the car on the way to my mothers for thanksgiving.
I forgot to tak any pictures of all the amazing food for once. I was so hungry I forgot about tthe camera. After dinner my Dad got out al the liquor, considering they don't drink very much , a lot of it was quasi vintage.
Don't the instructions on the back of this bacadi bottle seem kind of redundant.
I discovered that Peach Snapps and Cointreau makes a slightly stronger fuzzy navel - minus orange orange juice. I think Cointreau is my new favorite liquor.
The whole family played games minus me and the kids. I don't really like games very much.
The kids played with their webkins
on the computer. WHy didn't I think of making something like that.
We made little turkey stickers.
I got all my old yearbooks which has plenty of blog fodder. As an example, this yearbook entry by (e:oda) formerly known as emily.
tinypliny - 11/28/07 20:24
Why would anyone want to dress up cows???? I can't think of any good reasons right now.
And why are all these whiskeys/liquors tagged silver label, gold label etc. One can clearly see that it's no such thing. It's a plain white paper label.
Why would anyone want to dress up cows???? I can't think of any good reasons right now.
And why are all these whiskeys/liquors tagged silver label, gold label etc. One can clearly see that it's no such thing. It's a plain white paper label.
libertad - 11/25/07 20:15
Mike told me about your Dad going crazy with the liquor. Wo ho ho (e:oda)....Hitler and burning bodies?
Mike told me about your Dad going crazy with the liquor. Wo ho ho (e:oda)....Hitler and burning bodies?
metalpeter - 11/24/07 16:17
That is really crazy. I can't understand why someone would write that in a year book, cause wouldn't they just say they didn't want to write anything. but see then at the end it sounds positive so it sounds like all the craziness was just in good fun. I say that you should leave high school back in High School myself. Even if it was great for you I'm sure you will bring out demons of someone else. I have to add that those pies look really good.
That is really crazy. I can't understand why someone would write that in a year book, cause wouldn't they just say they didn't want to write anything. but see then at the end it sounds positive so it sounds like all the craziness was just in good fun. I say that you should leave high school back in High School myself. Even if it was great for you I'm sure you will bring out demons of someone else. I have to add that those pies look really good.
imk2 - 11/24/07 13:57
go to hell and burn to a crisp....can i eat you skin and all? anyways, isn't she a veggie? all i can say is wow.
go to hell and burn to a crisp....can i eat you skin and all? anyways, isn't she a veggie? all i can say is wow.
mrdeadlier - 11/24/07 13:25
My mother-in-law has purchased 6 or 7 Webkinz for my kids at this point. Once a week or so Chrissy or myself will sit down with Delaney and play the games with her and help her dress them up "virtually" and stuff. Stay away from Cash Cow and Cash Cow 2, though. CRACK.
My mother-in-law has purchased 6 or 7 Webkinz for my kids at this point. Once a week or so Chrissy or myself will sit down with Delaney and play the games with her and help her dress them up "virtually" and stuff. Stay away from Cash Cow and Cash Cow 2, though. CRACK.
lilho - 11/24/07 13:07
long live hitler????
long live hitler????
Let me know how it went with the chiropractor, I might go too having some trouble this week myself.
try pepcid or prilosec or something like that and see if it helps. If it does, it could be a refluxy kind of thing.
:(
\m/ Get well soon!! Massive dose of good wishes coming your way!! \m/
Paul, as a feel-rite alumni you know that you can cure every ailment known to mankind with flax seed oil and colonic irrigation. Preferably simultaneously. ick.
Hope you feel better.
I think maybe it would be good to go to a doctor. They might be able to give you some meds. to alleviate the pain.