ok I'm an idiot. I used to be totally up on computers but in the last several years I stopped keeping up with it and as we all know it changes rapidly. So my desktop is way too old. I decide to order some RAM just to speed it up enough to make it bearable until I eventually get a new PC. Now the computer doesn't work!!! I took out the new ram so it's just like it was originally, but I get nothing when I power it on...everything lights up but there's no signal to the monitor and it doesn't seem to go through the boot sequence. Now I'm using my even older laptop that barely runs. (Bought it cheap refurbished about 6 years ago). I think it was incompatible RAM but no idea really. Any suggestions?

So today at work a customer, a woman about 30 with a daughter about 6, asks where Military Rd is. We're in Amherst. I tell her to go down Sheridan and it will hit Military. She gets this real confused look on her face and says "is it in Amherst?" I told her no it's not and she seemed worried and asked how far it was. I explained she'd cross Delaware....then she stops me and goes "Delaware? Is that a dangerous street? I try not to leave Amherst." This wasn't a visitor folks this was someone from here. I know most suburbanites tend to stay away from the city but holy shit. I hate the suburbs.

I know it's two months away, but I'd like to take part this year. It's Saturday, June 14. Time and place TBD. I thought maybe we could get several volunteers from (e:strip)? Check out their website for more info and let me know if you're interested.

So I finally closed on my house Thursday. The family came and helped me move on Saturday and helped me get things setup in the house. I absolutely LOVE IT!! I love living in N Buffalo....not far from anything really, and my neighborhood is very nice. The inside of the house really needs no work, all updated very recently. I do have some work cut out for me outside though...need a new roof, privacy fence along the back, and now the insurance company wants me to replace the driveway/walkway?! Screw them, that's 3rd on the list! :) Also have some work I can do myself...scraping and painting the sides of the garage, replacing gutter downspouts, repainting the trim (I don't like the color), etc. My parents bought me a washer/dryer which was a HUGE boost and picked myself up a lawnmower yesterday.

I'm finally at that point where I get just as much if not more out of spending money on something for my home as I do the latest video game :) It's weird to be grown-up!

So this morning I'm at work, probably about 8:30 and I notice a Buffalo Police car sitting in the closest parking spot to the store. I guess I noticed because it's Amherst and not Buffalo. He was sitting there for a bit....fast forward about 10 minutes and he was joined by what had to be 20 cop cars, mostly K-9 units...Amherst Police, Buffalo Police, Lockport Police, NFTA Police, Border Patrol, Lewiston Police, you name it. The secretary said they threw a guy into the back of a car behind the building so I figured...something like this will be on the news for sure. Alas, I can't find a thing on it!! But we get news about how well the super draft dodger works on your door. Anyone know what was up?