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08/07/2008 22:13 #45267

Huge ass calamari
Category: food
I missed the gym because of the rain storm;(

For dinner I decided to made broiled calamari. When I opened the package I couldn't believe how big they were. Look at it compared to my finger. Same brand as usual just supersized for some reason, yum.

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My stomach is really sick today, damn crohns. I have a big presentation tomorrow about the direction I am taking things with my new job.

Oh and (e:lilho) arrives tomorrow, whoohoo!

I was trying to figure out how many days I need to take off for vegas 15-25th + 1 day recovery 26th. And I was worried because its like 8 days and I didn't know if I had that many, then I looked at my pay stub and I have like 23 days of vacation time. I guess I haven't gone on vacation in so long, holy crap. I can't wait to go back to the grand canyon.

08/07/2008 14:44 #45264

Mathtastic
Category: stupid
I found this in line at HSBC while waiting for (e:enknot) to do some
banking. I can't believe someone bothered to write this kind of math
out.
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08/06/2008 16:57 #45255

Meat popsicles
Category: food
I love rack of lamb more than anything in the world. It is so good
cooked with pearwood from our old tree in the smoker box.

I can't till the 1000 pears are ripe and I can make it with a fresh
pear glaze/ sauce. Yum!
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hodown - 08/07/08 15:33
On uor catering menu they are actually called lamb lolipops!
james - 08/06/08 22:20
The bone is shaped like a cycle but it is your taste buds that die and go to heaven.

08/06/2008 11:37 #45252

Parking at Roswell
Category: work
I am so glad I bought a house near work. Somehow Roswell lost its contract with the trico building parking lot and is moving the additional employee parking over to the HBSC arena at the very southern edge of downtown. That is like a half hour walk away. Seriously, I would never even consider that. I would drive somewhere along the subway route and subway in.

Supposedly, there is a shuttle that goes every 7 minutes, but who believes that. I have waited for shuttles way to many times to believe in that.
libertad - 08/06/08 22:30
Yeah. Imagine standing for 7 minutes with the arctic wind blasts that come off the lake. It really makes me not having a car anymore all the better. Why would I want to bother driving when I would have to take a bus anyways!
tinypliny - 08/06/08 17:12
A ton of employees park on North Pearl all the time, BTW. I wonder if the street would be even more completely choked now.
mrmike - 08/06/08 15:09
Parking does seem at a premium through the whole campus. I needed to go to a firm on Ellicott yesterday near the edge of the Buffalo General/Roswell properties and all the contracted lots made you think twice of empty street spaces (I took one anyway).

08/04/2008 09:31 #45237

zoar valley
Category: hiking
We went to Zoar Valley yesterday fpor the afternoon. It was nice but the water was way too low to raft, we forgot our water shoes and my allergies were insane because I had ran out of claritin. Other than that it was awesome.

Here is (e:Terry) at the confluence
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People have build this giant rock tower on the far side of the island. This is the biggest one of these structure I have ever seen.
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On the way home we got pulled over which was strange because we were not speeding. I wrote the following quote while it was happening in case we got dragged off to jail

We are being pulled over by the police near the jail in gowanda on the way home from Zoar Valley.

We couldn't figure out why they were tailing us. The police pulled up alongside us on the wrong side of the road and drove parallel to us for a bit before pulling us over.

Turns out we matched the described of someone they are hunting for.

We are free now!



After that we went to red lobster in the McKinley Mall. It was the first time I got to use the GPS on the iphone which is pretty greta. We were sucessfully able to travel 28 miles and go through 2 detours. Once i even saved us when were turned totally the wrong way.

That suburb byt he mall is bumping with businesses. It kind of makes amherst look old and lame. If I was to move to a suburb it would be on that side of downtown.
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After a busy weekend of eating an exercise, I now weigh 155 without clothes for the first tim ever.
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tinypliny - 08/04/08 20:29
It was a gorgeous day! I love the photos! Wish I had been there in person.