The political process makes my head hurt. In an unintentional environmental statement, I called the board of elections to bail on both the republicans and democrats since the primaries are such a moot point lately.
Literally independent as I now have a card that says so.
So, Carl Paladino will “take a reporter out?†And Andrew Cuomo‘s minions are digging up old news on staffers working for Paladino. When you read about the exchanges in the press this week, you can’t help but wonder if either is really concerned with the abhorrent state the state is in. We are fooling ourselves if we think we are getting choir boys with any election and the media fixation with things that have nothing to do with governing doesn’t aid in the discussion. The state has been a poor business model for a very long time and so far, nobody has said what they are going to do about that. That matters more than ANY of the shenanigans being talked about this week.
With the transparency, power trips, and manipulation that was evident in plan site from the Espada episodes onward, you’d have to wonder who in their right mind would want the job?
The authorities are bloated, you have assemblymen saying things like “My boss, Shelly,†implying the peoples business was only getting attended to unless Mr. Silver said so, and in the flood of glossy postcards that filled my mailbox leading up to primary day, nobody was going to fix anything, nobody has a plan other than beating and insulting the guy they are running against.With candidates campaigning on things they DIDN’T completed like UB2020 and the party chairs picking their guys before the primaries, it’s a wonder people showed up to vote in the primaries at all. But if we get the leadership we deserve, as the saying goes, we must really suck.
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10/03/2010 09:49 #52886
Election Day09/23/2010 16:42 #52822
Midweek Mental GumboCategory: random
These could have been separate entries, but I figured just empty the pockets and we can resume what we doing…
So, I drag my weary self to my Monday night Bikram yoga class. Yeah, if you know me at all, that is an interesting mental picture all in itself. Near empty room and I hide toward the back with the thought being I can see and hopefully not distract the more graceful with my elephant on a high-wire schtick. Young dude comes in and set his stuff right in front of me, despite the near empty room. So, for the next ninety minutes, I got a guy who thinks the three inches of boxers then the shorts is a good look. Really? Yank the damn things up fool! Nobody has ever pulled off that look.
Sigh, and so it goes
So, I drag my weary self to my Monday night Bikram yoga class. Yeah, if you know me at all, that is an interesting mental picture all in itself. Near empty room and I hide toward the back with the thought being I can see and hopefully not distract the more graceful with my elephant on a high-wire schtick. Young dude comes in and set his stuff right in front of me, despite the near empty room. So, for the next ninety minutes, I got a guy who thinks the three inches of boxers then the shorts is a good look. Really? Yank the damn things up fool! Nobody has ever pulled off that look.
Sigh, and so it goes
09/10/2010 14:33 #52694
I have a good job
I'm so telegenic.
mrmike - 09/23/10 22:12
That's the county executive, the Zoo Prez in the middle and to the left, your good looking Zoo Marketing Manager
That's the county executive, the Zoo Prez in the middle and to the left, your good looking Zoo Marketing Manager
heidi - 09/23/10 21:22
Who is he?
Who is he?
mrmike - 09/10/10 14:58
If only that was so, I was actually teaching him how to update his Zoo app. We have one for Iphone and Droids now and he was good enough to come out and help us launch it. I think the resulting press was there because of him as apps aren't exactly groundbreaking. It was cool to hear my kids get jazzed at seeing me though.
If only that was so, I was actually teaching him how to update his Zoo app. We have one for Iphone and Droids now and he was good enough to come out and help us launch it. I think the resulting press was there because of him as apps aren't exactly groundbreaking. It was cool to hear my kids get jazzed at seeing me though.
paul - 09/10/10 14:52
Nice, are you signing autographs there?
Nice, are you signing autographs there?
09/10/2010 14:18 #52692
Listening to Terry Jones Speakis only good when Graham Chapman is with him...
09/01/2010 14:34 #52629
You want to move? No,Category: buffalo
You want to move? No, you just want here to be better
I don’t go for much reality tv, but of late there are a couple of programs on the Travel Channel that I regularly catch. The main one is “No Reservations†by Anthony Bourdain. The Rust Belt episode was on recently, you know with (e:Jbeatty) getting a lot of face time at the end. It’s become one of my favorite programs. It’s not just a food show, more of a food and culture show. There really isn’t anything like it, largely because of the host. Equal parts learned traveler, professional appreciator and snarkmeister, Bourdain does not play tourist, so much as seeks out the actual reality of a given location. It is definitely a job I want.
Lots of people were jazzed here about the 14 minutes he afforded Buffalo. It was nice video. I don’t really care that Schwabl’s made the cut instead of some other Beef on Weck joint. I am getting a little old to go celebrity spotting when he was here. It was too friggen cold for that. It was nice to see Ulrich’s get some face time, along with Nietzche’s in an unnamed cameo. Bourdain writes a lot of sentiments that I wish I’d written. One of those hit home last night when he was summing up Buffalo along with Detroit and Baltimore.
I've seen this episode a bunch of times before being a fan, but he hit on something that struck me.
At the end of the program, he showed a collage of folks from each spot, making themselves at home because it is home. It dawned on me that there is something to that. There is always that possibility that things COULD improve if you head out somewhere else, but that is a really big COULD. Might have made quicker hay elsewhere, but home is that for other reasons. I was reminded about that when some former classmates got together. My kids and my folks know each other and play a role in their respective lives. You can’t put a price about on that.
It’s the little things like that that cause the greatest amount of consternation when the Mayor pontificates or when the State Senate breaks down like an old Nash Rambler. The outline of a good thing is there and too many folks aren’t out to genuinely make it better. But you pick your places to make you stand in spite of those things. You look at what works around here and the vast majority of the success stories come in spite of the elected leadership.
I wrote about this a little in my own blog site and it got picked up by a journal writer in Baltimore who was a little miffed that Bourdain effectively gave a Berlitz style primer over the three cities as part of a large thesis. Each town is different and with its own set of problems. You could probably spend an hour in each region for a show but that probably will never be practical when you are talking about Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit.
You take your cues from what effects your surroundings. My folks have never stopped looking for ways to improve our immediate surroundings and my former spouse and I have taken up that mantle with our lot.
Looking at Bourdain’s video postcard and a few scenes from “the T.O. show,†you could pick worse backdrops.
Cold beer at a reasonable price, indeed, Tony
I don’t go for much reality tv, but of late there are a couple of programs on the Travel Channel that I regularly catch. The main one is “No Reservations†by Anthony Bourdain. The Rust Belt episode was on recently, you know with (e:Jbeatty) getting a lot of face time at the end. It’s become one of my favorite programs. It’s not just a food show, more of a food and culture show. There really isn’t anything like it, largely because of the host. Equal parts learned traveler, professional appreciator and snarkmeister, Bourdain does not play tourist, so much as seeks out the actual reality of a given location. It is definitely a job I want.
Lots of people were jazzed here about the 14 minutes he afforded Buffalo. It was nice video. I don’t really care that Schwabl’s made the cut instead of some other Beef on Weck joint. I am getting a little old to go celebrity spotting when he was here. It was too friggen cold for that. It was nice to see Ulrich’s get some face time, along with Nietzche’s in an unnamed cameo. Bourdain writes a lot of sentiments that I wish I’d written. One of those hit home last night when he was summing up Buffalo along with Detroit and Baltimore.
I've seen this episode a bunch of times before being a fan, but he hit on something that struck me.
At the end of the program, he showed a collage of folks from each spot, making themselves at home because it is home. It dawned on me that there is something to that. There is always that possibility that things COULD improve if you head out somewhere else, but that is a really big COULD. Might have made quicker hay elsewhere, but home is that for other reasons. I was reminded about that when some former classmates got together. My kids and my folks know each other and play a role in their respective lives. You can’t put a price about on that.
It’s the little things like that that cause the greatest amount of consternation when the Mayor pontificates or when the State Senate breaks down like an old Nash Rambler. The outline of a good thing is there and too many folks aren’t out to genuinely make it better. But you pick your places to make you stand in spite of those things. You look at what works around here and the vast majority of the success stories come in spite of the elected leadership.
I wrote about this a little in my own blog site and it got picked up by a journal writer in Baltimore who was a little miffed that Bourdain effectively gave a Berlitz style primer over the three cities as part of a large thesis. Each town is different and with its own set of problems. You could probably spend an hour in each region for a show but that probably will never be practical when you are talking about Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit.
You take your cues from what effects your surroundings. My folks have never stopped looking for ways to improve our immediate surroundings and my former spouse and I have taken up that mantle with our lot.
Looking at Bourdain’s video postcard and a few scenes from “the T.O. show,†you could pick worse backdrops.
Cold beer at a reasonable price, indeed, Tony
heidi - 09/01/10 23:53
"You want to move? No, you just want here to be better." Such a great way to put it, (e:MrMike)!
"You want to move? No, you just want here to be better." Such a great way to put it, (e:MrMike)!
paul - 09/01/10 23:49
I figure I will stay and wait it out some more ;) It does seem to be getting better. I didn't know (e:jbeatty) was on a show. I will have to try and catch it.
I figure I will stay and wait it out some more ;) It does seem to be getting better. I didn't know (e:jbeatty) was on a show. I will have to try and catch it.
uncutsaniflush - 09/01/10 22:29
I concur. Both (e:leetee) and chose to live here. But then again, I grew up in suburban Detroit and attended the University of Detroit at the McNIchols (Six Mile and Livernois) campus in the late 1970s. The eastside of Buffalo ain't got nothing on that neighborhood.
Do you remember the Pretenders' song "My City Was Gone"? These days entire neighborhoods including Poletown :::link::: A couple of years ago when Lee and I visited Detroit, I was overwhelmed by what happened to Poletown. It wasn't where I grew up, but an entire Polish neighborhood was gone. Imagine everything between the 33 and Bailey along Walden being torn down.
I concur. Both (e:leetee) and chose to live here. But then again, I grew up in suburban Detroit and attended the University of Detroit at the McNIchols (Six Mile and Livernois) campus in the late 1970s. The eastside of Buffalo ain't got nothing on that neighborhood.
Do you remember the Pretenders' song "My City Was Gone"? These days entire neighborhoods including Poletown :::link::: A couple of years ago when Lee and I visited Detroit, I was overwhelmed by what happened to Poletown. It wasn't where I grew up, but an entire Polish neighborhood was gone. Imagine everything between the 33 and Bailey along Walden being torn down.
The Bills:
I think they have the talent but have to learn how to use it and they could have a good team. Mix in the west coast offense the multiple backs and the the wild cat and I formation and you can take the pressure of the QB. But I still think that they could only play for the wild card with the host of other teams in our divison
Paladino:
Barrack ran on hope and Change and won so why can't Palidno run on anger. I admit I'm voting for him. I disagree with his politics but here is why.
1. Maybe he can change things in albany not like he can make things worse
2. Coumo is only in this cause of his family
3. he is doing this so he can try to be president
4. he lists all this great stuff he has done, Hello he is the Attourney General to do that stuff is his job it has nothing to do with if he will be a good governer.
5. If spitzer ran again he would have beat them both, maybe think about the fun there
Sabres:
Hope for a good team this year we shall see. Again I think they have the talent but how will they play??? Love the new white Jersy even though the one everyone is talking about is the new blue one. Just remember if the world hasn't ended by then in 10 years they have to come out with the 50 year ones. glad the slug is gone