Paul's Journal

10/23/2010 21:02 #53006

Dying to get into Forest Fawn

(e:matthew) and I walked home from the pet store on delaware in north buffalo. Because of the bridge construction we ended up walking home down the wrong side of delaware on the grass by the cemetary. I don't know why they never added a sidewalk to the cemetary side of deleware or even worse on the delevan side which seriously looks like crap and is a huge death trap.

Anyways, by the time we got to the bridge we had two choices. Go over the spiked fence or walk over the highway like bridge with no real shoulder into oncoming traffic.

I opted to hop the fence. At first we had hoped we could go down and along the water but they even have water boundaries. I have to admin I was slightly afraid of one of us getting impaled but we both made it. I would not suggest it.

theecarey - 10/24/10 20:43
"Choose Your Own Adventure: Local Edition"

tinypliny - 10/23/10 21:57
Oh man. It totally makes me depressed that I still haven't learnt to vault any hedges. :/ One of my officemates told me that I would need really strong quadriceps to execute a graceful vault - instead of landing in a most ungraceful heap.

10/23/2010 20:45 #53005

Almost a Fire
Category: accidents

Just before we left for a birthday party the tortoise heat lamp started on fire. Luckily, the fire melted the wire and severed the connection.

tinypliny - 10/23/10 21:58
It looks like the fuse of the mcb in my flat (that burnt down last week for no particular reason)>

10/22/2010 21:19 #53002

SNAP and candy
Category: food

I find it ironic having a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program advertisement on giant bags of candy.

metalpeter - 10/23/10 15:42
I can admit that I don't know anything about SNAP. That being said if the government chooses the foods that make the cut then any place that sells them you should be able to use the card. Rite Aid does sell some good food along with walgreen's. Just playing devils advocate here, but what is wrong with a little candy it has Chocolate and Sugar and can be used as a treat, can you get it with food stamps? It would be better if people used it at someplace cheaper, but what is the government supposed to do pick every single retailer that is allowed to use the card, that would never work.......

jbeatty - 10/23/10 13:40
I agree that the state should not be subsidizing someones sweet tooth under the guise of a healthy eating subsidy. According the website:

"Soft drinks, candy, cookies, snack crackers, and ice cream are food items and are therefore eligible items

Seafood, steak, and bakery cakes are also food items and are therefore eligible items"

This seems to me like another failed government program. Looking at the eligible retailers in my neighborhood :::link::: it seems fairly obvious that some places should absolutely not be included. It's mostly convenient stores and drug stores. The only places that in my mind even qualify as actual grocery stores is the Lexington Coop and Price Rite. That's out of ten qualified retailers. I'm sorry but Rite Aid doesn't have a single healthy item.

paul - 10/23/10 12:47
On the radio I heard a talk show host say that by limited this we are limiting people freedom. This is not about freedom. They, like anyone else, are free to buy whatever they want. But when the state provides the food as a free nutritional supplement, it should be nutritional.

Things with little or no nutritional value should not be included. Otherwise, we end up paying for the crap to go into the people and then for their medical expenses to treat the diseases associated with eating crap.

libertad - 10/23/10 11:11
That is all very controversial right now. They want to do away with allowing benefits to be used for soda. Lots of strong arguments for and against. It could get really complicated if they started to limit which food items you can and cannot get. They do it to some extent by not allowing beer purchases.

10/22/2010 20:55 #53000

scary or awesome
Category: clothing

The polar bear one has a cigarette hole for the mouth.

james - 10/24/10 14:11
awesome!

10/20/2010 21:00 #52988

Coke foor tinypliny
Category: food

Your favorite!

metalpeter - 10/21/10 17:44
I prefer Pepsi to Coke my Self. That being said There is something more Classic about coke. Like if you go to a soda bar or if you can find the glass bottles coke is better. Also Cherry Coke is better then Wild Cherry pepsi but there is some new cherry vanilla Pepsi that is pretty good. Wish around here you could get Vanilla Coke in a form other then cans but you can't. But why do they have Glass Bottles in all the good Coke and Coke Zero ads?

jbeatty - 10/21/10 13:36
Nothing goes better with a coke than a cigarette!

tinypliny - 10/20/10 21:47
lol - I am still composing my BIG opposition post but I have been cooking in between. I want to put all my PDFs in there so that everyone can see for themselves that coke is the new cigarette.