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My greatest Sabres playoff memory

The other day, as I was driving home from work, the guys on the radio (Schopp and the Bulldog, WGR-550 AM!) were asking callers for their “greatest Sabres playoff memories”. The NHL season is ending and the playoffs are getting … Continue reading

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A hundred words for….

One enduring urban legend that’s nicely poetic even though everybody knows it’s nonsense is the old “The Eskimos had eight hundred words for snow” chestnut. However, even if this was true, I’m not sure how much of a linguistic amazement … Continue reading

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Awwwww!

This is awfully sweet. The first recorded birth in Buffalo on January 1 came to a pair of Burmese immigrants. Dad’s name? Eh Moo. Mom’s name? Yo Mu. Baby girl’s name? Pretty Moo. This just makes me smile for so … Continue reading

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Getting Buffalo’s back!

Ken Levine cracks wise from sunny LA: How many folks from Buffalo just saw the Rose Parade and already have the U-Haul packed for LA? It rains here and we have no NFL team. Well, being ever the one to … Continue reading

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Oh, man up, you little twerp.

Buffalo is hosting the World Junior Hockey Championships right now, and one of the visiting players went on Twitter and said that Buffalo is “the worst city ever”. Now, it could be argued that he does have some small beef … Continue reading

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A shout-out to the fine young man who helped shovel out my car

Hey all! Now I’m blogging from a public terminal at the Orchard Park Public Library. I hope the home DSL comes back on soon. Yeesh! I was able to leave work today with relatively little fuss, which was nice owing … Continue reading

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Holding Pattern Delta!

Wow, are we ever getting hit with snow in the regions surrounding Casa Jaquandor. Lots and lots of snow, that wonderful lake-effect stuff that beats the hell out of a region about five to ten miles wide and leaves folks … Continue reading

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Stop the dreading!

Hey all! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend. More to come later on mine, of course, but this annoyed me greatly when I went to the Buffalo News website on Friday morning. I saw this headline, with … Continue reading

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Runaway trains! Antiques! Food! Pies! What a weekend!

(UPDATED below.) I spent a muchly-deserved, muchly-anticipated long weekend over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was a great time. Details and photos and such after the break. This is a “daily life” type of post, with a bunch of photos. But … Continue reading

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All prophecies come true if you wait long enough….

Fifteen years ago, I was in Year Two of what would be a four-year stint working at Pizza Hut in Olean, NY as a shift manager. One thing I remember from back then was the way upper management was constantly … Continue reading

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