Tag Archives: Buffalo

Party like it’s 2007?

UPDATED Below. Jen14221 asked me over on Facebook about the Buffalo Bloggercon that’s still tentatively a go, I guess, for this coming Saturday evening. I say “tentatively” because I haven’t heard much by way of interest in this in my … Continue reading

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Beers! Blogs!

UPDATED below and UPDATED again: Yup, it’s coming up, folks: the official Holiday season social gathering of navel-gazing keyboard pounders known as a Christmas Bloggercon! The date is December 8, the place (since no one’s strenuously argued for another) is … Continue reading

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Free the Sigma Six!

Here in Erie County, we just elected a new County Executive, who takes over a county that’s been pretty much of a mess for years. The incoming Exec, Christopher Collins, is a local businessman, new to politics, who pulled off … Continue reading

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Shop the Southtowns!

Some local retail stuff: :: Well, I finally made it into B is for Books the other night, after several consecutive weekends of meaning to get there but not managing to do so (running low on funds one week, The … Continue reading

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Huzzah!

Scotty’s a father. May the Force be with him and his family!

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Still active after all these years

In the hallway at The Store that leads to the public restrooms, the walls are adorned with prints of old photographs from the community (West Seneca, NY), which I assume were procured from the local historical society. I’ve looked at … Continue reading

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BuffStuff

The other night, the Buffalo News gathered a few of the Usual Suspects from the Buffalo Prefecture of Blogistan to talk about blogging. You can hear the entire presentation, via a series of podcasts, starting here. It’s all interesting stuff, … Continue reading

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Bass Pro…and counting….

It’s a “Done deal”. Bass Pro is coming to Buffalo, where they’ll be building in the same location they were originally going to build, but which they then decided not to in favor of a second location that was then … Continue reading

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Safety Tip #785

When driving and operating a dump truck, make sure that you’re not directly beneath a pair of ungrounded 34000-volt power cables before raising the truck’s bed. Failure to observe this rule can result in scene like this: Fortunately, no one … Continue reading

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Bring your kids!

About a month ago I mentioned a new children’s bookstore opening soon in Orchard Park, “B is for Books”. Well, the store is going to open this week! They’re doing a soft-open on October 9, with a grand opening bash … Continue reading

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