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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 scuttled when a bunch of preservationists decided that we needed to preserve some stuff that isn’t there to be preserved anyway, at which point they decided to go back to Location A but with a different plan for a building to build anyway.

Do I have that right?

I’m wondering in what order these events will happen:

1. American troops leave Iraq.
2. A manned mission lands on Mars.
3. The Buffalo Bills win a Super Bowl.
4. The Buffalo Sabres win a Stanley Cup.
5. Bass Pro opens in Buffalo.

I love the new design. But then, I loved the last design. I just want something, anything, built. I’m just afraid that at this rate, they’ll end up building a new 7-11 down there with one of those vending machines out back that dispense nightcrawlers for a buck.

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I haven’t mentioned this in a few days, but hey, Buffalo bloggers (all those who haven’t already weighed in), pencil in December 8 for a Buffalo Blogger Christmas Con, or Buffalo Blogging Festivus, or whatever we want to call this gathering. My suggestion for a venue is this place. Yes, it’s in the Southtowns (Aieee!), and you can’t see the HSBC Building from their parking lot (thus guaranteeing that Mary Kunz Goldman* won’t be in attendance), but it’s quite easy to get to (I-90 to 219 South, 219 South to Milestrip East, Milestrip East to Southwestern Blvd/US20 East, two miles or so to BSG). I have no idea if we’d need to “book” the place in advance, but it looks like a pretty big place anyway, and as I mentioned in a previous posting, the Sabres have a late game that night (they’ll be on a west coast trip, puck dropping at 10:00 or thereabouts our time).

Spread the word. Otherwise, it’s just Jen and I looking awkwardly across the table at one another, and me saying stuff like, “So. Mark. How’s that workin’ out for ya?”

Previous posts on this subject here and here. Alan mentioned it, to the sound of chirping crickets; Paul mentioned it and got a couple of responses. Let’s get the word out, people! That bar’s 15 teevee’s aren’t gonna watch themselves!

* I kid! She’s been producing some nice writing on classical music lately, such as this interview with Van Cliburn. Actually, she’s always produced nice writing on classical music.

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Some stuff going on in my neck of the Niagara Frontier, if anyone’s interested:

:: They don’t have a website yet, nor is their physical location even open yet, but there’s a new children’s bookstore coming to Orchard Park, called “B is for Books”. The signage says that they’re “coming this fall”, so hopefully they’ll be open soon. I’ll report back when they are. There’s also a sign that says they’ll do birthday parties as well, so that might be a nice alternative to the Chuck E. Cheese kind of thing.

:: Have any of my readers taken advantage at all of these new “Meal Preparation Stores”? I only just heard of this concept last week, when I read this article in the Buffalo News*. The idea is to allow for “home cooked” meals, but not at home: these places apparently provide you with ingredients and cooking space based on a menu you’ve chosen, and then you get to use their facilities to prepare the meals and then take them home for use during the week or whatever. Interesting idea for people who are really busy but who don’t want to rely on take-out constantly. I don’t think I’d get much use out of a service like this, since we do tend to have time to cook, but anyway, apparently these places are springing up all over.

And the newest one’s literally on my streetcorner, in what used to be a 7-11. It’s called Dinner Dilemma, and they have a pretty informative website up already. If this kind of service appeals to you, and you live in the Southtowns, check it out. (Obviously, for those of my readers who live in places like Albany (NY), Tulsa (OK), Chandler (AZ), or other points ’round the globe, you might want to look into a Meal Preparation Store more convenient to your locale. But then, you already knew that, because my readers are smart folks. Which makes me wonder why I’ve just typed all this. I need coffee.)

:: Also right around the corner from me is a neighborhood where one house is home to someone who has a logo for IP8Ball.com on the driverside door of their SUV. Ever curious, I checked it out, and it turns out to be a site for a blossoming paintball business. I don’t know the first thing about paintball (other than it looks like fun), but, well, there it is.

* Apparently the News has discontinued “First Sunday”, the Buffalo-centric lifestyle magazine that always came with the paper on the first Sunday of each month. I know, they want to revamp lots of the ways they provide content over there, what with the Interweb and declining circulation and all, but I liked “First Sunday”. Oh well.

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Threads here or here, for residents of the Buffalo Prefecture or anyone from other Prefectures of Blogistan who may wish to travel to Buffalo for a hootenanny on Saturday, December 8. And if anyone has a suggestion for a venue, that would be helpful too — maybe Duff’s in Orchard Park? Someplace in Cheektowaga? Pearl Street? And would a Secret Santa-style gift exchange be fun, or really lame? What say you, folks?

(I’m closing comments for this post because I’d like to keep only two comments threads open on this subject for now. But feel free to comment in either of the two posts linked above.)

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Is anyone interested?

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A special note for the citizens of the Buffalo Prefecture of Blogistan: Jen and I have been in contact, and we’re wondering if Saturday, December 8, would be a good day for a BloggerCon Christmas Party. We figure that blocking out a date really early in advance would make it easiest for people to attend, no? As of yet this is literally all we’ve planned, so a venue would have to be chosen — maybe one of those big restaurants by the Ralph, or the Buffalo Sports Garden in Orchard Park? (The BSG is on Southwestern Blvd, really easy to get to, and that night the Sabres have a night game on the west coast, so we wouldn’t be conflicting with Sabres traffic until late.)

Or maybe someplace in Cheektowaga, more central in the area? Thoughts, folks?

Hey, how about Alan‘s front lawn? By then he’ll have all of his “Bedenko for America” signs taken down, I’d assume. Sure, it’ll be cold, but we can get a bunch of 55-gallon steel drums and burn copies of the News and Artvoice in them keep warm, right? (I kid, folks!)

Seriously, though, how’s that date work, and where should we do this?

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