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Where there’s swill, there’s a way

That may be the worst pun I’ve ever used in a blog post title, but anyway, I just happened across a website called Swillparty.com, which turns out to be a Buffalo/WNY site devoted to social wine tasting. Apparently SWILL is … Continue reading

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A Very Public Service Message

For folks attending A Taste of Buffalo this weekend, two key points: :: Each booth serves, at most, three or four different things, and that’s it. So if you wait in a line for more than, oh, one minute — … Continue reading

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Yeah. Best. And don’t you forget it!

According to Alan, I won something the other night: Buffalo Spree Magazine‘s survey of Best Blogs, or something of that nature. I think it was one of those surveys city publications do to see what their readership thinks are the … Continue reading

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Here’s a recruiting tool for Buffalo!

Via PZ Myers, I see this map, which denotes locations in the United States where singles of one gender significantly outnumber singles on the other: Jobs, schmobs. We’ve got single women. (And you know what? They’re beautiful. I love them … Continue reading

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Yuck….

I know they’re still ironing out details and whatnot, but I really don’t like the way the new WNYMedia site looks. 1. I don’t like the colors. I have no great objection to light text on a dark background; my … Continue reading

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Is this thing on?

Not be mean or anything, but now that it’s been more than a day since they all went into the cyber-weeds, it’s sure a good thing that some of us have held out on the “Hey, let’s get all of … Continue reading

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But for the Grace of God….

On a whim I bought a copy of the Buffalo News this morning — usually I just skim through the website — and found a story that hit me right in the gut, about a family that is currently undergoing … Continue reading

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When “Gotcha” journalism goes awry

So I’m watching Channel 2 news tonight, and they do a story on Buffalo’s waterfront development. It seems that Mayor Byron Brown has just returned from some kind of retail convention thing in Las Vegas where has was reportedly schmoozing … Continue reading

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Denver International Airport??!!

Via MeFi I see FavoriteArchitecture.org, which purports to be “America’s favorite architecture”, in which 150 buildings are listed in a ranking determined by some kind of public polling methodology. There are some very notable buildings here, but some are headscatchers … Continue reading

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Hey! I know them!

The folks on the front page of the Buffalo News looked familiar to me, and sure enough, they were: Kevin and Val were there, as part of an article on how Blogistan has abetted the efforts of Sabres fans in … Continue reading

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