Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff

Creativity: I has it

SamuraiFrog saw fit to bestow upon me a “Creative Blogger” award of some sort, regarding “Creative Blogging”. Hence the title. Wow, I can parse words! I is a reader! Anyway, I tend to be awful about passing these kinds of … Continue reading

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The Year of the Dark Side!

On New Year’s Eve, we decided to do something we’d never done before: we went to downtown Buffalo for the annual Ball Drop and the ringing in of the New Year. Now, we’ve watched the Ball Drop on teevee a … Continue reading

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NOOOOOO!!!

NOOOOOO!!!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. As I noted recently, we got a Wii for Christmas. The Daughter has taken to it like a fish to water, while I’ve taken to it like…well, not so well. The game we play most … Continue reading

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2009: The best of times, the meh of times

Well, here we are again, at the end of another year, in Blogistan and out of Blogistan. How to sum up? With my annual quiz, of course. I fill this quiz in every year, and here’s the 2009 edition. Did … Continue reading

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Aftermath of a Gift Explosion

Christmas has come and gone for another year. I like that it fell on a Friday this year; the week had a really nice rhythm to it, with my work week ending on Christmas Eve, so I basically left work, … Continue reading

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A puzzlement, solved!

Updating my plea for information the other day, I’ve found out — via a friend on Facebook — just what those mysterious decals are. They are truss signs, which are required by law in New York State (and others). They … Continue reading

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A Walk in the Woods

Yesterday I had several hours in the afternoon during which I was alone: The Daughter was elsewhere, and The Wife was at work. So I decided to go back to Chestnut Ridge Park, where we spent some time last week. … Continue reading

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A puzzlement….

A few months ago I started seeing this decal on doors into stores, and I’m seeing it more and more now: Could someone tell me just what the heck this decal means? I have absolutely no idea! Thanks, folks.

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And it even ran on time!

This past weekend the family and I journeyed to the lovely-appearing town of Medina (about forty miles or so due east of Niagara Falls), to tour the Medina Railroad Museum, which is exactly what it says it is: a museum … Continue reading

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Four years

“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. … Continue reading

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