Tag Archives: Events of the Day

I’ll take “People You Wouldn’t Want To Hang Out With” for $500, Alex

Ye Gods: Amherst police may think they’ve seen everything, but they’ve now arrested a 68-year-old woman accused of trying to stop someone from performing the Heimlich maneuver on a man in a crowded Niagara Falls Boulevard restaurant. The incident occurred … Continue reading

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Rainbow over New York

Rainbow over New York, originally uploaded by JaredsEyes. The New York State Senate passes a bill that, when signed into law by the Governor, will make it legal for homosexuals to marry in this state. I’ve been very bitter and … Continue reading

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Two Headlines

Two Headlines, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I still have my copy of the Buffalo News from September 12, 2001. Now I have another to keep with it. No, I’m not delusional enough to believe that Osama bin Laden’s death “ends” … Continue reading

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Well, that’s good news.

Stolen from Facebook: Also, I had a few posts ready to go yesterday, either in OpenOffice or in my head…but then I was without Internet for the entire day. Ugh! I’m thinking that my next raise at work will go … Continue reading

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I feel so…unworthy.

I posted this on Facebook earlier, but I’m still somewhat in awe of it. When the tsunami hit in Japan, most folks in those areas did the sensible thing and rushed for higher ground. Not so for a man named … Continue reading

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For Japan

Come what may, the sun still rises on the Land of the Rising Sun.

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Challenger

I was in ninth grade, the day the Challenger exploded. I heard the news in the hall, going from one class to the next. Some kid that I thought was kind of a dork pops up and says, “Hey, didja … Continue reading

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All things sweet and foamy!

I just learned via a friend on Facebook that today is Whipped Cream Day. I love whipped cream a whole lot — it’s wonderful on coffee drinks and hot chocolate; it’s awesome on sundaes and pumpkin pie and it’s magnificent … Continue reading

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“You know who you are!”

I found this video absolutely fascinating: This has apparently been going around the Interweb a bit, so you may have seen it, but for those who haven’t, the Readers Digest Condensed Version is this: a professor of business at the … Continue reading

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Chaos in action

Note the framing of this video as it starts, implying the direction the big smokestack is expected to fall after the demolition explosives are set off. Whoops! (It’s funny because nobody was killed or injured, but this could have been … Continue reading

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