Wenchilicious!
From Buffalo Rising – Amanda and another costumed reveler at Oktoberfest!

Just one quick shot tonight. This is the courtyard of Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio. I love the moss growing in the cobblestones, and the light rain really makes the color stand out. Someday I’ll have to come back to this shot and add in a non-blah sky, but for now… just look at everything else. 🙂
Steven Horwitz, a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University, published a study that shows why local businesses are more effective in assisting in an emergency than the federal government. The study says Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe’s made use of their local knowledge about supply chains, infrastructure, decision makers and other resources to provide…
Two quick snapshots of San Babila – which after two trips to Milan, I still have yet to go inside.
Tired of yelling at the TV during Sabres games and nobody yells back? Hop on over to the open thread at BfloBlog.com for each game and chat nearly real-time with other Sabres fans, and occasionally some opposition fans as well! It’s almost like being there… almost.
Once again, the government’s attempts to fix “problems” they are incapable of fixing will screw us, the consumer. The latest energy bill has a provision to ban incandescent light bulbs. From the Chicago Tribune… “In this bill, we ban by 2012 the famously inefficient 100-watt incandescent bulb,” said Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who co-sponsored that…