… to NOT have a basement! There have been way too many stories about basements flooding, and I know if I had one it would be fully finished and probably have my home theatre, music gear, and computers in it.
One think I learned from listening to the radio during all this are the various types of sump pump backup systems that you can have installed. If I do end up with a home with a basement in the future, I think I’ll put in as many backup systems as I can!
You know that the problems on the East Side must be over when Fillmore District Councilmember David Franczyk has time to move on to such quality of life issues such as “booming car stereos.” From his interview on WBEN… “All throughout the city you’ll see at all hours of the day and night you’ll see…
I exchanged a quick email with Larry Lallo from the Marine Star Project. Unfortunately, he didn’t have much to report. The project is at a stand still right now. We have not managed to locate a University to be our partner. Wish them luck! It’d be better to have the old Aquarama out at sea…
Every morning, I walk out to my car to find a new one of these. I feel a little bad getting in and driving away, destroying all the spider’s hard work. He’s one persistent little bugger, though. Without fail, a new web is spun the next morning. This cycle has been repeating itself for about…
The Heartland Institute has an interview with Gander Mountain CEO Mark Baker, and his take on how super-sized chains like Bass Pro and Cabela’s are easily manipulating governments into giving them gobs of money to open up shop in their towns. Ewald: Gander Mountain has launched a national campaign in opposition to government subsidies in…
BuffaloPundit has been writing an excellent series of posts on the misnomer movement down in Bass Pro land. Frankly, I’m getting sick of the Tim Tielmans that are tarnishing the respectable “preservationist” moniker that many of us enjoy. Every time someone embarks on a personal battle to protest the latest development and they tack on…