Thanksgiving 2008
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Today marks the anniversary of the founding of Praxair, the company I work for, which has been part of the Buffalo landscape since 1907. The company known today as Praxair was born as Linde Air Products Company by Dr. Karl von Linde, a German professor and entrepreneur who invented the cryogenic process for the liquefaction…
The Sun’s editorial this week echoes my viewpoint from a month ago on the Foit’s property. Hamburg’s known as the town that friendship built and most folks outside of the town say Hamburg definitely is a “pro-business” community. But when it comes to an issue involving a Hamburg business owner and a prime piece of…
I saw this story on Craig’s site, and it intrigued me. We’re all constantly hearing about how Americans work more and give up vacation time. So when someone comes out with a study that seems to indicate the opposite, it warrants some attention. So I decided to read the study, all sixty-some pages of it…
Homeowners – notice how no project ever goes as smoothly as you intend it to? The previous owner of our house built a deck on the back. Then he put a hot tub on the deck. Then he built a sunroom over the hot tub, which covered about 3/4 of the deck, making it just…
I’m taking a shot at getting tickets for game 3 online. At the moment, I’m stuck in the 30 second refresh queue: Updates: 9:06… still waiting 9:08… still waiting 9:10… still waiting 9:12… still waiting 9:14… still waiting 9:15… SOLD OUT Not just game 3 either, the entire third round. Well, it was worth a…