I was only going to go to the Terminal for a couple hours to help out with Dyngus Day, but the crowds were so overwhelming that I ended up staying all night to help! It was wildly successful, and there is no doubt that Dyngus Day is becoming a huge event in Buffalo.
I need to find out what the cost is of an 8 hour ticket to do this: I’ll even supply my own vehicle. I don’t think they have any rally edition Subarus in their rental shop.
This is an odd situation… everyone is blogging about the latest round of county budget disasters, and I agree with all of them. At least, I agree in part with what everyone is saying. This is why I find it so difficult to pick a side, or a party, or even a basic political philosophy….
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…
Amanda sent me this perfect e-Card today: It’s Second Guess Thursday. I say it’s perfectly timed because I wasn’t having a particularly good week, and when I saw the card I understood why. I’ve been second guessing a lot of things in my life lately. Am I on the right career path? Should I change…
I added a whole mess of new links to my “Derek reads…” list. I didn’t realize how many more feeds I’ve started following since I last updated that!
A couple years ago, my father-in-law kept talking about going “leak hunting”. That sounded like what we do at the Terminal on rainy Saturdays to find drains that need to be repaired. What I didn’t realize was that he was talking about leeks, not leaks. You may be familiar with leeks that you find at…
How come the crowd didn’t suddenly break into a dance number? Seems to be the thing to do these days…
BBD
Well, there was dancing, but not the flashmob kind. 🙂
I was absolutely floored when I walked into the Terminal last night with the crowd!