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ByDerek
The local blogosphere is now in full tilt with the Democratic convention over and the GOP convention in progress. I read several blogs from people on both sides of the aisle, and they both do and say things that I don’t agree with. The main problem I see with politics is that people don’t take…
From Business First… The McKinley Mall’s redevelopment effort has landed one of the biggest names in electronic retailing. Best Buy has signed a long-term lease to occupy 30,000-square-feet in the town of Hamburg shopping center. The store is slated to open by June 2007. “Best Buy is an important part of the redevelopment at McKinley,”…
Apparently I have a thing for old rail stations. Who knew? One of my favorite shots from my first trip to Europe was from Antwerp Central train station – it’s the background image I’ve been using on the site: I was really excited to have the opportunity to go back again and see what I…
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…
How pathetic it was to hear Congressman Higgins whining about FEMA like Ray Nagin. I mean, come on. The last thing we want to do is compare our little snowstorm to friggin’ Hurricane Katrina. So, we had a lot of power outages and fallen trees and some flooded basements. Hardly a comparison to, say, completely…