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Downtime day
Our first major holiday gathering at the new home was very successful. The weather was cooperative and everyone was able to make it out here to the hills. We had a fire going in the fireplace all day long. Amanda roasted a a perfect roast, in a way that even my father the “Meat Specialist”…
Day of Caring Volunteers help out the Central Terminal
Volunteers as part of the United Way Day of Caring came to the Central Terminal today to help clean up the various gardens and planters along the Memorial Drive circle. We sincerely thank them for all their hard work! The Alive Park got quite a facelift, and some new flowers as well! Amanda and I…
Buy American, er… Indian
So GM announced today that they’re investing over $300,000,000 to construct their second plant in India. “GM India’s Chaba said the company chose Maharashtra as the site of the new manufacturing facility because of advantages over labor skills, costs, infrastructure and geographic location.” I’m curious as to what UAW workers think of this. What’s worse…
Running for East Aurora Coop Board of Directors
Amanda and I were early adopters of the East Aurora Cooperative Market. We signed up as member-owners back in 2010 after learning about their ambition to open a member-owned food market focusing on locally produced items. Earlier this year, the coop announced they were looking for board candidates. The group is set to announce their site location on…
Bloggers get blacklisted
An interesting story has developed that has now moved out of the blogosphere and into the mainstream media. It involves a tale of bloggers getting blacklisted at Western New York’s most popular AM talk radio station, WBEN AM 930. After reading BuffaloPundit’s first posting on his discussion with WBEN’s program director, Tim Wenger, I really…