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Red Hot
ByDerek
We had a street sale today. If we could have sold the answer to what this plant is, we might have actually made some money. 🙂 This plant is called a Red Hot Poker, Poker Plant, or Torch Lily. It’s pretty impressive and definitely stands out in the garden. Best yet, it’s a perennial, so…
The Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty
ByDerek
The official Ron Paul candidacy for President has ended, but the work lives on with the Campaign For Liberty. Ron Paul’s Presidential run was framed as only appealing to the wackos and his message often skewed to portray him on the lunatic fringe, but in a run that will pit itself between the ultra-liberal and…
The ultimate NIMBY effect: gas prices
ByDerek
I was listening to Valero‘s second quarter conference call today, and while I’m sure that the prospect of another big oil company reporting all time record earnings will upset the likes of the Expose Exxon crowd, the downside of supply and demand is that darn supply-side sometimes can bite you in the ass when it…
Despicability rating: 10
ByDerek
Generally I’d leave the analysis on Mary Kunz Goldman’s weekly typeset diarrhea to BuffaloPundit, but she blurted out something related to my beloved Terminal. With a shooting on Chippewa and gangsta rap in the Tralf, we wonder: How can we become an even bigger, badder Buffalo? Luckily, the Buffalo Central Terminal is stepping in, with…
The parking thing
ByDerek
This whole Buffalo parking ticket drama doesn’t really affect me, but here’s my take. I never expect free parking downtown. To be honest, I don’t go downtown that often, but when I do I expect that I’m going to have to pay. Parking is cheap in Buffalo. It’s no big deal. Sometimes I get lucky…
Smokey Bones changing up their formula?
ByDerek
Caught this on MarketWatch today: DES MOINES, Iowa (MarketWatch) — Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) said Wednesday it may change the name of its struggling Smokey Bones barbecue chain as part of efforts to improve its appeal. Because the casual-dining operator believes the chain’s positioning is “too narrow,” the company said several barbecue-oriented items will be…