Can the GOP please flip the ticket?
I was a bit confused that Mitt Romney announced (via leak) his new running mate late Friday night. It was as though he didn’t want anyone to know. Friday night…
Buffalo-Toronto Olympics?
I love the idea of Toronto Olympics … but Buffalo-Toronto? WIVB’s facebook page wants to know what you think of the idea … Are we admitting now that we’re just…
Lego devotes whole month to #SharkWeek
I knew there was a reason I’ve always liked Legos. Click the photo for the LEGO Shark building instructions …
2012 Olympics leads to marathon TV watching
The pendulum on my love/hate relationship with television has completed its arch back to love.With the advent of the 2012 Olympics, I once again care about TV. And, frankly, since…
Where did the last 20 years go?
This past weekend, I met a group of complete strangers at a bar in Wheatfield to celebrate our 20-year high school reunion.OK, so not all of them were complete strangers.…
Fun with want ads (part deux) …
As much as I like my job, I’m always on the lookout for something with better pay, benefits, hours, etc. So when I ran across the following ad on Craigslist,…
Damn the NRA …
… for ever framing the 2nd Amendment debate as a hunting issue. Any Constitutional scholar will tell you that the Bill of Rights was put in place as a promise…
Wanted: Ross Perot or someone like him
Twenty years ago I made the most life-altering change a boy of 17 can make; I left my parents’ home, put Western New York in my rearview mirror and moved…