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| Unique Visitors: 158 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 301418 |
| Visitors Out: 4414 |
| Total Visitors Out: 6925 |
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| Kill With A Kiss |
| 2008-07-20 18:57:00 |
So I almost made my husband go into anaphylactic shock tonight.I had gotten some sushi from Wegmans because we were doing our own thing for dinner while Matt buried himself in school work. It was a spicy roll which includes cooked shrimp.I had just finished eating when Matt emerged from his office and came downstairs to find more beverages. We chatted as I rinsed out the sushi tray and put it in the recycling bin. Then I gave him a big kiss before he was about to head back upstairs. I rummaged around the fridge for something when he cried out, "Oh no!!""What?" I asked, looking around the kitchen to see what was causing his anxiety."You had sushi!" he said, frowning.I stared at him, "Yeah. So?" I frowned back and then realized what he meant, "OH MY GOD! Are you okay????"He immediatel...
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| There's always ice cream |
| 2008-07-19 19:55:00 |
Matt wearing the Darkside Of the Garden t-shirt I bought him for our anniversary. Kayaking was a no go for us. Matt is disappointed but we will go another time soon....
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| It's a Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood |
| 2008-07-18 12:56:00 |
A funny thing happened when we held our garage sale over the Fourth of July holiday. I saw, and spoke to, more of my neighbors over two days than I sometimes do in months. I watched, with great interest, as one neighbor collaborated with another to pull huge bush stumps out of the ground in front of his house using rope and a truck. Over the course of this project, there were 2 trucks involved, rope, shovels, and about half the neighborhood and my garage sale browsers watching anxiously as the guy driving the truck spun his wheels trying to yank this monstrous bush out. Eventually, they were successful.Another neighbor down the road came back a couple times to buy lamps, telephones, shoes, and other items for her sister who was moving into a new ...
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| "Super Clyde 3" Coming to the Reg Lenna Civic Center |
| 2008-07-17 08:15:00 |
Jamestown resident and friend, Kipp Reynolds, will premier his full-length film, Super Clyde 3, this Sunday at the Reg Lenna Civic Center.The film has been described as an action, science fiction, comedy about a young spatula wielding super hero who comes out of retirement to save his brother.Kipp has spent the last year and a half working on the project. He's drawn on a large pool of talented friends to act in and help produce the film.When I asked if audience will ever have the opportunity to be delighted by Super Clyde 1 and 2, he laughed and admitted there was no Super Clyde 1. The consensus is that he may go back and do a Super Clyde 1 much in the vein of the Star Wars prequels.If you want to share the experience of ...
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| Blog Share Guest Post |
| 2008-07-15 23:00:00 |
I'm hosting an anonymous Blogger today as part of Blog Share. Many thanks to -R- for undertaking this project again even while being pregnant. I hope you enjoy and bestow many comments on the guest post below:I almost don't want to write about this, but not for the reason that you all probably think. I'm not particularly ashamed or embarrassed or afraid. Instead, I feel like it is a story that has been told in so many forms and mutations that it is no longer even remotely original. And also: I sound whiny, because there are countless other women with stories worse than mine - stories that horrify rather than cause one to sit back and go "hmm", which is basically what I do when I think about it.But, here goes. After all,...
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| Blog Share Participants |
| 2008-07-15 20:04:00 |
Here is the list of everyone participating in tomorrow's Blog Share:Vent VoxTurn On The StarsTrudie - Life After ACSwimming With SharksStefanie SaysShhh! Librarian-In-TrainingSauntering SoulSass AttackReflections in the Snow Covered HillsRed Red WhineOur SimplicityOne New DuckOh My SevenThe Occasional TruthNo LadyNancy Pearl WannabeMuse On VacationMessing With TexasMelliferous PantsLizlandLive Work DreamJust Below 63JonnikerHeidikinsFull of SnarkFace DownEx EverythingEverything I Like Causes Cancer Did I Say That Outloud?The Daily TannenbaumThe Coconut DiariesCitystreamsCatheroominationsBright Yellow WorldBreath Smiles TearsAnd You Know What ElseAlyndabear3 Carnations...
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| BlogShare: July 2008 Edition |
| 2008-07-14 20:33:00 |
I am once again participating in the latest Blog Share this week (Original Info. Here).Tuesday night (or whenever I get it), I will be uploading a post by a special Guest Blogger. I also will be linking all the participating bloggers in a post so you can check out all the exciting stuff people had to say this round.The first time I did this, my Guest Blogger had a rather interesting post about dealing with bodily functions while stuck at the border....
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| Little Road Trip |
| 2008-07-14 07:20:00 |
As you can see from the pictures below, Matt, Hector, and I got out of Chautauqua County for a few hours yesterday and headed straight for the waterfront in Erie, PA.We took a look at the reconstructed version of the Flagship Niagara, grabbed a bite to eat at Smuggler's Wharf, then walked around Dobbins Landing where I spotted Rum Runners from a viewing platform. We sipped a few drinks there and people watched until the sun started setting. Since I was the designated driver at this point, I insisted on finding our way back to Peach Street so we could get gas and a Krispy Kreme. Yes, I'm still obsessed about the fresh version. I tried to order two, but the drive-thru window girl was playing the part of "Julia's Conscious" because she only gave me one (only charged for one). I want Emma ...
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| Summer Sounds |
| 2008-07-12 13:43:00 |
As much as I despise trying to sleep in humid weather, one thing I do love on those less sticky evenings and days is waking up to ambient noise. There's something so relaxing about emerging from slumber and listening to birds outside the window, neighbors trying to get lawn mowers started, leaves making a shh-shh noise in the wind, and feeling a light breeze cooling my forehead from the overhead fan. I'll take that any day over the ca-chunk-buzz of my air conditioning unit cranking on after its internal thermometer has determined that the room has gotten too warm....
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| 1601 |
| 2008-07-09 20:14:00 |
I just realized my 1,600th post on here was to copy/paste a video I liked that was Star Wars related. I guess it just goes to show how far blogging has come along from the days when I used to bitch about it being so hot out that I couldn't dream of drinking coffee. Oh wait. I save those sentiments for Twitter now....
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| Capitalizing On A Holiday Weekend |
| 2008-07-06 17:51:00 |
As Sunday evening falls, I'm taking a much needed breather from the past week. It was a successful week in many ways. The run down:Last Weds./Thurs.: I spent those two days prepping for our garage sale and getting the house ready for my parents and two aunts. Matt and I switched "date night" to Thursday and hit up Forte for dinner. We originally had planned to get to bed early due to the garage sale the next day, but we let our friends coerce us back to Forte for some live music and alcohol. We stayed out much longer than we had planned because of all the fun.Friday: One of the things helped me have fun all Thursday night was some coffee at Forte that was kindly served up by Nick Dean. It did the trick too well. I didn't sleep much between the time we got home and the time I had to ...
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| Recycled Lights Times Two |
| 2008-07-06 13:07:00 |
This is the other chandelier my mom found on the side of the road. Dad and Matt installed this one in the dog's room AKA our library. Not bad for free!...
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| Recycled Lighting |
| 2008-07-06 12:53:00 |
My mom found this chandelier on the side of the road. My dad and Matt installed it in our powder room this weekend....
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| Garage Sale-ing The Fourth |
| 2008-07-03 10:24:00 |
For about four to five years, Matt and I have been saying we're going to have a garage sale to get rid of some of the excess stuff we have in our house. That day has come. Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th from 9am to 4pm we are holding a garage sale at our house.I just finished organizing all our stuff inside the garage since it's raining out. I've managed to fill up six tables and then resorted to arranging other items in boxes under the tables. And this is before my parents and in-laws bring over their own stuff tomorrow.Yes. This will be a family affair. On top of holding a garage sale, we will also have my parents and two aunts staying with us Friday to Sunday. Items we are selling include 2 televisions...
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| Green Addition |
| 2008-07-02 10:29:00 |
I've been looking for a way to compost at our house in a way that doesn't take up a lot of real estate, but is a contained unit. Fortunately, I found out our local Cornell Cooperative Extension office was selling these units. Home Depot had been selling them at one time, but stopped.
I had to move some flagstones that had been propped up against the back of our garage to get this in place, but I'm pleased so far with the location. Now I just have to remember to save materials to put into it....
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| Miley Wants You to See Her Again |
| 2008-06-30 19:51:00 |
The whole Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus phenomena is on the peripheral of my consciousness most days, but I couldn't escape her latest song that's being played on our local pop station. It's pretty damn catchy so I went looking for the video and found this (see below). Can someone confirm that the blond is Miley? Just wondering because she gets horizontal with the slightly cute but greasy-haired boy at the end of the vid.
Oh yeah. And this goes out to PreppyGirl because I know her daughter is a Hannah Montana fan and I'm willing to take bets that she sings along to this one as well in the car....
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| Weeping Over Sad Puppehs & Kittehs |
| 2008-06-30 12:41:00 |
I wasn't much of an animal person until we got Buddy, our adorable black lab. In fact, I loved him so much that I was compelled to adopt Zak, lest he have no family to call his own after his original family moved to a Central American country.
Unfortunately, this leads to many pile-of-mush moments when I see cute dogs, cats, otters, or other Awwwww!-worthy creatures. It also means that I dissolve into a mess of tears whenever this commercial comes on tv:
Inevitably, I go wailing after my puppies and try to give them big hugs while they bewilderedly try to get away from their crazy mommy....
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| Just Swell |
| 2008-06-30 10:01:00 |
I forgot about a notso awful side effect of adding artificial hormones to my body.
(Looks Down)
Matt isn't complaining either.
Maybe I should buy more v-neck shirts....
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| Awesomely Bad Pop Songs In Movies |
| 2008-06-28 21:46:00 |
I'm known to like several awesomely bad pop songs. I am that girl in the car next to you totally rocking out to "Shake Your Love" by Debbie Gibson. For that reason, this scene is one of the reasons why I love Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle:
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| Kickin' It Old Skool for Date Night |
| 2008-06-27 10:45:00 |
If the weather holds, "date night" will include Johnny's Lunch, miniature golf and ice cream tonight. I haven't relived this quintessential high school kind of date since, well, high school. All that will be missing is the awkward fumbling in the front seat of a car afterwards. Ahhh, the benefits of being married and owning a house....
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| Seven Year Itch |
| 2008-06-25 23:01:00 |
I would like to wish my blog a Happy 7th Birthday today!After giving it some thought, I realized that if my blog were an actual child, she would probably just be finishing First Grade. That would mean that my blog would be able to read and do basic arithmetic. My blog, based on personal experience, also would be able to ride a bike without training wheels and walk to school by herself....
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| Day One |
| 2008-06-24 14:29:00 |
Matt would like me to let all of you know that my hormones are officially out of whack and that I'm a lot of fun to deal with right now.(smiles sweetly)...
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| The Pill - A TMI Post |
| 2008-06-23 13:22:00 |
I've shared my opinion about the Pill and other forms of birth control back in April.Women? How many of you have a regular cycle without any assistance of medicine or operations? Just wondering.I got sick of irregularity. It's one thing if you never have your period. Which wasn't so bad as a teenager and then in some later years. It's another thing if it never goes away. Which is no fun when you're married and want to spend time with your husband. With that in mind, I grit my teeth this afternoon and placed the call to my doctor to ask for a prescription. We talked briefly on the phone to clarify some points before she placed the order to my pharmacy of choice.The next three months should be fun as my body gets used to new hormones. Apologies in advance for any weird hormonal outbur...
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| Mass Conspiracy |
| 2008-06-22 18:37:00 |
I innocently flip channels and come upon Nine Months starring Hugh Grant and very pregnant Julianne Moore.I switch the channel and My Cousin Vinny is on and it's the scene with Marisa Tomei wearing a bodysuit, stomping her foot, yelling "And my biological clock is ticking LIKE THIS."Mass conspiracy, I tell ya'....
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| I Should, I Wish, I Love |
| 2008-06-22 17:37:00 |
I was tagged by Mr. Nighttime, which sounds a lot dirtier than it really is.In turn, I'll be tagging Galoot, Makkaio, Mr. Social, Jessye, and Battlemaiden.My ex... is someone I still talk to. That goes for most of them. Maybe I should... not procrastinate. I'll get back to you on that.I love... my husband, family and friends. Blah Blah Blah. Know what? I really love a good cuppa tea.People would say... I'm a bit of a nerd. That comes from all the blogging, twittering, social networks, and news watching I engage in daily.I don't understand... narrow views of life, people, and the world around us.When I wake up in the morning... I best operate if I immediately take a shower and then get a cuppa tea or coffee in me. I'm of little to no use otherwise. I los...
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| Saturday Night Is All Right |
| 2008-06-22 00:23:00 |
We went to forte for the surprise party Saturday night. It was a mellow crowd, but we still had a good time grooving to some of the old stuff that Monica Lynch was spinning....
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| My Biological Alarm Clock Needs a Better Snooze Button |
| 2008-06-19 09:07:00 |
For these past couple months, there have been these subtle nudges by my hormones that have threatened to totally upend my sense of balance and happiness with life.I thought that my mere will and desire to remain child-free could outwit biology. Unfortunately, my body has other ideas and has begun a kind of mental and physical warfare to try to break me down and succumb to evolution. It started innocently enough when pictures of babies started to make me smile. Then, I began to get a strong urge to pick up my friend's babies and hold them for a little bit. I thought, "No big deal. Babies are cute. Even cuter when you can hand them back to their mom and dad."I did my own version of a support group by reading child-free blogs and related stories. I'd toast myself for being able to spont...
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| Help Firefox Set A World Record |
| 2008-06-16 10:15:00 |
The folks at Mozilla are trying to set a World Record tomorrow for most software downloads in 24 hours.Kinda silly, but seeing as how Firefox as been my preferred browser of choice since at least 2005 you know I'll be joining in the fun.Addendum: Hmmm. It's 7:35am EST on June 17th and the main download page for Firefox is still showing only the old version to download. Maybe it goes live at noon? Here's a news article to amuse yourself with in the meanwhile.9:15 A.M - Get Your Firefox 3 Download Here!9:16 A.M. - Okay... that seems buggy, as in it won't open for me. Will try later.9:19 A.M. - Here's the deal. Firefox 3 isn't live until 10 AM PDT. Which means sometime this afternoon here on the East Coast (1pm? I forg...
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| RIP : Tim Russert |
| 2008-06-13 15:01:00 |
I just received via several twitters the news that Tim Russert died of an apparent heart attack at age 58 this afternoon.This is his last story, filed today: Russert: Vigilance needed on campaign claims....
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| Tourism Blog |
| 2008-06-13 13:13:00 |
The Chautauqua County Visitor's Bureau has started hosting a blog that will eventually be connected to their main site.Add it to your RSS feed to see what Executive Director Andrew Nixon has to share with us....
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| The Aftermath of Clark's Book |
| 2008-06-13 11:51:00 |
I've been meeting up with a few people for a casual book-club over the book Go by John Clellon Holmes over the past month. This past Tuesday, I suggested that we probably have a Paul Hobbes kind of character in our midst, singling out a guy I frequently see around town who is constantly writing. The discussion led to this silly kind of end story below:Title: The Aftermath of Clark's BookA few months later, Clark's book came out and became a dizzying success. At one point, some Hollywood types were throwing around the names of Kim Kardashian and Denise Richards as possibilities to portray make-out girl. The success surprised not just Clark, but everyone else in Smythport. Apparently, all those hours Clark seemed to isolate himself writing over his beer w...
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| Reflections on a Gift of a Watermelon Pickle |
| 2008-06-12 14:27:00 |
While taking our afternoon constitution around and around the third floor of our building, a co-worker and I started talking about some baking plans. We talked about pies and making itty-bitty one-bite versions. And then we talked about making jam. I loved freezer jam as a kid. My mom and I would go out to Phillips Road in Webster and spend a morning at a U-Pick gathering basket upon basket of warm strawberries. I would proudly hold up large berries I found that were almost obscene with how deep red and luscious they looked. Later in the day, we would begin the cleaning process. I would be set at the kitchen table with a paring knife, wooden cutting board, and two bowls. One would hold the washed strawberries, the other the strawberries after I quartered them. Every so often my mom ...
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| Little Brother |
| 2008-06-12 07:39:00 |
Very quick post before work.Track down Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Amazon.com).Cory put it up free here.I read it last night, all in one night. I can't remember the last time a book grabbed me that hard that I stayed up late in order to finish. It's excellent, scary, and a very interesting piece of literature. HUGE hat-tip to this post by Wil Wheaton for ultimately convincing me to give the book a look. If you blogged about this book, please leave me a comment because I know I saw the link to the free pdf of it somewhere and I'd like to hug you.Addendum: The hugs go to Luis. You rock!...
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| Hop, Hop.. Hop, Hop.. Hop On Down... |
| 2008-06-11 18:39:00 |
Something made me do a search on "House of Guitars" on YouTube tonight and I practically wept with joy as reminders of my hometown flooded my computer screen:...
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| New York State Backs New Kind of Coal Power |
| 2008-06-10 12:23:00 |
Fresh from Governor Paterson's press conference in Jamestown this morning comes this story:State Plans New Kind of Coal PlantOf course, Walter Simpson has an opinion and is quoted here. But I find it hard to take a hypocrite's opinion too seriously.News Round-Up:Copy of Gov. Paterson's Press ReleaseBuffalo News: Governor backs Jamestown coal power plant, described as breakthrough in clean powerEnvironmental Advocates of NY: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL ON NY GOVERNOR TO DITCH PLANS FOR COAL POWER PLANTCrain's New York Business: Governor pushing "clean coal" experiment...
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| Beware - Cuteness Ahead |
| 2008-06-09 13:18:00 |
I love watching otters. Too cute. Hence why they are such a threat to other animals that try to claim the "cuteness" title:...
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| Twit-what? |
| 2008-06-08 20:41:00 |
I find I have to explain what Twitter is to a lot of people. I guess the obsession with blogging and texting hasn't quite reached a critical mass in this area yet. Anyway, I found this nifty little explanation:When it comes to practical application, here's a site that gives librarians some ideas for how to use Twitter.But this video fits in quite naturally with how I feel about twittering, although I still insist on doing it (warning - language):...
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| BPU's Clean Coal Power Project & Environmentalists' Motives |
| 2008-06-08 15:00:00 |
A few weeks ago, the Jamestown Post-Journal ran an article about some disparities between how environmentalists viewed the proposed clean-coal project at the Jamestown BPU and the proposed clean-coal project at the NRG Huntley plant in Tonawanda, NY.The article pointed to an article written by Walter Simpson titled, "Reflections on NRG Energy’s Huntley Coal Power Plant Proposal And a Few Comments about Stopping Coal-Burning in Jamestown."Hypocritical?Read both and decide for yourself....
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| Congratulations Jade & Dave! |
| 2008-06-07 08:32:00 |
Our friends, Jade & Dave, are getting married today at the Hall of Philosophy at Chautauqua Institution. I have the honor of providing some music for the ceremony. I also get to watch my wedding veil make a reappearance since the one Jade had intended to borrow from her future sister-in-law was accidentally melted when the lender tried to iron out the wrinkles.These two are a fun couple and I wish them all the happiness for the years to come....
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