I went to the M A L L today to bring my un-startable Mac Mini (now functioning just fine with a repair cost of $0.00) to the Genius Bar. On the way out, I was headed up to the food court for my usual mall lunch of shredded cabbage with a few mushrooms tossed in drenched with teriyaki sauce and served with a side of white rice. But then, I spied a ( Read more... )

A round of applause for Naomi Kelsey, who is the winner/co-winner/it's not entirely clear what of the ArtVoice Mysteries of Buffalo fiction-writing contest ( Read more... )

I saw Morrissey tonight, at UB. He hadn't been to Buffalo in ten years and has got to be pushing 50, so who knows if/when he will be here again. Though looking a bit rough (which I was prepared for after seeing a recent photo in which his pompadour and all-black outfit made him look like a skinnier Johnny Cash), the man's voice has not aged a day. ( Read more... )

My sister was at the inauguration today, as in not a mile away, but within sight of the podium, with an actual ticket ( Read more... )

My boyfriend and I were driving back downtown from another couple's house on Thursday night when the hourly news update came on. The first story was about the plane that landed in the Hudson, after all of its engines failed, without killing anyone. Story number two was about a confirmation hearing for Obama's attorney general nominee, Eric Holder. ( Read more... )

I just wrote my best friend a long-ass email recounting everything, and here it is, almost in its entirety:

( A Texas-sized tale, behind the cut )

"High taxes" do not rank high on my list of pressing political issues. I'm not saying they're never a problem, just that it doesn't make my top ten list, or probably even my top 20 ( Read more... )

My brother was there yesterday -- he didn't have tickets but I guess TV screens were set up nearby for the ticketless.

( Behind the cut )

As you may have guessed, I am back from Detroit, where I woke up yesterday at 5:30 a.m. to fight the good fight as a poll watcher/voter protection attorney for the Obama campaign. They had enough volunteers that I was able to leave at midday and watch the returns roll in here in sunny Buffalo ( Read more... )

My dude and I went to Erie this weekend to do some canvassing for Obama. We were heading back on the thruway when we were passed, at a pretty good rate of speed, by something called The Bush Legacy Tour ( Read more... )