July 4th, 2008 Christopher Byrd

So…I was washing dishes tonight…I have a dishwasher, but I don’t use it…there is something cool about doing dishes by hand…in a way, using a dishwasher is like cheating to me…not cheating in the task itself, but cheating myself out of some time to think…I digress.

While doing the dishes (by hand), I was listening to ESPN radio on WGR…the announcers were discussing the NFL and the Patriots…at the end of their analysis of New England and what the upcoming NFL season may hold for them they started talking about da Bills…they were G L O W I N G in their prospects for the Bills in 2008…it got me excited…it wasn’t the first time in the off season I have herd national sports media types talk well of our beloved Bills…how can you not love stuff like that.

Training camp begins in a few weeks…

Go BILLS!

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July 3rd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

Did you ever mean to have the cashier set something aside and not bag so that you could immediately consume on the way to your version of the ByrdMoblie but forgot to ask?

Yep, thought so…

Tonight I bought a pack of gum…I wanted a piece right away…I forgot to ask…the cashier bagged it.

After I was done placing the groceries in said ByrdMobile, the search for the gum started.  As luck would have it, the last bag I checked had the pack of gum in it.  That always seems to happen to me as well.

So it goes…

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July 3rd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

(Derek Gee - Buffalo News)

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/384019.html

Very cool…

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July 3rd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

…ok…maybe not…

Pretty solid backup who had a decent season last year…

I don’t think Ryan Miller should be playing 76 games a year…

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I still hate the whole idea that the Sabres can’t go out and actively seek uber free agents because of $$$. 

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July 3rd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

How many of you regardless of age have heard about waterfront development or redevlopment at various stages of our lives? A lot of talk over the years but little walk…

Well…the wait for the inner harbor/canal side area is over.

Today every politician from here to DC opened the Erie Canal Harbor grandly…

(H. Skull - Buffalo News)

Though the area has been open for a number of weeks now…today it was official.

Tough to believe…

The key now is keep all other development for the harbor on track.

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July 2nd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

…ever get the feeling that you always end up with the shopping cart with messed up wheels…it seems like I always do…actually, that could be a whole chapter in my life’s story.

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July 2nd, 2008 Christopher Byrd

 
(H. Skull - Buffalo News)

Great news from da West Side of the B-lo tonight as developer Sam Savarino has saved the day for “The Livery” building which has garnered much attention over the last few weeks.

Last week I wrote on BFA about how we probably need to reinventory the historic buildings in B-F and do a status report as a result of the above.

I don’t think preservationists, neighbors,  developers, or the city are going to be able to step in at the last minute and save everything and anything.  The resources just aren’t there, but what the city could do is become a bit more proactive and put a call out to grassroot groups like BFA to help get a handle on historic properties not only on B-F but throughout the city.  This could avoid what happened with “The Livery”…

There are efforts out there already.  You see it a lot on the West Side, but I am thinking a long the lines of having an blanket plan for the city.

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July 1st, 2008 Christopher Byrd

(Photo By Derek Gee - Buffalo News)

From the Buffalo News…

With Donohue, 55, still proclaiming his innocence, the judge said she “did not agonize for a second” in imposing the maximum term of 25 years to life in prison.

That virtually is a life sentence for a man who has been mentioned prominently in three of the area’s most gruesome deaths.

Some people are just E V I L…

Though justice has been served in the case of Joan Giambra’s murder at the hands of Donohue, it is awful to think that justice will never be served for the deaths of Carol Reed and Crystallynn Girard.  The pain this man caused many people is horrible…I sincerely believe there is never truly closure in things like this, but for the families of Reed and Girard it is awful to know that this jerk won’t be convicted for their losses.

All you can hope is that all the families hurt by this man find some type of peace that he is finally behind bars.

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July 1st, 2008 Christopher Byrd

Time Warner 13 is going to pick up 10 Bisons’ games for the remaining part of the season…cool.

Couple that with seeing Jim Brinson on TW-13 doing a show…maybe TW will start carrying more local programming/games…part of the Adelphia downfall is that we lost Empire Sports…they carried a lot of local college games, etc…

Though I don’t think we will ever see something like Empire again, it would be nice to have UB, Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure sports on the air.

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June 30th, 2008 Christopher Byrd

Start counting…

Found this quite by accident on The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s site…

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature.

Example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get temperature.

Example: 48 chirps /(divided by) 3 + 4 = 20° C

Maybe not the most exciting bit of info ever, but interesting.

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