and so begins by last week of work at AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Inc. I started here in December of 2000. Since then, I've been promoted twice and my salary has been increased by almost a third of what I was orginally being paid to work here ( Read more... )

Yesterday we broke a daily temperature record in Buffalo. It was 68 degrees F. Today were back down in the 30's ( Read more... )

For the benefit of anyone interested, I'll continue to post info as I find it ( Read more... )

Yesterday, while I was waiting for my ride home from work, I got a call on my cell phone from an unknown 415 number. I turned out to be someone interested in interviewing me for a job. She set up a time on Thursday to do a phone interview. Below is the posting I replied to. I had to ask the woman what position this was for since I have my resume ( Read more... )

Have you ever done something you really didn't want to because somehow you created a situation for yourself where refusing would be too awkward? That question sums up the lowpoint of an otherwise fun Saturday night ( Read more... )

As promised, here's a press release that I just saw posted on madonnapolis.com ( Read more... )

I've now consumed so much that my heart is racing and I'm light-headed. You'd think the all-you-can-eat Chinese places would cut down on the MSG to avoid having their customers OD and die of heart attacks. It's sorta like crack, or maybe I'm just very sensitive to it ( Read more... )

The car's in the shop today - it's not looking good for the rooters. I'll find out about that soon. No car makes for a boring work day as I can't do any field work. I also can't go home to watch Days like I usually do for my lunch break. However, I am looking forward to some Downtown-BLo-style Chinese for lunch, and that lovely thinning-of-the- ( Read more... )

The photo was taken in 1970 at the ceremony marking the official completion of the I-80 through Pennsylvania. There's another sign in the photo showing the mileage east to New York City, but it's not shown clearly so I cropped it. The mileage is only a mere 22 miles more than the distance to San Francisco from Buffalo, and the route I have to take ( Read more... )

Red and white - like the Canadian flag, my sketchers and the Jem jersey ... we didn't take pills or even go to fly ... but my rented 2-door Olds Alero was blue. The wagon needs some work done and I couldn't take the bus since I lost the birth certificate I just had resent to me, so I pricelined a rental car for $45 all together for 48 hours. It was ( Read more... )