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Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2008. I lost a bit of the blog momentum there in 2007 and wanted to say that I am using the start of 2008 as an excuse to come back to the Buffalo Blog. I have a lot of exciting news to share with you all, so look forward to that in the near future. Thank you for the words of encouragement to come back to the blog. I wanted to send out a special thank you and a belated Merry Christmas to Nate. Thanks for not giving up on me, even after I had given up on myself. I don't make resolutions, but if I did, I would resolve to update my blog more often and I miss hearing from you guys (that includes Parker and Christina as well). So, here's to hoping that I've got what it takes to be a blogger... 2008 will be the year of the Buffalo I predict!

Haiku

Nothing to see here
The silence overwhelms me.
I will post again.

Damn the Man!

I looked both ways. No traffic was coming. I saw the hand was red. I crossed. I get to pay $46. Funny thing is that I constantly see people urinating, smoking crack, rolling joints, and defacing property, sometimes all at the same time and I get a ticket for crossing the street so I wouldn't miss my bus. It's ridiculous. The other funny thing, is that I was warned. When I moved to Seattle, people said, "We don't jaywalk in Seattle, the police ticket for that." But I laughed and said, "Don't the police have better things to do with their time?" I now know the answer. I'm thinking of selling the citation on eBay to subsidize the cost I have to pay. Would you pay $50 for a jaywalking ticket from the fine city of Seattle? It just might be a collector's item someday.

The Next One is the First Song on Our New Album

So, by now, you've finally realized that I have a few tricks up my sleeve. The Church Sign in my previous post was not a real church sign. I generated it using the Church Sign Generator. It's a slick little site that lets you pick from five different church signs and input your own custom message. They also have the Concert Ticket Generator, Vinyl Record Generator, Cassette Tape Generator, and many more.

Yeah, I wish I could take credit for finding these things out in the wild, but I'm not that talented. But I put this challenge to you. What's the best thing you can generate? Post your best generation in the comments section and we'll see who's got the chops for corporate marketing.

I personally, think that the Buffalo Blog's new executive seal is pretty honking sweet. Peep it:

Hang in there...

I'm a terrible person for not updating my blog...

A Special Announcement

Those of you who have been waiting patiently for a blog post from yours truly for lo these many weeks have one man to thank for getting me off my duff and back to the blog. I have been waiting for something to reinvigorate me and give me a reason to post. So without further ado I would like to thank Mr. Nathaniel Rogers for starting a Web site to feature his fantastic art work. One of my favorites is featured above. It's titled Her Baptism and it's just one of Nate's many fabulous works.

Now, many readers of this blog may already be familiar with Nate from his marvelous Monkey. (I must apologize for calling Monkey a "he" during the Feline Idol proceedings. I am truly sorry.) She is a fine specimen of a feline and is welcome at Buffalo Blog central anytime. Nate is also a regular contributor to the comments section of this blog and knows a good pirate joke when it bites him on the peg leg. He's a great guy (even if he does live in Baltimore) and an even more terrific artist. So go check out his stuff, I know you'll like what you see.

I'm always excited when my friends get on themselves on the Web. Who knows, maybe he'll even put a blog up there on his site. I won't hold my breath, but I will keep my fingers crossed.

In any case, tell Nate you're glad he's got me back at the Buffalo Blog again and give his site a visit: NathanielRogers.com. Also, if any of my other friends out there get their blogs/websites up and running, let me know. I have far too few sites to visit these days.

And the winner is...

No surprises here... the hometown hero comes through in the end and wins the title of "Buffalo Blog's Feline Idol."

It was a hard fought battle across three fronts: Monkey got off to a quick lead, and then Mr. Sandwich put in a bid for first place before Shelby stepped in and carried the lead for the next several days. However, in the clutch, Mr. Sandwich was able to pull in some last-minute votes to pull out the win.

Thanks everyone for playing, but really, did you think Mr. Sandwich could possibly lose? I mean, seriously? And for any doubters, take a look at the final vote count.

In other news, I think Monkey has been leading a double life. Take a look at this video and tell me that isn't our very own beefy-boy climbing ladders to some catchy John Williams beats?

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I took some time off from blogging for a little bit because there was a lot going on. But, I'm back now. And, as I can see from my teeming, screaming, fans, my presence was greatly missed (Thanks Parker and Nate for getting me back on the wagon). But I missed the ole Buffalo Blog, so it's time to rekindle the magic. I have a lot to update you on, but I figure, why cram it all into this post, when I can create lots and lots of posts to tell you all about my adventures over the last few weeks. But I will say, that there have been some exciting things on the internets recently. Here are three of them:

• Human Space Invaders —
  

  
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• Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence — The Onion takes a dig at Wikipedia by running a fabulous story. Here's a taste of the genius:

  The commemorative page is one of the most detailed on the site, rivaling entries for Firefly and the Treaty Of Algeron for sheer length. Subheadings include "Origins Of Colonial Discontent," "Some Famous Guys In Wigs And Three-Cornered Hats," and "Christmastime In Gettysburg." It also features detailed maps of the original colonies—including Narnia, the central ice deserts, and Westeros—as well as profiles of famous American historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Special Agent Jack Bauer, and Samuel Adams who is also a defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals.

• Room Defender debuts on Ubergizmo — For about $50, you can have the ultimate in cool-but-worthless geek security: A 24-round sentry robot with four attack modes to guard your stuff. Sure it only fires foam disks, but damn if it isn't the coolest toy I've seen in ages.

So, that's the news from me. Stay tuned for some details on what took place during "Buffalo's 42-Days of Silence."

One of my best ideas

So, I'm just sitting here, soaking up the Sunday television, watching a little 8th & Ocean (Best. Model-base reality television show. Evar. Plus, a little nipple slip here and there never hurts). But that is neither here nor there. What is here, and not there, is that I don't think I like working for the man anymore. So, I'm thinking about starting my own enterprise. I'm not sure what that enterprise will be. One idea I had was Bartari.

Bartari was something I came up with in DC, because it combines two of my favorite things: drinking and video games (Bar + Atari = Bartari). The idea is simple, take a bar, put in 10-20 retro style video games, and enjoy. In order to get people in the door, you could hold high score competitions for Pac-Man, Joust, and Galaga. I'd hang out there. Throw in a little pong and some real-life air-hockey and you have yourself an awesome bar. And guess what's on the TV? Not sports. No. Something much, much nerdier: Sci-fi movies, G4-TV, and trivia. I'm saying, it's a goldmine. But, alas, I'm not much of a restaurateur. And, for opening night, we could get this kid to promote the event. So, I've been thinking about other ideas. But, I'll save those for another post. For now. Ponder the genius that is Bartari. Feel free to open your own local franchise. I'll organize delivery of video games, and commemorative napkins, the rest is up to you.

Or, if opening a bar is too much work for you, you can invent your own Ben & Jerry's flavor. I did. Now, I'm just waiting for the telephone call in which I'm offered a job as head Ice-cream flavor creator for BJs. They are picking five though, so that leaves enough room for my three readers to invent some tasty treats as well. Then we can take over Ben & Jerry's and then the world!

Don't give up on me now

I'm not dead yet. Keep the feeding tube in.