A Life In The Day

You know, in my past life, I must have been a real asshole, on Hitler level and this time around, is the punishment, because short of going to jail, nothing good has been happening, and everything bad that can happen, is. I’ve been a shining example of Murphy’s Law; Anything that can happen will, and [...]

Luke Russert: “I love you, Dad. And in his words, let us all ‘go get ’em!’ ”
Luke Russert borrows from ‘Big Russ & Me’ to comfort all those who mourn newsman from Buffalo
WASHINGTON — Walking to the podium at the Kennedy Center before a crowd of 2,000 that included a former president, [...]

Today is Father’s Day and that has me thinking so many things at once.I love my daughter’s, who are too young to get Father’s Day, but to me, they make everyday like Father’s Day.As far as the traditional things that are supposed to happen on this day, it won’t be like that here. I’ll still [...]

Jimmy Griffin’s down-to-earth philosophy was matched by passion
Jimmy Griffin — feisty, independent and at times irascible — finally succumbed in a fight he could not win.The former mayor, who fought his way through the Korean War, some nasty city politics and perhaps a couple of street brawls, died Sunday at Father Baker Manor in Orchard [...]

This was the headline in today’s Buffalo News.
It really came as shock to me, and immediately brought tears to my eyes, as I didn’t even know he was sick.
Jimmy Griffin was Buffalo Mayor from 1977 – 1994, one of the longest tenured. Shockingly, in a heavily Democratic city, he won on the Conservative ticket, [...]

Ok. This is up for debate.This is the series of events that created a complete change in almost every aspect of my life, courtesy of the Town of Tonawanda Police Department. (Tonawanda is a suburb of Buffalo, NY)
It started in 2002, when I was driving home from the SPCA with Daphne, the German Short Haired [...]