...was barracaded off, a police k-9 unit was sniffing the grounds with a cop behind him. Another cop was driving slowly behind the dog/cop, and in the wrong lane of traffic. I'm not surprised, it was Albany after all. I'm just glad we are out of there. We came back, I went to walmart for a cell phone card, and we went home. I had leftover pizza from last night. Now it's almost naptime. :) Doing all...

...morning paper in it, and brought it inside for J's mother. He has to call the folks he is doing that work for to make sure they are there so he can get paid for the job he did. I have to drive out to Albany again for that, ugh. I just hope it won't be an all day thing. It's an hour and a half drive from where we live to there, and the same back. What a pain in the ass. I wish he would get these odd...

Today was not a good day to say the least. J had to go to Albany to pick up his tools from the job he was working on, and hopefully get paid. He loaded the tools into the car, and we waited for the customer to get back from wherever it was they went to. They didn't come back. I will have to drive his ass all the way back to Albany tomorrow to collect the pay they owe him for that job. I hate Albany...

...was the second of two days off in a row for me and I hadn't had days off in a while, I decided to ignore it and go back to sleep. I woke up around 11, and checked the message. Apparently someone at Albany High School found my debit card, and this teacher fellow was holding onto it for me. This confused me, because I had my debit card, right? So I copy down the name and number to call back and go...

...odd with the pricing between the Crossgates and the Stuyvesant Starbucks, because the same drink cost me LESS at STUYVESANT than it did at Crossgates. Now to non-Albanians, this may confuse you. But Albany residents know that Stuyvesant Plaza is rich people central, and therefore everything is overpriced; therefore already over priced coffee should cost more. This was not the case however. My hot...

Saturday's Bear Albany afternoon event was mini-golf. Surprisingly, the weather cleared up and it ended up being perfect out. Lucky us. Red Golf Balls ∴ 80mm ∴ Fujicolor Pro160s Jim With Golf Ball ∴ 80mm ∴ Fujicolor Pro160s Thunder Dome ∴ 80mm ∴ Fujicolor Pro160s Paddle Boats ∴ 80mm ∴ Fujicolor Pro160s Afterwards we made our way to Cheesecake...

I arrived in Albany on Friday for a friend's 41st Birthday party. It was a very nice party. Sean, the birthday bear, has a beautiful house. I sign Sean's copy of my book. iompair Peter jamesalbanybear ! john Art Barb, Sean, hugacub mikeybear01 Sean Sean and hugacub laughing hysterically. Yup. ...

University at Albany student Trevor Alford of   Norfolk, NY is one of the few people banging his head against the wall. Trevor is one of a dying breed of punk rock listeners who still believes there is an establishment needing to be torn down. His ideology goes hand in hand with the ska of music. Ska is an off shoot of punk and reggae music that includes a horn section. A fan of such ska artists...

So back from albany. Even though It was miserable weather, we all had a ball. Granny, Papa, Nut and I taught mum and Dad how to play bridge. Lots and lots of scraqbble was played, criptic crossword clues solved, birthday prezzies opened, etc etc. Went to see the blowholes because the swell was awesome, but instead spent the entire time watching a mother and her calf swimming around the beach near...

This last week the family and I ( read: Mum, Alex and I) went down to Albany, about five hours drive from us to scatter my dad's ashes. It's now been over a year since dad passed away. I can't believe how time has passed, and the things I've done. When dad died I thought the world was going to end, obviously it didn't. I've gotten a great job, a good car and I traveled to europe. More things have...