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Western New York – an area distinctly different from downstate NY

What rock did they crawl out from under?

Posted on by Al Gritzmacher

An actual Facebook post. Names disguised to protect the embarrassed. No further comment necessary…

Posted in Lockport, WNY

Wallenda Walking

Posted on by Al Gritzmacher

Nik Wallenda (no relation to Nikola Tesla, right) has been practicing the past two weeks for his soon-to-be-attempted wirewalk across the Horseshoe Falls on June 15th. His last scheduled practice run is scheduled to be tomorrow, Tuesday May 22nd. I…

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Posted in Cycling, News, Photos, Raves, WNY

The Varsity Sport of the Mind

Posted on by Al Gritzmacher

This next Saturday, January 8th, 2011, will be the Kickoff for the 2011 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition. In case you’re not familiar with this program, you can learn a lot about it at the official website of FIRST…

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Posted in Lockport, News, Raves, Robotics, Tech Stuff, WNY

Tralfamador…

Posted on by Al Gritzmacher

Just the other night, my wife and I went out to hear some live music. We went to the Sportsmen’s Tavern for Robot Holiday, which is a loosely-formed group of local musicians who put out Christmas songs every year and…

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Posted in Music, Picks, Raves, WNY

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