Al's Blog-o-Sphere

Listening to the news again. I have to stop doing that. Life would be simpler then. But I heard a story today about Cicadas coming this summer.

The story went on to tell about how they live underground and only come out every 17 years and cause a nuisance while they are here to mate. Big news! It only happens every 17 years!

[UPI News Story]

Wait a minute! That’s what they said last year. And the year before.

So I looked into it further. I know that we hear them singing every summer and are as much a symbol of summer as sunburn and picnics. We see the shells of them on the tree trunks where they shed them. Continue Reading…

The Buffalo PD are still waiting to hear from Marshawn Lynch to hear about hit involvement in a hit-and-run last weekend. We’re still waiting for the truth.

A recent report claims a witness identified Lynch at the scene and the victim, a visitor from Ontario, has been publicly identified.

But Marshawn remains mum. Continue Reading…

I heard a talk show host talking about “White Privilege” the other day. I had never heard the term before, but I guess it’s a glass-half-full/half-empty way of not saying disadvantaged.

So, what is the deal with the Buffalo Police and Marshawn Lynch? Four days after a hit-and-run accident where they impounded his SUV from his driveway, they are “reaching out” to him for an explanation.

Sorry, but if it were you or I, the only reaching out they would be doing would be to slap the cuffs on us. Continue Reading…

Former Buffalo Mayor and long-time politician Jimmy Griffin passed away today. It’s a sad day in Buffalo.

Whether you liked him, or not you had to respect him and his honesty. You always knew where he stood, because he alway told it like it was.

Famous for his advice to citizens in the onset of the Blizzard of ’77 ’85 – to buy a six-pack and stay home – I think that would be a fitting way to remember him – buy a six-pack and hoist a few in his memory!