Bruce Campbell coming to Borders in Cheektowaga!

"All right you primative screw-heads, listen up":

Action hero and author Bruce Campell (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead) will be making a grand appearance at Borders on Walden Ave. on Tuesday, September 5th at 6:30 PM as part of a discussion and signing of his latest novel - "Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way". Borders has this to say on their website:

"Written with the same immense energy, wry humor and Hollywood skewering that filled the bestselling If Chins Could Kill, our hero gives his fans a follow-up they could not have expected, a laugh-out-loud novel starring (who else?) Bruce Campbell."

I will be sure to post pictures of Gigi and I meeting this mostly unhearlded icon so those of you who couldn't make it can weep with unstoppable envy! 13 days B.C. and counting!!

"Gimmie some sugar baby!"

Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story

I've been fascinated with the recent series on Jill Carroll in the Christian Science Monitor about her hostage ordeal, much in the same way as I was with Terry Anderson years ago. It's unimaginable what goes on during that time in captivity and rarely do you get a chance to hear first hand what it was like.

It's a personal account from a talented correspondent with no fear of revealing exactly what she was going through. She's clearly terrified and has to choose every word and every action carefully every minute of her day.

A very well done, detailed story that will probably end up a book or movie deal. Check it out beforehand!

Buffalo Greyhound Adoption at the Fair

(Angus the Giant)

Buffalo Greyhound Adoption returned to the Erie County Fair this year after a couple years absence, and so far at this point it appears to have been really successful for us. Setting up just an information booth this time and no merchandise, we had steady crowds at the booth and lots of genuine interest. Aside from the rain days that is!



The dogs did great, getting along with each other and the horses behind us just fine.

Being close to one of the entrances we had a pretty good spot except for the bunge swingie thingie. The loud music and screaming hurtling humans tried the dog's nerves at times, but they hung in there. In fact, at the Scientology booth just down the midway from us they were advertising "Free Stress Tests", and one Scientologist told me in confidence that 9 out of 10 Scientologists recommend greyhounds for effective stress relief and reduction of thetan levels. True story.

Hopefully you can look for us at the Fair again next year!

Tattoo

Went to a tattoo house party at my brothers this past weekend and it sure beat those gadget get togethers I've been to in the past. Bob (the artist) comes to peoples houses, lets them look through a half a dozen large binders of artwork or he can free-hand a design that you draw out or print. He then quotes you what I thought was a very affordable price before he does it, and then depending on the complexity/size of the design, was getting them done in anywhere from 15 -60 minutes.

The standing joke the whole time was "oh yes, there will be blood" but there wasn't. Some discomfort on some of the more involved designs, but I think everyone was surprised at how easily it all went. I opted out for lack of a meaningful design, but I'm considering hosting a party later this year so we'll see.

LG06

Well the 4th annual "LG Excursion" has come to a successful end and this year was more about relaxation than anything else. No shopping this year, no heavy Mexican dinner, no boat trip. Just a lot of stories that go nowhere, constant music, chicken wraps, kumbyah from a cows bladder, smoking babies, compliments on our porch lights ("they look beautiful"), and constant video footage being shot that when all is said and done could probably be edited down to 20 sensible minutes. Here are some sneak peaks into life at the Ticonderoga for 2.5 days:

The spacious living quarters:



















Hangin' out:















Babies should NEVER smoke:















Then again, what about adults?:















Elvis sighting:














To be continued...

My First Blog!

My first Blog post ever! Getting ready to go to Lake George tomorrow and wanted to get this started to share pics and stories when I get back. Until Monday I'll leave this post with a picture of
the late-great John M. Cliff (Jag) who passed away this year at the grand old age of 13.