I heard an old man talking to himself at the grocery store. “What’s this?” he asked, eyeing a rack of ribs. Then, with frustration and despair: “I don’t have time to make this! Time!” Then he wandered off, and it’s like, look buddy, I didn’t ask for an existential crisis today.

This morning I checked Bing to see if Google was down, so it's gonna be one of those days.

I wonder if Rhode Islanders would be annoyed by D.C. statehood. Living in the smallest state was kind of their thing. Flagmakers, on the other hand, would be thrilled.

if I were Joe Biden i would toss in one weird thing with the same earnest, calm demeanor ''and let's put a furby in every household! we can do it! this is america! we've talked about it long enough! it's a simple premise!' and then just keep going and never allude to it again

A man unironically referred to me as a "whippersnapper" because he didn't like a story I wrote, which is a new career highlight.

The police department I cover publishes a weekly police blotter, and I ask for more info by email. As a journalist, it is my job to ask hard-hitting questions. Like this one. (Original blotter item in normal text, my questions in bold.)

In today's Sun+: 🚜: Cornell Cooperative Extension is moving to Orchard Park. 🥙: Rachel's Mediterranean Grill has proposed a West Seneca location. 🍳: Hamburg's Woodland Diner hopes to reopen by winter. 🧒: Bloom Creative Arts is coming to Hamburg. More: preview.mailerlite.com/i7h4o8

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I've been back in Buffalo about nine months. I'm going to spell "Tonawanda" correctly on the first try any day now, I can feel it.