I was watching the Redskins game tonight since I’m not like the rest of the world and actually have NFL Network.

Anyways, Jason Campbell went down and I was expecting to see Mark Brunell come in and then the camera zooms in on who else but…

TODD COLLINS?!

1st of all…I can’t believe he’s held an NFL job since 1999 and 2nd- Mark Brunell must have fallen from grace beyond comprehension.

And then he OWNED. Reminded me of when I was 8 and thought that Jim Kelly needed to step aside because he was in the way of Todd Collins’ greatness after some solid performances.

15 for 20. Over 200 yards passing. Thank God he didn’t have the chance to pull that on us last week.

I like to check the weather on AccuWeather.com so that I can see the psychotic ramblings of Jim Kosek.

Kicking, screaming, all sorts of other actions…he makes the weather fun…and slightly disturbing.

Check accuweather.com throughout the week to see if he’s doing the forecast for the day in Buffalo-its well worth your time

“The problem of insecurity cannot be solved by spreading people out more thinly, trading the characteristics of the city for the suburbs.”
-Jane Jacobs

There have been a few violent assaults/rapes in and around UB North this semester, starting to instill in people that just because its not the city-doesn’t mean that you’re completely safe.

In fact-some of the areas on and around UB North could become havens for rapes and assaults simply through poor and anti-social design.

Vast VAST surface lots with poor to little lighting, massive single use structures and complexes, discouraged sidewalk activity etc etc…

The city of Buffalo has to deal with the “stop snitching” movement, but in UB north there isn’t even any one around to “snitch”. Its hard to believe that there aren’t more crimes like this occurring.

UB is working on its “UB2020″ plan and with that should come some changes to the way UB North works as a mini-city of sorts. With much thought into making it mixed-use, well lit, pedestrian friendly and giving the place a sense of community…UB North can maintain its reputation as being the clean safe escape from the city campus.

Wal Mart gets a deservedly bad rap for a lot of things they do but it looks like they’ll be taking part in a development that is great for an inner-ring Amherst that is starting to look like downtown Buffalo’s retail scene.

The huge complex on Sheridan and Bailey that used to house DSW and Hills amongst some other stores when I was a kid has been emptied out and has become quite the eyesore.

In the Buffalo News article there were complaints about traffic which I really appreciate. You live behind a large retail plaza…would you perfer living behind an abandoned one?

This has been an idea for a while so hopefully this actually goes through. Maybe it can serve as a shot of life back into a slowly rotting part of Amherst