Census: Residents leaving high-cost region (Westchester)

Census: Residents leaving high-cost region

By Tim Henderson • February 21, 2011

Seth Granville left his Lower Hudson Valley hometown in 2008 and hasn't looked back.

The price of his co-op in Hartsdale, about $250,000, bought a custom-built home in the suburbs of Austin, Texas.

"I'm never coming back," said Granville, 31, a paramedic and an Ardsley native. In fact, his mother has since moved down, and his wife, Kristen, is from Yorktown Heights.

"They can tell I'm from New York by my accent," Granville said. "But now my daughter (Madeleine, born in August) and my dog are both native Texans."

http://www.lohud.com/article/2011102210322

Another Disturbing Dissapointment

Really dissapointed that I drove all the way to San Antonio tonight to see Disturbed, only to find out they cancelled due to an "emergency illness". I hope whomever is ill is getting better, and I wish them the best. However, I think the band would at least have posted something on Facebook or their site as to what happpened by now-there were a ton of pissed off fans.

The last two times I saw Disturbed they sucked anyways, David Draiman could hardly sing and barely had any stage presence or enthusiasm left that he used to have at his concerts, and now this.  Thanks to Monster Energy Drinks and their label for forcing Disturbed on a relentless touring schedule for the past few years, which I feel ruined David's voice and led to the cancellation of this show.

Hopefully, the rumors are true and he really does live in Austin,TX now and will play Frank Erwin Center or something for his new hometown......

LAFD's New Rescue's

Wow, Los Angeles City FD has made a drastic change in their rescue fleet. Apparently, they have dumped both Ford and Wheeled Coach, and are now using Type I's with a Dodge Ram chasis and Braun Northwest-Northstar modules.

See here for photos:
http://www.braunnw.com/popup.php?id=492

Mike Holmes Magazine

I really like Mike Holmes, and his TV show. He comes across as a knowledgable, modest, caring and genuine guy. Now, he's come out with a magazine, which was a nice suprise at the newstand.It's very well laid out, with some really good advice and informative articles.

http://www.holmesmagazine.com/

They've been publishing in Canada for a year, and this is their premiere US edition. I highly reccomend it.

"Snow Men" Pulled Suddenly From Discovery Lineup

Tonight, I was looking foward to the show, "Snow Men". I even made sure the DVR was set this morning. (see prior blog post)

And all of a sudden, Discovery pulls it completly from it's line up, only hours before it's set to air it's second episode. No explanation or notice to the fans.

Instead, they are airing "Wreck Chasers", the show that highlights the skells of the towing industry, and damaged the reputation of the towing industry that the show "Wrecked" built.

Well, then again, that freak family on Discovery Channel's sister network TLC with 19 kids who are now having a secons grandchild or the show that the guy has four wivees, or the little people who make chocolate, are more important priorities to them.

Ir seems Discovery is all about exploiting people for ratings, with the exception of a couple of shows.

They better bring it back! I feel bad for all the people who worked on that show.

Wendy's new fries keep skins, add sea salt

Real ingridients? The last time I was at a Wendy's, after not having been in a while, I was very dissapointed. The 99 cent menu used to net you a good deal. Now, the portions are miniscule. And the regular menu items have also shrunk in size.

I'm sorry, you can't use "real ingridients" at that price....maybe at one time, before they were super processed into the "fry" they are now.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40113678/ns/business-consumer_news/

Wendy's new fries keep skins, add sea salt
Part of ongoing menu revamping that focuses on 'real' ingredients
This is the first major overhaul of the 41-year-old company's fries.

By EMILY FREDRIX
The Associated Press
updated 57 minutes ago 2010-11-10

-NEW YORK — With an eye toward appealing to foodies, Wendy's is remaking its fries with Russett potatoes, leaving the skin on and sprinkling sea salt on top.

The fast-food chain has been changing its menu to focus on "real" ingredients to win more fans.

New Series On Discovery: "Snow Men"

So, out of no where this show about snow plow drivers on a brutal winter road in Utah comes on the Discovery channel after "Swamp Loggers",  apprently it's going to follow the Utah DOT plow drivers as they try to keep the roads clean and sander, while the avalance crews try to track and prevent avalanches.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/snow-men/

Awesome show for my tastes! I love all these vocational shows that are coming out!

Bush calls Kanye West’s criticism over Hurricane Katrina the lowest moment of his presidency

THAT is your lowest moment of your presidency? An insult by an outspoken rapper? Not seeing the footage of the devasatation and destruction going in in New Orleans? AND HE OPENLY SAYS HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT THE KANYE STATEMENT MORE!!  Not all the men and women who were killed fighting a war he started? Not destroying the economy and then handing over to Obama, amongst all the other problems he started that Obama is trying to deal with? I can't believe this moron was President of the United State Of America and how obtuse the American people were to it last night. They quickly forget they wanted Obama to change what George Bush had done. I can only imaging what he has written in his book, and I look foward to the interview this Monday night on NBC.

ARTICLE: Bush calls Kanye West’s criticism over Hurricane Katrina the lowest moment of his presidency

jetBlue to fly to Alaska from Long Beach

jetBlue announced it will be flying seasonally from Long Beach, CA to Anchorage, Alaska.


http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/10/27/announcing-our-65th-bluecity-anchorage/

Hopefully, the TV's will work and the ones that do will have a decent picture (the main selling point of jetBlue), the plane won't be filthy, the fares will be reasonable, and the crew actually will be nice and helpful. As you can see my love of jetBlue has faded as they've become just like every other airline in my experiences last time I flew them two years ago. It's not the affordable and fun airline like it was a few years ago.

Rockstar Uproar Tour Houston

Catching up on many blog posts I'm behind on.

A few weeks ago, I attended the Rockstar Uproar Tour at the Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion in Houston, TX. Headlining were Halestorm, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, and Disturbed.

This festival was very well put together, and the venue was in a very beautiful setting. It was an outdoor ampitheater. I sat two rows behind mid-left stage, under a cover. There was no mosh pit, only the "lawn" in the back.

First up was Halestorm. Pretty good band live.

Stone Sour was next, and only given a half hour to perform. Corey Taylor and Stone Sour are awesome, always tour with Disturbed, and wish they had gotten more time. Hope they headline a tour that comes this way.

Avenged Sevenfold took the stage next. I never really liked or listened to Avenged Sevenfold before. In fact, I kind of ignored their performance, anxious to see the next act, Disturbed. However, A7X has grown on me, and now I love their album. I really wish I had enjoyed their live performance more. There set was AMAZING, and the pyrotechnics unreal. I felt like my eyebrows were going to singe off. "Welcome To The Family"

And finally my favorite band, Disturbed. What was Disturbing was how disapointed I was with them. I love Disturbed, they always put on a great show and David always engages the audience. However, this time was different. I had hoped it wouldn't be like the show in Belton, TX a few years back. It wasn't. It was worse. David's voice is shot, and you can tell. He also seems to hate touring, and it is taking it's toll on him. They played a lot of medeleys, blending several songs into one. I really wanted to hear a few complete songs, and some more from the new album. Between each song there is a 30 second pause. David did nothing to engage the crowd, and didn't give any inspiring speeches like he usually does. I must say though, the lyrics to their new album are amazing and poweful. I've heard he's moving here to Austin, so maybe I'll see him in a better setting with songs that are better for his vocal cords. And they are still my favorite band, I just hope the record companies don't force Disturbed into touring until they fall apart.