Recent PostsOver the River CVII
May 8, 2026
Highlights and lowlights from my 107th two-wheeled trek to the Great State of New York:
1. Seated across the aisle from me on the #45B Niagara Transit bus to Niagara College was a heavy-set guy who was telling his buddy that his brother-in-law is 6-foot-9 and weighs 450 pounds.
2. The first question I was asked at U.S. Customs was, “Just yourself?” I resisted the urge to tell the officer, the same one I’ve had more than a half dozen times in recent years, that I had a brood of Mexicans stashed in my backpack. That I’m recognizing officers, however, is a further sign of just how frequently I’ve been going over the river.
3. Having made good time, I was able to catch the #77 express bus to Buffalo. And once again, I was reminded on both the inbound and outbound trips that the route number is derived from the speed in miles per hour at which the bus travels.
4. The DWAM™, like this one on the #77 and the one I later spotted walking outside near the KeyBank Center, is proving to be a resilient species.
5. Seated across from me on the inbound #77 bus was someone who bore a strong resemblance to a Facebook friend who lives in Florida.
6. Spotted near Niagara Square was a cyclist dressed in a suit without a helmet and meandering through traffic with one hand on his handlebar and the other on his phone. What could possibly go wrong?
7. Spotted on the ground inside the washroom at the Metropolitan Transportation Center was someone’s faux eyelashes.
8. Outside the washroom was a black woman in a wheelchair whose right leg had been amputated at the knee spouting gibberish that could be heard throughout the terminal.
9. If this isn’t an open invitation to a street artist/vandal, I don’t know what is . . .
10. So sic . . .
11. Somehow I don’t think this was put up by someone who regretted voting Democrat . . .
12. All around town was Sabres signage like this and so many were wearing Sabres paraphernalia. Yet in the nearly dozen years I’ve been in this part of the world, you could be forgiven if you didn’t even know that Buffalo had an NHL team. Can you say bandwagon?
13. Translation: I stand for taxpayer-funded Democrat propaganda.
14. Three things struck me about this sign:
- Joe Biden had no more legitimate claim to the presidency than I do.
- The project was funded by taxpayers, not by a law.
- Bipartisan, my ass.
15. There were two dominant smells in the air as I walked the streets of downtown Buffalo. Oats and weed.
16. Passed out at the Tim Hortons by Canalside. One look at him and the black guy behind me wearing a fur-lined parka with the hood up and huddled over a laptop left me not too terribly surprised when I learned that the washroom was out of order because someone had trashed it.
17. Democrats think having to show ID to vote is racist, yet they’re apparently OK with having to show ID and six months of bank statements for subsidized housing . . .
18. This dude at the MTC looked like he was about to give birth . . .
19. On the return trip, the bus was following someone with a bumper sticker which read, “Help! Dad farted and we can’t get out!”
20. Dear Metrolinx: It’s St. Catharines, not “St. Catherines.”
| Previous post |