Only in Glens Falls can you get arrested for DWI (Driving while intoxicated) with a BAC of 0.07 percent. It's true. I did a search on Google news for 0.07 percent DWI and the only results of arrests being made are in Glens Falls. Is this just one more reason for you to stay away? You bet!
But I can't really see how they keep getting away with this. Sharon E. Liscum was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, and was found to be in possession of a small amount of cocaine, and even though her blood alcohol content was found to be 0.07 percent, combined with the effects of cocaine she was deemed intoxicated?, Sgt. John Winchell said.
Wrong! Intoxication only pertains to blood alcohol content level. Intoxication from alcohol. When you blow a 0.07 percent you are sober baby, you are below the 0.08 limit! Case closed. This woman needs to hire a good lawyer. And you need to stay clear of Glens Falls, that toddling town!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Only In Glens Falls Baby...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Big News Really Big News
photo by tygrelilie
The Crandall Library is relocating. That doesn't sound like big news, but it is for Glens Falls! So big, they had to make a news video about it, interviewing random nobodys people out in front of the library asking, what do you think of the library moving, and closing down for 3 weeks. and what do you think about the renovations intended for the old library building, and how will this impact your life?
Big news, really big news for Glens Falls. The library will close April 1st, and reopen April 23. The library is our number one source for entertainment in Glens Falls, what will we do while we are waiting? Go to another library of course.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Brad Delp - Suicide Never Really Solves Anything.
I don't know if Brad Delp was as nice a guy as people say he was. But ...Amy Hoffer, marketing director at the Glens Falls Civic Center, got to meet members of Boston when they played a show in Glens Falls a few years back. She called Brad Delp "the nicest rock star" she had ever met...
But I did enjoy a few of Boston's songs, even though I was never a huge fan of theirs, and as I suspected Boston had been playing in small clubs since the 80's.
But in the end suicide never really solves anything. Someone should of been able to Recognize the Signs of Suicide , but I guess that's all water under the bridge now.
"He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers,” the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. “He gave as long as he could, as best he could, and he was very tired. We take comfort in knowing that he is now, at last, at peace."
I know this news is 2 weeks old, but just thought I'd mention it.
Brad Delp - Suicide Never Really Solves Anything.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
So They Say
So TechCrunch says they get about 15,000 spam comments each day. But what they don't say is how many of those so called spam comments and spam trackbacks, are actually legitimate comments and trackbacks.
I know that the article I wrote yesterday on Who needs file sharing? used a trackback to this article on TechCrunch, but the trackback never appeared on their site. The overactive spam filter they use must have classified it as spam. How many other innocent comments and trackbacks are being classified as spam? Probably a lot. But that's what happens when you allow computer technology to monitor your comments and trackbacks.
15,000 spam comments each day? So they say.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Who Needs File Sharing?
A Lake George man sued over downloaded music. Noah Wells is among the 19 New Yorkers and 75 Americans targeted in the latest crackdown on illegal file-sharing. Wells was cited for downloading 10 songs -- by N Sync, Collective Soul, Don Henley, the Outfield, Billy Idol, U2, Def Leppard, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz and Eve. Not just downloading, but distributing them as well, through file sharing programs such as eDonkey, Bearshare, and Kazaa, and LimeWire.
Liz Kennedy, a spokeswoman for RIAA, said that under the U.S. Copyright Law, damages call for $750 per work stolen, with a maximum fine of $150,000.
If it were illegal to download songs off the internet, we'd all be in trouble, but of course what they're referring to is file sharing, downloading and redistributing songs without permission.
Bu I have found a better way of finding new music and sharing it with friends, and it's not illegal, and it's free. One of those sites I use frequently use is Finetune.com. I have one play list for Classic Country Music. I intend on making more later. But making a play list is a little difficult, because you have to have 45 songs in your play list before you can hear the full version of each song, otherwise you can only hear 30 seconds of each song before your play list is complete. Also each play list can only include 3 songs from 15 different artists. But all that aside, I like Finetune.com., and plan on using it more often.
And if you like classic rock concerts, check out http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/. There's a registration process, but it's free, and it's simple and its all 100% legal. And there's no downloading involved, it's all stream loaded. There are 100's of great classic rock concerts to choose from. So who needs file sharing?
Crazy People
So this video isn't actually about Glens Falls, but it certainly does remind me of quite a few crazy people who live in Glens Falls, and two of these crazy people in this video I actually know personally.
Friday, March 16, 2007
No Shamrock Shakes in Glens Falls
Yes I remember the Shamrock Shake, but no I never had a Shamrock Shake, because I don't really like milkshakes. These shamrock shakes usually appear this time each year at McDonald's in honor of Saint Patrick's Day. But I don't think you'll be able to find one in Glens Falls. Why? For one, Glens Falls doesn't have a McDonald's, Burger King yes, McDonald's no. Second I don't believe that the Shamrock Shake is actually available at any of the McDonald's in this area, at least I haven't seen them being advertised.
So if you are coming to Glens Falls in search of a McDonald's or a Shamrock Shake, you won't find neither, so just stay away man, look elsewhere!
A Murder at the Prom
Yes a Murder At The Prom will take place today at 6 p.m. and Saturday, at the Queensbury Hotel, in Glens Falls. Performed by the Glens Falls Community Theatre. $40 includes dinner and the show. 792-1740.
Stop Arresting people For Driving Sober!
Can we please stop arresting people for driving while intoxicated when they are sober?
A Hudson Falls Teen was charged with DWI early today, with a blood alcohol content of .07 percent, which means that he was sober, not intoxicated, but Craig M. Manney, 18, of 111 Maple Street was still charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, go figure. i'm sick of reading about people getting arrested for drunk driving when they aren't even drunk!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Pay No Attention To These Sick Individuals
The sick individuals I'm referring to are weather forecasters at the Post Star preaching about a Heavy Storm Warning with supposedly 8 to 16 inches of snow. If you live in Glens Falls. please ignore this warning, it's totally a bunch of nonsense. I have the official forecast on my computer, and as of right now, 3 to 6 incehs are expected, probably less.
So to those incompetent idiots who consistently mis-forecast the weather, just stop already. Stop the stupid nonsense and please for all our sakes, go into another profession.
Drunk Drivers Do It Again
Those crazy wacky drunk drivers are at it again. Since today is the beginning of the week here in Glens Falls, I usually like to give honorable mention to the first drunk drivers of the week. And it just so happens there were two arrested for DWI again this week.
First up we have Meagan A. Wells, 22, of Regency Park North, Queensbury who was arrested at approximately 2:45am today by Glens Falls Police Officer Tony Lydon who caught her veering out of her lane at the intersections of South St. and Broad. She had a whopping BAC of .09 percent. If she'd just waited a few minutes longer, for her BAC to drop below .08 she might have been charged with felony DWI. She was also ticketed for improper lane usage, of course, we can't overlook that, and she was released on her own recognizance.
Next up we have Harold R. Clothier Jr., 39, of 16 Rabideau Lane, Hudson Falls who was arrested at 4:15 a.m. today also by Tony Lydon who spotted him driving through the intersection of Warren and Glen streets, the heart of Glens Falls, without his headlights on. With all the damn fog last night, headlights didn't make much difference anyway, on or off. His BAC was .13 percent and he also was charged with the misdemeanor of third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, and was released on $100 bail.
I guess they don't want to keep drunk drivers in jail, they just want their drivers licenses suspended.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Visiting A City For The First Time
Well when traveling to a new city for the first time, whether it be Glens Falls or Daytona Beach, or Newport News, or any city for that matter, you want to immediately know where everything is.
You want to locate the supermarkets, namely the Walmart Supercenter, and you want to know what restaurants to eat at, and where the local library is, ect. The first thing I do is when I check into my motel room, is I immediately look through the yellow pages of the telephone book, you can usually find everything you need in there. But once you find the places you are looking for, you need to know how to get to them, and a lot of phone books do not provide a road map. So you will need to locate the nearest drug store and get a detailed road map of the city, these things have saved my life many times over.
And once you locate the local library you can go online and search for local restaurants with the wheel of food, or you can use the ultimate yellow pages, to look up businesses, and you can use online maps to locate addresses, and get directions.
And you can also pick up a local newspaper, or a free local community publication, to find out what is going on in the city.
Remember these tips work anywhere, not just in Glens Falls.
Since When Is Driving Sober A Felony?
A Glens Falls Man, Scott B. Singletary, was charged with felony DWI with a blood-alcohol content of 0.07 percent, below the 0.08 threshold for driving while intoxicated. A crack pipe was also found in his car and he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Now I may not be a lawyer, but I don't believe you can charge someone with a felony driving while intoxicated charge, when a person has a BAC of .07 percent, because well the person has to be intoxicated first, right? DUI yes, but felony DWI, I think not. The Glens Falls police do it again!
Friday, March 09, 2007
A Day In The Life Of a Glens Falls Resident
Crazy, but true. From the Madden Hotel, (Madden Hotel satellite map) to Labor Ready, (Labor Ready satellite map) to the Soup Kitchen, to the bars, and then back to the beginning again.
One big vicious circle in a depressing, mind numbing, existence.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
No Dues Required To Read The News!
After a failed attempt to successfully extort $13.95 per month from readers who wished to read the Post Star online, the Post Star has announced that their website is now completely free to read once again just like it used to be! So to all the chumps who have been faithfully paying $13.95 a month to read the latest Glens Falls news online over the past couple years, you will be issued a refund. NOT! Keep up the good work Post Star!
First Drunks Of The Week!
So today is the first day of the week in Glens Falls on the social calendar, as I explained last week. And I have to give honorable mention to a couple people.
First drunk drivers of the week:
There were two drunk drivers stopped and charged at about the same time. The first honorable mention goes to Angela M. Lowery, 26, of 18.5 Wall Street, Hudson Falls. 18.5? That's an odd house number isn't it? She drove into a few snowbanks on Elm Street, with a whopping blood-alcohol content of 0.17 percent, nearly double the 0.08 percent threshold for driving while intoxicated, the article said. Excuse me, but .17 is more than double. 
She also was charged with driving without a license and giving the cops a phony name, as if that would do any good, and failure to keep right. Cops said she was carrying $1,300 bucks when she was arrested, and was easily able to post the $500 bail. Did the judge know she was carrying 1300 dollars? If he did why didn't he set the bail at 1300 dollars, that's how small town judges operate isn't it?
But congratulations Angela, great job, keep up the good work!
Next up we have Michael L. Kelly, 25, of 48 Hidden Hills Drive, Queensbury, who forgot to use his little old blinker light when turning at the intersection of Broad and Staple streets. Damn! And he almost got away! With a BAC of 0.15 percent, he was charged with misdemeanor DWI and ticketed for failing to use a signal, and was released pending prosecution. Man that failure to use a turn signal charge has got to hurt.
Keep up the good work Michael!
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Friday, March 02, 2007
So Begins Another Week in Glens Falls
Technically Thursday is the beginning of the week in Glens Falls because in the Thursday edition of the Post Star, there is a publication called Go, thats it's name, and somewhere in the middle of that publication is a section called "gigs". And in that section you can find all of the interesting events that are happening for the next 7 days. And also Thursday is the day when The Chronicle is published, it's free of course, and you can sometimes find some interesting events listed in there.
You need to keep informed on What's Happening in Glens Falls so you won't go stark raving mad from boredom. Granted there may not be much happening, but there are things happening in this toddling town.
For tonight Friday March 2, 2007
Mulqueen's Public House, Mulqueen's public House satellite map formerly Bottoms Up, formerly Old McDonalds, formerly The Hometown, 234 Warren Street St. Glens Falls. 518-812-0596
Karaoke with DJ Chris 9pm. No Cover.
photo by kara c
Sorry, False Alarm, Evacuation Of Glens Falls Cancelled
Ok so maybe my command to evacuate Glens Falls yesterday was a bit premature. But do you really need an excuse to leave Glens Falls? I mean even if you do need an excuse to leave good old hometown USA, at the first mention of a severe weather alert, you should be packing up all your belongings and heading south, but most people would never do that. They'd literally have to be dragged from their homes kicking and screaming, some of them, even if there was no heat, and their roof had collapsed, and they were having a heart attack from shoveling snow out of their living rooms, would simply refuse to leave.
Why? I'm not sure, but I've always tried to remain mobile, ready to pick up and move at a moments notice. I may have stayed too long in the Glens Falls area, and can't seem to find a legitimate reason why I should relocate. But at the first mention of a Severe Weather Alert, with massive amounts of life threatening white stuff, (no not cocaine), I'm talking about snow, is enough reason for me to leave, I don't need to be told to evacuate. I issue my own command to evacuate, and I evacuate! Heading for points down south, the further south the better, the further from Glens Falls, the better.
But alas I didn't go. Why? Because I knew there was no mass quantities of snow on the way. I fell back on my weather prediction skills from 20 years ago that I learned when I was 13 years old. And my weather predicting instinct told me that since the high temperature for today was predicted to be around 40 degrees, well above the freezing point of 32 degrees, that there could not be any snow, only rain.
But in order to save face, and say ,"Snow?, What Snow? We never predicted any snow?", some of the weathermen have decided to delete some of their hasty weather predictions from their blogs, like Noah Francis, who had this entry on his blog, this is a screen capture as the original post, is no longer findable:
Apparently 3-6 inches is expected for Glens Falls, NOT!
Well weather forecasters you've let me down again. Couldn't you people just give us a hurricane or a flood or a tornado, or something with enough life threatening potential to make me pack up and leave this toddling town far behind? Maybe next time.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Plan Your Evacuation Route Now!
If the Winter Storm Warning is a legitimate warning for Friday:
then it's time to evacuate Glens Falls, and the surrounding areas.
They evacuate people during hurricanes, and floods and tornadoes, so why not during a potential snowstorm? Snowstorms are just as dangerous, people lose power in their homes and freeze to death, roofs collapse, cars run off the road, and people die from heart attacks while shoveling the crap. So evacuate now, while theres still time! Seriously. Head south to Pennsylvania, possibly Harrisburg:
or better yet, Daytona Beach:
