Out With '25, In With '26

   I continued my pirate radio gig and combined it with a New Year's Party.  CJ consisted of the entire in-person party by walking up the hill from his place downtown.  Several others joined and put in requests from afar.  I didn't make it to midnight, but I thought 10 was a good effort.

   Gail and Becca continued their New Year tradition by doing a 10,000 yard swim.  It wasn't linear in the lake (you can see the frozen Inlet behind them).  They went to the pool at Island Fitness and some of their swimming buddies joined them for part of the morning.

   After leaving the WVBR studio on the first, I found a fire escape on East Hill that has a decent view of the towers at Ithaca College.  Maybe next year I'll remember there's a clear view from the apartment complex on State/ MLK Blvd.

  One of my first projects of the new year was to finally try out widening the treads on the basement steps.  Vastly improved and I no longer need to turn my feet at an angle.  It's a big deal.

 

  The Bills played their final game in Rich Stadium, though I'm told it wasn't called that anymore, I don't care.  I went to many games there in the 80's, and a few in the 70's and 90's.  Pat went to the final game and got some swag.  Our family and the neighbor's rode together for decades to the games, and Scott and I exchanged texts the day of the last game to compare most memorable events.  He picked the one where the van we used got stolen.  I picked these this one, particularly the moment one of the goalposts was carried through the parking lot, and this one (read the comments to find one of two I've ever posted to youtube).