Flickr user: Leo Reynolds
I’m putting this post under the ‘Fun’ category because it made me laugh when I read the statement from the CFO of the Thruway Authority. Read this short article that appeared in the Democrat and Chronice (and other NYS newspapers) recently:

Traffic drops by 2 million on Thruway; agency forced to cut costs
Joseph Spector • Albany bureau • August 27, 2008
ALBANY — High gasoline prices and a sluggish economy led to nearly 2 million fewer cars and trucks on the state Thruway in June and July compared with the same period in 2007, state records show.
“This …

A Guilty Agent: The Shadowy Role of Timothy McVeigh
By Wendy S. Painting
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial - Flickr user: Citron Smurf
What may seem like conspiracy theories surrounding the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, have been given more credibility do to newly released internal defense memos for Timothy James McVeigh, who was convicted and executed for his role as “Mastermind” and “Lone Wolf Bomber.” McVeigh, who was said to have orchestrated the bombing with minimal help from two Army buddies, may not have been what he seemed. A source out of Austin, Texas memorialized in …

Here’s a really cool picture that I found on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/259774103/

Photo by travelinlibrarian. Visible in the photo are Buffalo, Rochester and the Finger Lakes!