The Buffalo Chronicle
Norb’s Corner
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Nature always wins
BY NORBERT RUG I’ve always said that there are too many humans on earth and that no matter what we humans do or what we build, nature always wins. I see more…
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Hoarding toilet paper
BY NORBERT RUG I find it amazing the way some people behave when it comes to hoarding. Let a blizzard approach or other disaster hit and we descend on stores, like the…
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A season of self-quarantine
BY NORBERT RUG Donna, my wife, and I have gone into self-imposed quarantine. It’s not that we have the coronavirus or any of the symptoms, it’s just that we are trying to…
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April fools is a Festivus
BY NORBERT RUG April 1st is a day for practical jokes in many countries around the world. In honor of this, I have decided to list a few of the pranks I…
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling
BY NORBERT RUG So now we have a Coronavirus pandemic. We went shopping this morning to pick up a few supplies. We first went for some Tylenol. There was a big vacant…
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day
I think it is time for the U.S. government to honor the promise they made to our veterans. As a veteran, I fulfilled my side of the contract and I think it…
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Norb’s corner: “All the lonely people, where do they all come from?” The Beatles, 1966
America is one of the countries in the world where their senior citizens are frequently ignored and forgotten.
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Living better with Niagara Hospice
I hesitated calling them because I thought that meant I was giving up. I would never give up!
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Norb’s Corner: paper or plastic?
BY NORBERT RUG The recent decision by New York State to prohibit single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it an ideal time to reexamine one of my favorite environmental…
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An offer I couldn’t refuse: Chapter Two
BY NORBERT RUG Tony kept asking me to spend a weekend working down there and I kept refusing. Finally I told him it would be a while because I wanted to bring…
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An offer I couldn’t refuse: Chapter One
BY NORBERT RUG I am sure most of us have taken on a few “side hustles” to make a bit of extra money beyond their regular job. I have had several of…
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Customer (Dis) Service
BY NORBERT RUG I recently had some discussions about customer service due to some less than favorable experiences I had. I spent a rather cold night recently due to a botched thermostat…
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year… (Merry Sickness and a Happy Penu-monia)
BY NORBERT RUG Life is filled with ironies. It was strange having an article published on Christmas Day about how much I enjoyed our traditions around the holidays. Odd that this would…
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The holiday season brings Christmas time memories
BY NORBERT RUG For several weeks prior to Christmas I remember getting the “wish books” in the mail from Sears, JC Penney’s, Montgomery Ward’s and other retailers. As a child I would…
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Never let the facts get in the way of a good opinion
BY NORBERT RUG We all have opinions about things and if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have very much to write about. We typically have an assortment of personal feelings. They…
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Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive
BY NORBERT RUG I have prostate cancer. This has now metastasized for the third time after being in remission for a few years. I am now, once again, fighting. Fighting the cancer…
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Disclaimers
BY NORBERT RUG The opinions written here reflect those of the writer only. They do not necessarily reflect those of this newspaper, or its employees. This newspaper does not endorse these opinions…
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The Club 747
BY NORBERT RUG In the 60’s and 70’s, the drinking age was 18 in New York, which meant I was sneaking into bars when I was 16, and I was not the…
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Food for thought
BY NORBERT RUG During the fall, food banks all across America remind people that hunger never goes away. Around the holidays they will see an increase in donations because people feel more…
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The more Holloween changes, the more it stays the same
BY NORBERT RUG I was sitting, looking out my window one morning recently, watching the falling leaves fluttering by, and waving goodbye to the summer when my thoughts turned to Halloween at…
