This is the man they nicknamed “Odd Bob.” He is the subject of this month’s episode, that is, my acquaintance with him. I worked in a camera store in Buffalo and Robert Elmer Kleasen, a photography buff, was a customer of ours for a short time. He was also an ex-Texas death row inmate. His […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gRb_MuUgg&feature=PlayList&p=B76E7D5CBF8E3CDE&index=0&playnext=1] This slideshow is from the Buffalo Blizzard of ’77. Buffalo is my hometown. I lived in Chicago, which is colder and Boston, which chills you to the bone more. But Buffalo has its own brand of famous weather. And after the steel mills and the other industries like Trico left town, Buffalo experienced a […]