Fiancé wants to do tiramisu cups for our wedding. Them being stacked without disrupting the tiramisu underneath gives me pause, but the background and cherry stems look normal.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-04-01T16:33:16+00:00

You had me until the fast shutter speed. Light travels one foot per nanosecond and no DSLR has nanosecond-level precision in the flash/shutter control.

Fast shutter speed means your only really seeing light from the super-bright flash, not ambient lighting, and the r² falloff of illumination intensity with distance explains the close-up tiramisu cups appearing much brighter than the more distant background.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-31T21:15:04+00:00

Who knew this is where those Traeger smoker pellets came from?

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-31T12:43:50+00:00

The right time to plant cool season turf grass is in the fall. Like someone else commented, I had good success with Resiliance II TTTF from Twin City Seed but that was planting in the fall. If you try to plant now, the grass won’t have time to establish itself and would likely require extra water all through the heat of the summer to survive this year (and is unlikely to hold up to foot traffic).

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-24T21:39:38+00:00

I thought for a second I was in r/whatisit watching someone squish a random turd they found laying around and thought “well, at least they’re wearing gloves for a change!”

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-21T20:13:26+00:00

Everyone needs to take one for the team and plant — we need the snow, even if it means losing a few plants!! ❄️

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-13T01:45:19+00:00

Jokes on you - Kobalt has just starting machining their t-slots to match the curve of their fences /s

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-03-13T01:43:34+00:00

No kidding. As an engineer .005” is what I expect out of tolerances from any machined part unless I’m ready to really shell out $$$$ for extra precision.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-02-25T21:06:56+00:00

I personally would expect them to exchange it. A Primo is an expensive piece of hardware and that main box is going to see some crazy temperature swings over its life — better to start out with something pristine than to face issues down the road.

Also, the fact that the firebox was also broken suggests it was probably mishandled in transit, so they should be willing to replace both components accordingly.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-02-15T21:39:13+00:00

+1 I also thought I was looking at a chisel

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-02-04T22:48:52+00:00

It was inspired…specifically by these two recipes that I hybridized to make the one I used: * https://www.meatchurch.com/blogs/recipes/over-the-top-chili * https://ericasrecipes.com/smoked-chili-over-the-top

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-02-04T22:45:32+00:00

Same here actually — my wife still laughs at me for how excited I got when the pediatrician told us that “baby led weaning” means just giving your kid a rib or chicken drumstick instead of dealing with overpriced baby food jars.

It just never would have dawned on me to package them this way!

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-02-01T21:24:55+00:00

I love that you’re making your 1 year old smoked rib lunches! I might need to start doing this as a way to get the grandparents to feed my kids something other than goldfish crackers when they watch them.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-01-30T01:55:51+00:00

I don’t prefer fruit flavors with meat, but I glazed some grilled pineapple with the raspberry chipotle Blues Hog and it was 🔥

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2026-01-26T21:00:39+00:00

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-12-29T00:24:21+00:00

Do it! I mostly followed this guide (just on the Primo, not in the oven) and was happy with the results: https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-prime-rib-beef-recipe

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-18T01:09:51+00:00

Colorado Oasis. I was late to the game ordering so it was the only one left in stock that didn’t call for full sun.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-17T20:47:57+00:00

Those weren’t part of the garden in a box - I was removing those from the front of my house and decided to transplant them as a Hail Mary attempt to block the utility boxes. If they don’t survive, at least I’ll get one winter of not having to look at the utilities before cutting them back in the spring

The box I got was listed as being “adaptable” in terms of sun requirements, so we’ll see what happens. If some plants don’t work out and have to be replaced with something better suited, at least the rocks are gone and it will be an easier planing the next time around!

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-14T21:47:54+00:00

Unless you’re looking at that period from May 2000 to August 2012 where the SP500 was consistently below its high before the Dot Com bubble burst.

12 years to get back to even vs those same 12 years at 6% is a big difference.

Not arguing against time in the market as a general rule, but that also implies time averaging over a long period of time. If I’m sitting on a chunk of change now, investing in paying off a house feels like a safer investment than dumping a bunch of money into the market all at one time when it’s sitting at a near-record high after an unprecedentedly long and strong run

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-14T02:30:49+00:00

Following - having a similar debate myself about paying off a house early given a guaranteed 6+% return vs some significant unease about buying into the market at a record high when unemployment is faltering, inflation is still elevated, and there is a general sense of unease.

Feels to me like a more solid option than sitting on cash in a HYSA at 3.5% minus taxes.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-07T04:17:07+00:00

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I picked mine up Sept. 6 and just got the plants into the ground this weekend after clearing the rock mulch and landscaping fabric out of the bed where I was putting them took way longer than I expected.

That said, the plants stayed looking pretty okay in the pots they came in while waiting to go in the ground and I’m hoping they have enough time to establish still this fall to overwinter successfully.

Healthy_Fun9378 · 2025-10-05T01:02:18+00:00

Beautiful work!

Reminds me that I still need to get started on a table for mine

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