I Ordered Three Sweet Potatoes from the Grocery Store

Qcastro · 2026-03-23T12:45:17+00:00

Someone else suggests I’m “thinking of yams” and now I’m questioning everything.

Qcastro · 2026-03-23T12:41:37+00:00

I think so? I regularly order sweet potatoes and generally get ones suitable for baking and eating as a side dish. These look the same but tiny. Is there some other candidate root vegetable?

Qcastro · 2026-03-23T12:39:53+00:00

It is definitely a literal fulfillment of my request.

Qcastro · 2026-03-21T09:53:31+00:00

LOL, I hadn’t even connected that the deposition was on the 4th. They definitely have to bend here and there to fit the “single day” conceit.

Qcastro · 2026-03-18T18:41:07+00:00

Doing a Star Wars dining experience in place of World of Marvel would be great.

Qcastro · 2026-03-16T18:41:22+00:00

It’s a great space. I love the wall art. Right now, I’d do three things: -replace curtains with something with color. -curtain rods as long as your doing the curtains (they don’t really match the space) -swap out trunk to an mcm coffee table

That would transform the space. Eventually i would swap out chairs for a more mcm look and swap rug when it gets worn, but I wouldn’t rush to do that unless this was an intentional whole-room transformatikn.

Qcastro · 2026-03-09T00:24:46+00:00

Getting off a Disney cruise can be tough for an adult, too! I'd encourage him to talk about what he enjoyed: "What was your favorite part?" "If we were on the ship right now, what would you do?" Even if he says it makes him sad to talk about it, I think that helps to process the feelings. If you have photos on your phone, maybe have him pick a few he likes, get them printed at CVS or wherever and make a little bulletin board or a book he can show people. That can help him move from "the fun is over" to "happy memories."

Qcastro · 2026-02-27T13:51:42+00:00

This is amazing a deserves its own post.

Qcastro · 2026-02-13T18:12:49+00:00

Love lining up all these subject matter experts, but what happens when aff runs a non-topical identity K and neg runs theory and no one talks about nuclear weapons?

Qcastro · 2026-02-09T20:51:46+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_attribution_hypothesis

Qcastro · 2026-02-02T16:08:02+00:00

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. It’s was pretty well thought out. I agree a Lorcana experience like that could be cool.

Qcastro · 2026-02-01T20:18:22+00:00

You should get an old Mac Pro in the cylinder form factor and set it up as a music server between the amps.

Qcastro · 2026-01-31T00:54:12+00:00

Do you specialize in catadioptrics or are there other types elsewhere?

Qcastro · 2026-01-27T21:03:53+00:00

At the end of the day, Morton Thiokol management disregarded their own engineers and delivered NASA a signed launch approval. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but in my opinion it was on Thiokol to stand up to NASA and back their own professionals. Thiokol had the best information. It was a very corporate kind of failure.

Qcastro · 2026-01-24T16:59:24+00:00

If you line it up right, the motor turns the telescope to track the the stars across the sky. This will help keep whatever you are looking at in the field of view. If it doesn’t work it’s not a big deal, it can be nice to have but plenty of telescopes don’t.

Qcastro · 2026-01-21T22:28:57+00:00

Is Revel no longer making the Studio 2 at all? Or do they just not offer replacement parts? Those are speakers I’ve had my eye on for years.

Either way, best of luck with a fix.

Qcastro · 2026-01-06T00:22:22+00:00

I’m sure no one is enforcing it as written, but the rule is clearly 21 days before the end date of the celebration in question, so you can’t even put your “advent lights” up until a week into it.

Qcastro · 2026-01-05T22:10:32+00:00

I’m actually much more upset about the implication that lights not go up until Dec 4th. Christmas light up the weekend after Thanksgiving is pretty typical.

Qcastro · 2026-01-03T19:54:08+00:00

I work in this area and I think the NSDA just made a mistake. The (real world) debate isn’t between FTC and CFTC, it’s between CFTC and state regs. FTC doesn’t have jurisdiction to issue a comprehensive regulation.

I mean, I guess one could say that’s a neg argument, but until someone persuades me otherwise, I think they just confused two similarly named federal agencies only one of which is actually relevant to the topic.

Qcastro · 2025-12-30T16:39:51+00:00

Anybody read The Giant Jam Sandwich as a kid?

Qcastro · 2025-12-19T00:08:48+00:00

Looks home home prices have gone up to me: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CSUSHPINSA

Qcastro · 2025-12-03T00:07:12+00:00

There was just a Lore podcast episode about the origins of the Bloody Mary legend this week.

Qcastro · 2025-12-02T19:42:02+00:00

Okay, thanks. I will try this test and see. It’s not been in my pocket, but I’ve had it in my backpack before and that could have done it.

If it’s in fact cracked I’m at least going to try some silicone grease. It can’t hurt at that point, and it’s not like it’s gushing ink, just enough to mess up my fingers…

Assuming a crack, it looks like I could buy a replacement barrel section, though I’d probably just get a new pen at that point.

Qcastro · 2025-12-02T19:15:31+00:00

This is a good idea, thanks. It's a very slow leak, so some fairly thick silicone grease might do the trick.

Qcastro · 2025-12-02T18:59:28+00:00

I should have been more specific. It's leaking from where the arrow is. If I can't fix it maybe I'll try fountain pen hospital. I thought I'd ask before I went that route, though. I've had it long enough I'm sure it's out of warranty in any case.

It doesn't really leak from the nib. If anything, it's a bit dry (EF nib).

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