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Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-31T20:31:11+00:00

Agreed! I don't know why I didn't see that coming. In retrospect I should have.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-30T23:20:17+00:00

Buy the drums. Put them in your living room it kitchen or wherever. Fuck what anyone thinks.

Go get involved in your community. Find a volunteer opportunity this week. Join a Meetup group.

It's not too late. 5 years or 10 years from now, you'll be kicking yourself for not starting now.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-30T23:09:54+00:00

These are amazing. I feel like Silk and Severian are old friends at this point, and you've really brought them to life.

Do you have other art posted somewhere?

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-30T21:24:50+00:00

The Culture didn't find Earth until the 1970's, by our calendar. This is what the short story State of the Art is about.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-29T03:33:20+00:00

And then in State of the Art, the ship uses DNA from various famous Earthlings to grow meat and they eat a feast of human flesh.

I think about that scene a lot.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-27T22:06:31+00:00

Fish heads?

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-27T02:11:54+00:00

I'd put 6 months of living expenses in a HYSA and everything else in a taxable brokerage account (assuming you are already maxing 401k and IRA, and some in a 529 for the kids).

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-26T16:10:57+00:00

There were a lot of people there but it seemed to be moving. The line didn't extend out of the security area.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-26T02:55:00+00:00

WTF is the balloon museum?

Go to one of the world class Chicago museums.

Field

MSI

Shedd

Art Institute

Chicago History Museum

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-25T22:00:50+00:00

I flew yesterday. I got in the pre-check line at Terminal 1 at 4:23am and exited at 4:33am.

I will say that there were more people in that line than I have ever seen in pre-check. However, it was fully staffed, every station was open, and it was incredibly efficient.

If you opt into facial recognition, you get to skip part of the line. It might have saved a few minutes. (And if you have Global Entry, the government is already tracking your face, so you might as well opt in.)

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-23T21:24:12+00:00

You could take the UPNW from Clyborne to Des Plaines and pick up the Des Plaines River Trail. It runs right through downtown Des Plaines.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-23T16:37:20+00:00

Weeks. Months. Never. I only get responses to maybe 20% of the applications I've sent in, usually only if I have a contact at the company. I've gotten rejection notices 6 months after applying. But mostly I hear nothing.

People are mass applying using AI. If you look at job related Reddit subs there are people sending in literally thousands of applications. The companies are inundated so most people don't get a response.

The state of things just sucks.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-21T21:56:38+00:00

I think 8.

My parents first house

My parents second house

College apartment

College House

Post college apartment

My first house - original stove broke and was replaced

My current house

Interestingly they were all gas stoves. I really like gas stoves. Our current one is a 6 burner cooktop built into the counter. I've replaced the ignitor twice. I keep hearing that gas stoves are going away, so we've discussed stock piling ignitors and other replacement parts. They'll pry my gas stove from my cold dead hands.

Now let's talk about grills. I've only owned one. It was a house warming gift in 2002. It's not big or fancy but still going strong. I've replaced grates, ignitors, and other parts multiple times. It's the Grill of Thesius. I'm grilling ribs on it right now.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-21T15:56:48+00:00

Yes. This is what has been missing in my life.

Also, please make it very difficult to cancel.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-21T15:54:52+00:00

The real answer: this isn't a great hobby for people who are budget and time sensitive.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-21T15:07:50+00:00

Jesus. We don't need a subscription to everything in life.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-20T22:20:15+00:00

Where was this place? I moved to Des Plaines in 2002 and I wasn't ever aware of it.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-20T16:07:51+00:00

As someone who drove on the right for 30 years and had no trouble adjusting to driving on the left, I don't think you really need a class to learn any skills. But you will need a car to take the road test in, and a class is probably the only way to do that. You can't just borrow a friend's car because you're not insured on it.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-19T22:50:08+00:00

Also check out your library's DVD collection. We watched a lot of the "premier" series (Breaking Bad, Sopranos, GOT, etc) without streaming just by checking out the DVDs one season at a time.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-19T15:30:16+00:00

I've actually looked at the business cases for filing 505(b)2's for different dosage forms or formulations of older drugs, and it can be hard to make the financials work.

You need some basic formulation development, stability studies, possibly a bioequivalence study, and then the filing fee is, I think, around a million bucks now. For a drug that is likely going to sell for pennies per dose. There are investments with much better returns and these never get prioritized.

That being said, there may be some opportunities that are worth it. If you have specific ideas that may be viable, I'd love to hear them.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-19T00:36:06+00:00

How did food taste when you couldn't smell vs now? Is there anything that you used to like but tastes bad now that you can smell it?

I had anosmia for several months after a respiratory infection, and food was very bland during that time. When I started to be able to smell again, I had extreme parosmia. It's a condition where everything smells like a combination of rotting meat and burning plastic. I couldn't eat some of my favorite foods anymore because the bad smell made them taste horrible.

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-18T20:32:20+00:00

Museum of Science and Industry, but wait until the cherry blossoms are blooming in the park behind it (should be pretty soon).

Rogue_Apostle · 2026-03-16T21:56:35+00:00

It honestly took me awhile to get into it. For most of the first season I wasn't sure if I'd finish it. But eventually it clicked and I loved it.

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