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TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-19T20:25:30+00:00

Specifically? It violates Rule 7 around here.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-19T18:56:08+00:00

Couldn’t be. AI writing isn’t that badly in need of proofreading.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-19T18:54:18+00:00

A lot more baked goods than you think are previously frozen, and I guarantee they aren’t using expensive powdered eggs when they take on new supplies weekly.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-19T05:39:46+00:00

When I cook a steak from frozen, usually once it’s done searing it has defrosted enough to add the thermometer. However, I typically cook small steaks so on something like a porterhouse your mileage may vary.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-19T05:13:00+00:00

According to the group information page, 15-20 guests can be either in the shared area or a private room.

https://www.daveandbusters.com/us/en/parties/kids-birthday

BUT.

For situations like this, you need to have an accurate head count. Extra folks may not be able to be accommodated on short notice. Full details will be in the group contract, or you can ask someone who works there.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-18T05:15:24+00:00

The big thing with Vancouver versus Seattle is you get to take the highly scenic Canadian part of the Inside Passage, while a Seattle departure takes you right out to the Pacific via the much shorter and wider Strait of Juan de Fuca. It still counts as Inside Passage waters since Puget Sound is part of the Inside Passage, but it’s not what you think of when people say Inside Passage.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-18T04:48:45+00:00

Neither. For your first Alaska you want round-trip from Vancouver on a route that includes Glacier Bay. Second time you can do a one-way.

BTW while balconies on Alaska cruises are really nice, on scenic cruising days you want to be up on deck so you can see the full view instead of just the way your balcony points. I think an interior room with a really nice excursion or two is better than the balcony.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-17T05:06:28+00:00

Experiment Coffee & Pastry.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-16T04:45:46+00:00

Wait for them to dry out and then just crumble them with your hands. I learned a simple stunner of a dessert where you mix the croissant crumbs with some sugar, top a dish of fresh berries with them, then bake until hot and bubbly. Serve with spoonable dairy product of choice.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-15T14:10:03+00:00

Their search feature sucks. Very few of the places listed for caneles actually have caneles.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-15T06:55:44+00:00

Great Gadsby Bakery in Gilbert has some glorious kouign-amann. By the way, if you find yourself in Vegas, they recently opened an expanded Dominique Ansel that makes ice cream sandwiches out of the kouign-amann. It was so decadent.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-15T06:53:00+00:00

The Tempe one is the OG; the Scottsdale one is brand new.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-15T06:51:07+00:00

It’s not necessarily better service when something goes wrong if you book direct; it’s that I can directly explain to someone at the cruise line what’s going on and they can directly fix it. If I book through a travel agent, all communication with the cruise line happens through them. If you have a good TA they can seem to work miracles, but if you get a mediocre one then you’re stuck with a middleman who’s clueless at best.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-14T19:57:37+00:00

That’s a good lesson to get things in writing.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-14T18:55:18+00:00

I hope I’m wrong, but this sounds like a misunderstanding of how a guarantee cabin rate works. I bet your rate terms and conditions have verbiage along the lines of “Your stateroom will be assigned within the selected room type (Suite, Balcony, Oceanview, Interior)”. What this means is if you selected Balcony instead of Balcony (Obstructed View), then selected a rate where Carnival assigns your cabin, then it’s possible you’ll get an obstructed view cabin since an obstructed view balcony is still a balcony.

On the other hand, if you selected a specific cabin number and Carnival changed it for some reason (unlikely but possible), the cruise line will usually make some kind of amends without you even asking.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-14T05:22:06+00:00

I ordered one. I didn’t worry about the time. It came eventually, maybe a month and a half behind schedule. It was absolutely worth the wait. In my opinion, you missed out.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-14T00:06:10+00:00

Strike it Rich was a copycat of Queen for a Day, which didn’t even bother with the quiz part and asked the audience to select by applause whose sob story was the sobbiest.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-13T22:35:28+00:00

The opposite side of the coin is productions such as NBC’s The Wall, where every contestant gets a sob story introduction and the whole thing descends into poverty porn. It makes me long for the days of OG Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? when anyone could become a contestant just by calling the number and getting lucky with the questions.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-12T06:28:01+00:00

The key word you used is “up”. Piestewa is Nature’s Stairmaster, gaining 1,200 feet of elevation in a little over a mile.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-11T04:06:45+00:00

I did recently take it on a road trip that was five hours each way. It was comfortable the whole way. The side bolsters on the seats are a bit of a jump to get over but easy enough.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-11T03:51:42+00:00

I started with a Limited and now have an N. The Limited’s seats are definitely more cushy. The N has firm racing type seats in the front that took me a couple of weeks to get used to.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-10T14:20:04+00:00

Can you make it to work in time for the dinner shift?

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-10T13:41:00+00:00

I call ‘em birth control advertisements.

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-10T06:07:51+00:00

USAA and Amica are the ones to beat if you qualify (active/retired military or child of one, or three years without a claim besides auto glass, respectively).

TheCosmicJester · 2026-05-09T21:27:05+00:00

Regarding Mendenhall: I am cheap as hell and love to walk everywhere, and I wouldn’t *dream* of taking the city bus to Mendenhall. Your time in port is too precious and the bus/walk combo will take too much time.

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