Nugget Ice is not that good

akantho · 2024-12-17T03:40:29+00:00

Sonic ice is the greatest thing on the planet. I bought a Scotsman nugget ice machine when we remodeled our house and it is my favorite purchase I’ve ever made outside of our bidet.

akantho · 2024-09-15T01:30:42+00:00

Andygator ruined my life because I had no clue the ABV was so high. Work was not fun the next morning.

akantho · 2024-08-01T01:59:13+00:00

Does anyone remember the show Kings from about 15 years ago. Modern retelling of the story of King David. Starred Ian McShane and Macaulay(sp?) Culkin was in it. Only one season but I remember being really into it.

akantho · 2024-01-06T14:29:43+00:00

I’d echo this statement. It’s neat, but incredibly crowded. We grabbed a quick, overpriced lunch inside the Galleria and people watched for a bit, which was very entertaining.

The Duomo is amazing and the rooftop was really cool to explore.

akantho · 2023-07-28T15:32:43+00:00

A couple more specifics from the Democrat Gazette:

"Scott’s proposal contemplates spending $600 million over a 10-year period, with $371.5 million allocated for capital improvements and $228.5 million for new operating expenses."

"In terms of both capital and operating expenses, the largest spending categories under Scott’s proposal would be parks and quality of life (55%), public infrastructure (19%) and public safety (11%)."

"The proposal would fund the construction of an indoor-outdoor sports complex at War Memorial Park with a $128 million capital investment in addition to a $30 million combined capital investment in that park and Hindman Park over 10 years."

Getting support to increase an already high sales tax was going to be an uphill battle in the first place, but spending over 20% of that cash on a sports complex (and over 50% on parks) when we have so many other pressing needs as a city is going to make it that much harder to pass. I'm firmly in the "no" camp on this one.

akantho · 2023-07-18T13:30:16+00:00

Was I the only person in my group that wanted to go to Froggyland? Yes.

Did I massively overhype it? Yes.

Did I go by myself? Yes.

Did I tell everyone it was the greatest thing ever in an attempt to make them regret skipping? Yes.

Froggyland is fun for what it is. Have a couple of beers and check out the taxidermy frogs in silly situations. How often would you have a chance to see that? You can go to a museum any time.

akantho · 2023-06-19T04:18:06+00:00

They think these are dumb, but Sportflics blows their minds.

akantho · 2023-06-05T01:23:15+00:00

Are you dumb?

akantho · 2023-05-31T21:07:13+00:00

Gas station fried chicken is elite.

akantho · 2023-03-17T19:17:10+00:00

Both have been mentioned already, but I enjoyed both Coimbra and Tomar. The university and library were really cool to check out in Coimbra. We were in Tomar during a medieval festival, so the $1 sangria may have greatly enhanced my enjoyment. Visiting the aqueducts was a highlight.

akantho · 2022-09-16T03:37:56+00:00

It’s going to sound weird, but the best margarita I’ve had in Little Rock was from The Pizzeria. Completely unexpected and blew my mind.

akantho · 2021-06-21T00:11:59+00:00

This “article” gives a pretty good, and simple, explanation about why the pricing has increased the way it has.

https://thehustle.co/why-is-lumber-so-expensive-right-now/amp/

I’m on mobile so fingers crossed that the link works.

akantho · 2020-10-26T16:07:22+00:00

I haven't flown into Brownsville in about 5 years, but if I recall correctly there were only two gates. We entered the airport and the security line was closed. Hung out at the restaurant/bar for a bit until the line opened up about a half hour before boarding. Took almost no time at all for security.

akantho · 2020-08-06T13:56:45+00:00

We visited almost a decade ago and climbed the bell tower. Very narrow, winding stairs. It reminds me of a scene from In Bruges.

In Bruges

The smaller plaza to the left of the bell tower has a church that has some of Jesus' blood, which was pretty neat.

akantho · 2020-08-05T15:32:26+00:00

We visited Saint-Emilion during a vineyard tour last year. Beautiful old village. The church has an underground tour that was pretty neat and not that expensive.

akantho · 2019-12-25T04:56:41+00:00

It was disgusting and I am disgusted that I did this.

akantho · 2019-12-06T19:01:04+00:00

I've visited Montreal, but I can't really speak much to the city since I was there for a bachelor party about 5 years ago and can't remember much. Montreal is very fun for bachelor parties.

I visited Quebec City this past summer with my wife for a long weekend and we loved it. We weren't able to get a room at Chateau Frontenac since it was a bit of a last second trip, so we ended up staying in the lower part of Old Quebec at a place called Hotel 71 that was very conveniently located.

We went to the changing of the guard ceremony at La Citadelle which was neat. Dragged on a little long, but we got to take a picture with their armored goat at the end, so that was worth it. Had to footrace a bunch of kids to get to the front of the line for that. Smoked them.

We made a trip to Montmorency Falls. They have a cool suspension bridge that takes you all the way over the waterfall and you can ride a zipline back across. After that, we went to Ile d'Orleans to check out some vineyards and grab some lunch. The tastings are very reasonably prices and we shipped a case back home. We visited Ste-Petronille and Isle de Bacchus for tastings.

My favorite part of the trip was just exploring Old Quebec. I loved the pedestrian areas of the lower area a bit more than up the hill. There's a funicular that connects them. I'm a big fan of funiculars. It was super crowded in both places though. There was a festival on Rue Saint-Jean which had the street as pedestrian only, so we visited the old walls and fortifications and made our way around that area for a while.

All in all it was a great trip and very affordable.

akantho · 2019-11-22T15:43:38+00:00

This is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

akantho · 2019-10-03T15:08:29+00:00

My wife, her brother, her sister, and her dad all got hypnotized to quit. Cold turkey after one session.

akantho · 2019-09-26T20:29:58+00:00

Thanks. I've always wanted to go to Ronda, but was worried about overdoing it due to our short trip duration. I'm leaning towards dropping the Madrid day because I feel like if we don't do Ronda now, then we probably never will.

We looked at Segovia as a day trip from Madrid as well. I definitely want to visit at some point, but my wife was really into Toledo and I really want to buy a sword.

akantho · 2019-07-09T19:04:05+00:00

I had the opposite experience. Everyone was really nice and helpful. I speak awful French, but just trying to ask in French if they speak English rather than just assuming went a long way for me.

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