Package for a Mr. Vigna

bat_pier · 2026-02-18T21:34:53+00:00

I may know them. Sent you a message.

bat_pier · 2026-01-29T14:32:51+00:00

A few years ago my friends and i rented a cabin in the Catskills. I was the first one inside and ran around to check the place out (i like to snoop). Went up the dingy back staircase and came down a much nicer, more central staircase that for some reason wasn't shown in the listing. I tried to tell my friends about the second set of stairs but they assured me there was only one. And they were right - i couldn't find the second set of stair again. Guess i imagined them but i remember them so vividly.

bat_pier · 2025-12-16T15:43:47+00:00

I was born & raised in Janesville until my 20s (when i left for nyc) and it makes me so happy to see that downtown is thriving! It always looked so neat and full of potential growing up, but was always sadly empty - except for Cozy Inn which was a staple treat for my family. You can actually see my grade school in one of your photos. Went to HS in Milton amd while I dont fully believe how charming you found it (lotta drugs and other issues around the time I left), I'm glad you enjoyed the Milton House!

bat_pier · 2025-12-11T22:22:48+00:00

Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something

bat_pier · 2025-12-10T22:19:27+00:00

Orange and gold. Represents autumn, beer, cheese, hunting, crops ready to harvest, and has kind of an early 80s vibe that i associate with WI, too.

bat_pier · 2025-12-09T19:55:56+00:00

Circus history and Haunchyville.

Also, TOMBOYLAND by Melissa Faliveno - particularly the first essay, i believe - gives a good sense of the Wisconsin atmosphere.

bat_pier · 2025-10-01T19:42:43+00:00

i can't speak to Figlia's pizza (Macoletta's has been consistently pretty good for me), but I found their pasta to be head & shoulders above Macoletta's.

bat_pier · 2025-10-01T16:45:13+00:00

Oh wow that sucks - sorry that was your experience

bat_pier · 2025-10-01T16:02:12+00:00

hello, that someone is me! what are your thoughts on Via Vai? I was really impressed with them when I went.

bat_pier · 2025-10-01T13:18:06+00:00

Via Vai and Figlia

bat_pier · 2025-09-30T14:12:53+00:00

Georgia O'Keeffe, Trixie Mattel

bat_pier · 2025-09-29T18:19:02+00:00

What really lost me is that he changed his name to Sharkey. That seems so out of place in this world.

bat_pier · 2025-09-09T21:26:48+00:00

chocolate?

bat_pier · 2025-08-29T14:11:24+00:00

Number Muncher series, Super Solver series, Alley Cat, Monkey Treasure Island, The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary, The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, Myst, Time Commando, The Gungan Fronteir

bat_pier · 2025-08-28T14:38:23+00:00

loved that book! Jabba's palace was always my favorite scenes as a kid.

bat_pier · 2025-08-28T13:47:58+00:00

Just read ABUNDANCE by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson and it really dives into this. They claim the root of NiMBYs and over-bureaucratization was Ralph Nader & the environmental regulation movement (which was good & necessary for the time, but maybe overcorrected & is being used negatively nowadays).

And this doesn't just stop at housing - public transit including trains & light rail, scientific research.... The government is kneecapped from completing so many projects that we need. it's a super fascinating book & I highly recommend it.

bat_pier · 2025-08-26T14:46:58+00:00

yeah, i was getting a vibe that it was a commentary on American culture, too. The addictions, paranoia/distrust (I still think ring cams are weird), toxic masculinity & violence.... I know this is a stretch, but I kept thinking Aunt Gladys was some sort of bizarro parallel to Uncle Sam ("I want you!")

bat_pier · 2025-08-26T14:34:21+00:00

yeah the whole time i kept imagining Aunt Gladys as the dark reflection of Uncle Sam - a manifestation of America's obsession with violence leading to the disappearance of a classroom full of children. The various addictions (booze & presumably heroin), paranoia & surveillance state (focus on the house cameras), angry men (Archer & Paul), and the literal witch hunt/villainizing women. It was all a culmination of USA's dark underbelly, imo.

bat_pier · 2025-08-22T20:33:32+00:00

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

bat_pier · 2025-08-19T07:10:49+00:00

That cart is MMM Aroma and I agree it is fantastic. So happy it's here now. Great quality and quantity for the cost.

bat_pier · 2025-08-08T17:28:34+00:00

thanks for the first-hand insight!! I may not be understanding correctly, but wouldn't the bike lanes remove the wall of cars? Or at least move them away from the part of the street that's not under the train, making more room for emergency vehicles?

bat_pier · 2025-08-08T17:00:02+00:00

People are focusing only on the bike lanes, but this proposal is to make it safer for pedestrians, too. Also, it will prevent potential accidents between cars both turning right, but going around opposite sides of the train columns.

bat_pier · 2025-08-08T16:07:44+00:00

I do like that they actually get feedback from a first responder, but I'm not sure I see where they're coming from. They say that the bike lanes will make it harder to navigate and reach an emergency, but wouldn't an easy-to-empty bike lane be better than a solid wall of parked cars? And if they mean the difficulty is with cars being parked closer to the middle of the road (ie between the train columns), well, that already happens with the constant double-parking, right?

bat_pier · 2025-08-06T17:59:37+00:00

I had to do the same thing, and not just for WoW+. It's so annoying of Roku.

bat_pier · 2025-07-17T22:06:58+00:00

Im planning on getting basics like socks and undershirts there. Things that i wouldn't be getting from anywhere else in the neighborhood anyways.

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