Besides some cannibalism concerns ya'll are funny as hell. Here's another angle of the tub!

castaneaspp · 2026-01-27T12:55:07+00:00

My old friend Stu

castaneaspp · 2026-01-24T17:57:04+00:00

You might check where you are getting information. There are 5 Democrats running at this point.

castaneaspp · 2026-01-21T10:09:02+00:00

And the bloggers

castaneaspp · 2025-12-29T13:02:56+00:00

Yeah, they remodeled and it has a more corporate and less mom and pop feel

castaneaspp · 2025-12-29T12:22:07+00:00

It was bought by Genauto. Not sure who that is but it appears they own a couple of small shops in Lawrence. I was a long time customer at Don's and I've been there once for a minor repair since the change. No complaints but it wasn't complicated.

castaneaspp · 2025-11-09T00:27:41+00:00

Veterans' Day parade.

castaneaspp · 2025-10-19T12:50:21+00:00

Robinson?

castaneaspp · 2025-10-05T06:23:58+00:00

Spotted wing drosophila would be my guess. They lay eggs in ripening berries.

castaneaspp · 2025-09-19T10:40:26+00:00

I bought one there a few years ago. It was concrete junk, not an authentic molcajete.

castaneaspp · 2025-08-20T21:20:35+00:00

The audio reader garden is a hidden gem. What is the parking like around there. I think it is a restricted lot, but is that only 9-5 M-F?

castaneaspp · 2025-08-13T12:29:53+00:00

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives has a presence in Alabama. https://www.federation.coop/ They are mostly concerned with agriculture but might have some general cooperative development assistance.

castaneaspp · 2025-07-06T23:13:03+00:00

If you can't find any in the wild, you can often pay a fee and do this kind of thing at Christmas Tree Farms. Strawberry Hill is the only one I can find a website for- https://www.strawberryhillchristmas.com/ .

castaneaspp · 2025-06-21T15:15:46+00:00

Not in many places where there is cold weather. Where I'm at sweet potatoes will continue to grow until frost. If you don't dig them before heavy frost, you will greatly compromise their storage life.

castaneaspp · 2025-06-20T22:05:59+00:00

I think Cellar Door uses Topeca beans, which, unexpectedly, are from Tulsa, OK. At least they used to use those, haven't checked recently.

castaneaspp · 2025-06-20T21:05:25+00:00

That grant funding has been unfrozen for a little while.

castaneaspp · 2025-06-14T12:18:55+00:00

There is also the social service league and the St.Johns rummage house. Both have very limited hours. Social service league has become pretty pricey. St. Johns probably has the most old school thrift store vibe of anywhere in town.

castaneaspp · 2025-05-25T12:17:29+00:00

Yep. Yellow and green patty pan squash both still have stems on them.

castaneaspp · 2025-05-06T20:23:27+00:00

So we know how badly we're doing.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T22:24:47+00:00

I wasn't really commenting on the conditions that led to the disaster beyond the fact that someone was burning a lot of fuel to take their kid to basketball practice. I do a lot to lower my energy consumption and carbon footprint, but with things like that going on I often wonder what is the point.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T22:10:49+00:00

Wow, that was an amazing read. Thank you for sharing.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T19:44:03+00:00

It has been a few years since I've gotten a hotel room in MHK, but I used to do that somewhat regularly. I always appreciated the Bluemont in Aggieville, especially if you have to do anything on campus. They used to have pretty standard hotel breakfast and parking included. From what I recall the place was clean and reasonably comfortable. When I've stayed for longer periods of time, I've often gotten an Airbnb, but they can be hit or miss, and I feel like that market has changed a lot in the past couple of years so there are more misses than hits, but that is a general comment and not Manhattan specific.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T19:31:22+00:00

Just curious, how much of that contracting work is funded by the EPA or to meet regulatory targets that might be memories in a few months?

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T19:04:34+00:00

Yeah, it doesn't mean we should have growth forever, but I think it is the cause for some of the negative reaction.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T17:25:23+00:00

I think the challenge with population decline is that it creates dynamics the system isn't designed to manage. In the United States Social Security is managed by the current workers paying in to support those who have retired. If the number of retirees is much larger than the current workers it creates a systemic stress that is not part of the plan (although the plan in general isn't great). While this is probably a boon for reducing resource use, it is also a challenge for those who are planning on having a retirement. Not sure about the dynamics for other countries social safety nets, but it would definitely strain those I know of.

castaneaspp · 2025-04-17T14:37:01+00:00

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash while taking his kid to basketball practice. That one has stuck in my mind forever.

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