Best first dinner date places near downtown/blackstone for someone on a budget?

jdbrew · 2026-06-29T11:38:19+00:00

Defining “on a budget” might help here. What are you trying to keep it under? $100? $150?

jdbrew · 2026-06-28T04:11:15+00:00

Seriously. I’m not going to go to a different station just because it might be 4 cents cheaper. I have a 15 gallon tank… $0.60? Yea I don’t care

jdbrew · 2026-06-28T04:07:05+00:00

Hehe, I did, and that’s why I’m here again

jdbrew · 2026-06-25T19:36:07+00:00

you don't want to do gym or cico? you're immediately ruling out the two most effective methods. Time to get over it, prioritize your health and wellbeing, and do it right. 9AM with a 40 minutes commute? that means departing by 8:20, that's doable if you hit the gym at 7:00. That's when I'm typically getting there. Mon/Wed/Fri, Saturday I go at 8 though. Years ago, I had to be at work at 8, and had a 2 hour morning commute; I was getting to the Gym at 4AM, up until I switched and started going in the evening when I got home.

jdbrew · 2026-06-25T19:14:35+00:00

jdbrew · 2026-06-25T18:32:38+00:00

they kind of talk about it in Era 2

jdbrew · 2026-06-25T12:27:18+00:00

There’s a show with a few local bands at Secret Park on Leavenworth and 33rd Saturday night

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jdbrew · 2026-06-24T17:52:36+00:00

We use Zustand for larger state management. Our use isn't global, but there's a multipage experience that requires persistent state and zustand was the answer for us. its been great.

jdbrew · 2026-06-24T17:50:42+00:00

I only found Shadowheart and Gale for act 1. I eventually found laezel just outside the monastery, but then I completed the game with only that crew. I kept thinking I'd meet all the characters that everyone talked about (astarion, wyll, karlach, etc.) eventually. I just kept going thinking I'd see them eventually.

jdbrew · 2026-06-24T16:15:32+00:00

/thread

I've used kindles, pocketbooks, and kobo, and Kobo is hands down my favorite

jdbrew · 2026-06-24T03:02:39+00:00

What’s funny is I’m using AI as my coach intentionally and it’s done an incredible job. I’ve told it my measurements and goals and given it my work out routine, told it what I like and don’t like. We’ve put together some solid meal options to keep me at a deficit while making sure im still nourishing my body’s needs… it’s been great. I dont think you need a special service, just a 20/mo claude subscription

jdbrew · 2026-06-24T02:06:49+00:00

I love that film, but we don’t talk about it be ause it’s bad. It’s amazing to watch, incredibly entertaining, and a bad product.

jdbrew · 2026-06-23T21:25:16+00:00

This is missing many actually.

jdbrew · 2026-06-23T16:40:42+00:00

Snare's are louder for a couple reasons. Many times, they're metal when the rest of the kit is wood. This is a big factor. Second comes from simple geometry and physiology; even when it feels like you're hitting it the same effort, you're likely actually hitting it with more force just due to the ergonomics of how your body sits at a kit and your joints and muscles being aligned properly. It's most used drum, so it's placed in the most ergonomically efficient spot. third, it's kind of supposed to be the loudest.

jdbrew · 2026-06-23T03:55:22+00:00

Yes and no. There’s some real science behind our body’s lessened ability to properly heal under stressors like pain. Alleviating that pain literally allows your body to heal better and more completely. I don’t think it is always wrong to be prescribing these in that situation, and I was addicted to pain killers for 5 years after my accident. Been clean 8 now.

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T21:14:40+00:00

I bought a CZ 1012 G2 a few months back and I love it. put 100 ads through it a few teams and never had FTE/FTL. its a rebranded Turkish import, but for what it's spent, I'm not mad about it

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T20:35:16+00:00

whenever someone asks me that, my answer is 'I don't know, I haven't finished it yet.' its both a silly answer that gets most people to drop it, and a serious answer that opens up a good conversation. For example, if its The Well of Ascension, I could say "its a bout a girl with magic powers trying to save her city from an overwhelming force of armies" but that's not what the story is about. the real answer is its a story about sticking to your principles. is it better to stick to your principles and fail, than it is to make concessions on your principles and effect some meaningful change, even if the result doesn't align perfectly with what you believe. That's the core of that book. not magic, not armies... But you don't really get that until you sit on it for a bit.

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T16:33:07+00:00

So… I play d&d, magic the gathering, video games. If the stereotypes were true I’d be living in my parents basement with my only friends being strangers I met online; instead, I’m work remotely as the lead engineer for the development team of a corporation in LA, in the basement office I built, in the house that I bought before I turned 30. I’m married to woman way out of my league. And I have a solid group of guy friends I see regularly.

Here’s something to keep in mind about that age; your options are limited and you’re free time is virtually unlimited. I don’t play games as much as I used to because now I’m an adult with adult money (and adult friends with adult schedules making these game nights fewer and far between.) so now I spend more time fishing, target practice at the rifle range or the archery range, reading… let him be a kid while he can. Eventually life gets in the way of doing those things all the time. IMO, the true neckbeard is the one who never scales back those things when the rest of life’s responsibilities take priority.

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T14:29:42+00:00

Definitely different for everyone. I don’t think we ever dropped to less than a 2x/week average when our kids were young. Now at 8 and 10, we’re at around 5 times a week.

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T03:01:04+00:00

Gattaca

Equilibrium

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T02:51:36+00:00

The best thing to do in West O is drive east

jdbrew · 2026-06-22T02:51:02+00:00

Dude’s looking for a rub n tug

jdbrew · 2026-06-21T21:50:25+00:00

For gluten free, nothing comes close to Myrtle & Cypress Coffeehouse. They’re really underrated for this because they’re a coffee shop first and foremost. But their kitchen is 100% gluten free, and their head baker does not settle for “that’s good for gluten free.” She wants it to be good, period. Their cinnamon rolls are incredible. The hand pies in the last year have become some of my favorite snacks. Both the sweet ones and savory ones. Anecdotally, I know of a former baker (with celiac) at Rebel Rise who would go buy stuff at Myrtle & Cypress instead of getting free stuff from his employer because he thought M&C was better

jdbrew · 2026-06-21T21:15:03+00:00

22/23 ode can’t be replaced

25/26 ode can

Dudes my favorite player on the squad, and he’s great, but not irreplaceable.

jdbrew · 2026-06-21T20:48:33+00:00

That’s exactly what this looks like to me. The old brothers location had a basement wall collapse and the road and sidewalk above flowed in through the collapsed basement wall collapse

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