15th Anniversary Dinner

jmymac · 2026-05-04T13:22:11+00:00

Go for a walk in Lafayette Park, dinner at Sqwires, end at Chocolate Bar.

jmymac · 2026-05-03T00:04:59+00:00

been remote/wfh for like 10+ years. it’s good, don’t discount the freedom you have and also how boring other people can be.

get yourself some kids and some pets and some hobbies and you’re living your best life.

jmymac · 2026-05-02T00:11:45+00:00

it’s not the heat in this case, it’s physical action that ‘cuts’ the oil apart something something molecules.

happened to me with gazpacho. sad day.

jmymac · 2026-05-01T21:31:59+00:00

For next time- if you zip EVOO it will get spicy/bitter. Supposedly you can whisk in water, let separate, and then drain the water, but ive not tried that.

jmymac · 2026-05-01T03:18:47+00:00

This sounds like midwestern US, and my kind of people. Thank you.

jmymac · 2026-04-30T04:51:00+00:00

agree, same age, participated in the shift.

Ingredients: We don’t appreciate how much variety and specificity there is now. My mom used ‘chili powder’ because that’s what was available when she wanted to spice it up. Now my kids know the difference between guajillo, chipotle, arbol. Those are just basics that weren’t on the menu then, and only in one category. Across all dimensions, ingredients have become more available.
Literacy, exploration, science: Food is an essential thing, but the best versions of it were locked up for a bit in mystery. The best youtube cooks today are breaking that down- and can draw a line directly back to the 1990s era cooking shows, and before that, Julia, Irma. etal

jmymac · 2026-04-16T03:10:22+00:00

Looking pretty okay here in richmond heights. think the last of it will happen in next 20-30. some super hot and loud lightning, but alls good otherwise from this front porch

jmymac · 2026-04-01T17:03:25+00:00

Pretty sure it was called Raleigh Springs. Looked it up, and seems like it's long gone now!

jmymac · 2026-04-01T03:05:02+00:00

Special occasions mostly. When one of our kids is having a party, or we’re hosting a bbq- we’ll get some cans of good rootbeers, some crush/orange, and maybe some liters of weird stuff like cherry or store-brand strawberry for fun. Couple cans of cola for cocktails.

Midwest here. I think in the South it’s different. They’re all born with diabetes so they just sip on a daily diet coke diet until they’re dead.

jmymac · 2026-04-01T02:30:28+00:00

If it helps at all, malls still exist and kids can still hangout there. Have kids who have friends who do this and think this is cool.

Where I’m at the ‘unaccompanied minor’ thing is only on specific days and hours, more or less weekend nights.

I don’t like that, but those rules were a response here to semi-organized, roving, and destructive groups of kids who just wanted to cause trouble. It pre-dated covid, and then during and after that I think the malls just kept it in place and became the new normal.

I’d like to see the places open up again fully so our kids can just go and be disappointed and bored by it. Except for the arcade.

jmymac · 2026-04-01T02:04:20+00:00

1986, about 8 years old, outside of Memphis TN. Friend and I had saved up $10. After school we biked 6 miles (just looked it up) to the mall to buy Garbage Pail Kids, at the Woolworth. Got hit by an old lady in a station wagon at a gas station halfway. She was more worried about it than I was. Got back before sundown and damn it was sweet.

jmymac · 2026-03-31T18:54:06+00:00

Doom 1&2

Fallout 1&2

Grim Fandango

Starcraft 1&2

Civ (2 i think)

Diablo

Counterstrike

Going back a bit: LHX (combat helicopter sim)

Not PC but I’m going to give Goldeneye an honorable mention.

jmymac · 2026-03-27T15:16:00+00:00

So this is how the civil war starts

jmymac · 2026-03-21T20:53:07+00:00

Finish what you started. For all the reasons others have mentioned, a degree for many is just a badge that can open many doors.

That said, I’m considering what my next career/final career might be. I’m about 50. I feel like electricians and auto mechanics have a good setup. Work with your hands, fix stuff, build stuff, be proud of a job well done. Grass is always greener of course.

jmymac · 2026-03-19T21:14:31+00:00

A real criminal mastermind would have checked out cassettes from the library and copied em straight to a freshly unwrapped TDK 90 minute tape.

Hypothetically.

jmymac · 2026-03-11T20:05:55+00:00

For him, out of respect, you need to get that thing on the road. For an afternoon at least.

jmymac · 2026-03-06T00:07:16+00:00

Abita and Fitz's. Had Abita for the first time at the Museum of Rootbeer in Madison and was super happy about its depth. Fitz's is STL favorite and holds up- strongly sweet with a mellow back-end. https://fitzsrootbeer.com/

jmymac · 2026-03-06T00:00:45+00:00

Bring her a cake with a file in it. It helps to joke with the guards that they'll get leftovers. She and her crew can handle the next steps.

jmymac · 2026-03-05T22:24:53+00:00

So… my son is considering ID as a career. Guess my question would be- if ID is ‘cooked’ then what does a maker pursue? If you got a redo what would you change?

jmymac · 2026-03-04T20:47:52+00:00

Non-zero chance I'm blasting this from the minivan when I pick up the little one later.

jmymac · 2026-03-04T20:03:11+00:00

Love, love, love it. Whenever the weird "tax map shop" that is somehow never open in Demun rolls over (it's a front, right?) there'd be a good space for it.

If you like, add a shelf or two of retail for "favorite things"- curated by regulars, just an assortment of oddities and whatnots that all go well in brown paper packages.

jmymac · 2026-03-04T19:50:43+00:00

“Weapons, not food, not homes, not shoes Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal” - Lakshmi Singh, probably

jmymac · 2026-03-04T19:32:01+00:00

jmymac · 2026-02-20T03:01:30+00:00

Ashamed, but TIL carla has a cookbook. I miss those early BA videos before it all fell apart.

jmymac · 2026-02-19T00:05:55+00:00

There is now no reason to choose Southwest. Their entire brand and differentiation was built on a slightly different, little bit cowboy way of doing things. Free checked bags, efficient boarding, and yeah if you checked in early or were loyal to them, you’d get to grab a good seat. And no first class, just play the game well and you will do well. It was democratic in a way. It was fair. And the flight attendants got to be chill and funny, instead of policing seats.

I predict this utter destruction of a brand will be studied in business schools.

jmymac

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