Even just the frozen food at your normal grocery store is really good. I’m pretty sure some of it it sourced in the same place these restaurants get their food. (I’m pretty sure I can get McDonald’s hash browns at my local Kroger.)

If you tend to buy in bulk, you might want to check out restaurant supply places like GFS. If I am doing bulk baking or cooking, I will sometimes pick up a few things from them. They are open to the public and sell a lot of stuff that restaurants use, too.

Seconding frozen veggies (and fruit). They’re frozen at their ripest. Makes for amazing roasted veggies in those cold winter months where I’m not feeling soup.

Mine’s magnetic. I have a charger on my nightstand. It keeps my phone in place, so it doesn’t get knocked down where it’s hard to get.

I also have a charging cradle on my desk. Keeps it upright. Makes it easy to glance at any notifications or quickly deal with MFA. I do sometimes unplug the cradle and just use it as a non-charging prop.

It’s also nice because, being magnetic, it also helps when I am having issues with my hands. (Stiff joints.)

🤘🤘🤘 these Thin Mints are as dark as my soul

I wish this font worked for me. I think my brain is defective.

When I get back to my personal computer, I’m going to finally move to Linux. I’m a developer primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I’m willing to see if there is a way for me to work on Linux and branch out to other tech.

My local diner it is.

I’m going to sing the doom song now.

6 months later

It really doesn’t. I also dislike the fact it can be more difficult to find some parts for older cars too, so even if you wanted to salvage, it may not be viable.

The removal of 3.5mm jacks with no simple, universal, physical way to connect an audio device has been such a thorn in my side.

I said that about my older reliable car. Until I was rear ended at a stop light and it was totaled. During a time that used cars were more expensive than new. (I did find an 8 year old Corolla with high miles and lots of body damage for $18k though!)

I went without a car for nearly a year. Had to buy one when my partner was forced back to work in the office.

Peeking at the used market, it’s still not great where I am. Better than 2022-23 at least.

Have you tried reaching adulthood at a better time or being born to rich parents? According to the folks a generation or more above me, that was my mistake.

I’m not sure I like it. The content is fine, but it’s still pretty dense for a graphic. It all runs together and there is no place for the eye to “rest.”

Maybe some more space between each “frame.” If it’s still too dense, you might want to try to separate each “frame” with a subtle background color. Maybe using two different shades of light gray.

An additional thing you can do is add a flag or chimney to the houses. The flag might have a pig, X, or fediverse symbol. This will make it more clear what is going on between the houses.

Cool beans

Also cockroaches.

My first thought was that of the cost of storing it. You never know when something will happen and all of your effort to store it is moot. Like if a natural disaster occurs and destroys your stash, or something happens and you must leave everything behind. Not a huge deal if you only have a few years of it, but a lifetime’s worth?

Hope your tomatoes are coming along nicely.

Yes, neighbor kids. Different neighborhoods have different feels, but I’ve noticed as long as the neighborhood isn’t constructed in a pedestrian-hostile way, kids will be out. Even today.

I will say that neighborhoods have increasingly become more pedestrian-hostile though, so I’ll give you that.

I found that in general, young people are able to connect with their peers more. It was easier to spontaneously go with your friends someplace and spend time together. (The mall, the woods, each other’s houses, or many other possibilities.)

Contrasted with being an adult, where it may be more difficult to be able to do that. I’m American, so it is geographically harder. But even if you don’t live in a car-centric area, you might still run into difficulties with scheduling and responsibilities that you didn’t even have to consider when you were young.

I remember the good times, but there was a lot of bad, too.

I knew a guy like this, even in his 40’s. He was active and he smoked a lot of tobacco. His mom is the same way, in her 80’s.

His brother, also in his 40’s, is overweight. Same habits that I have observed.