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Cake day: March 13th, 2023

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  • Interesting you should mention this. There must have been a beef price “crisis” at the retail level back in the early-mid 70s, because now I remember my parents buying something like a side of beef, having it cut up and packaged, and freezing it at home. They might have actually bought a separate freezer just for this endeavor. I’d totally forgotten about this until now and have never heard of anyone doing a similar thing ever since. They really seemed to think they were beating “The System” at the time but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t even break even given the freezer storage needed.



  • I wouldn’t tell you that Impossible Foods’ “Ground Beef From Plants” is exactly like real ground beef. But it’s pretty good. Unfortunately it’s not cheap, either.

    This is all that I buy when I want something ground-beef-like for cooking. It’s not cheap (not super-expensive either) but it’s highly uniform and the taste and texture are fine with me. There used to be one or two other brands of plant-based “beef” at Winco but now there’s only “Impossible” so I’m curious about what’s going on in the artificial meat part of the market.



  • What the ever-loving fuck. Legalized virus distribution on your LAN, planned, developed, and deployed by peripheral manufacturers? I’m so glad that I know better than to use Windows anywhere, and know better than to buy “modern” computing hardware - as with automobiles the somewhat older stuff is perfectly adequate and comes without all these kinds of infosec risks.

    The local retail computer “recycling” center has shelf after shelf after shelf of crufty old monitors, towers, servers, laptops and other components to choose from. Sure all those have certain risks as well (but probably not “smart” ones) but it’s starting to feel like it’s time to go stock up as the computing hardware scene gets more dystopian every day.






  • five-year cabin ownership starts at $59,999. Full ownership prices start at $99,999. There are various other occupancy plans. Owners also pay monthly fees — which in 2025 worked out as $2,000 per person per month for double occupancy, and $3,000 for single occupancy.

    And while the prices of a Villa Vie’s cabin aren’t cheap, they remain comparatively accessible in contrast to The World, the only other residential cruise ship experience currently at sea, which caters to a more upscale market with a current starting price of $3.5 million.