{"id":20342,"date":"2026-02-21T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/?p=20342"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:13:26","slug":"bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/21\/bits\/","title":{"rendered":"bits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-patricks-day-potato-8690-alt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-patricks-day-potato-8690-alt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20351\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-patricks-day-potato-8690-alt1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-patricks-day-potato-8690-alt1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-patricks-day-potato-8690-alt1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the time of trying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sees.com\/st-patricks-day-gifts\/st-patricks-day-potato\/200567.html\">see&#8217;s st. patrick&#8217;s day potato<\/a> has at last arrived. also the reviews are AMAZING (\u201cReal Potato Bliss\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ross and i ate at <a href=\"https:\/\/cattlemanssteakhouse.com\/\">cattleman&#8217;s steakhouse<\/a> in fabens last weekend &#8212; what a trip. it was PACKED at 4:45pm, had no salad bar, in fact no salad on the menu at all &#8212; except for &#8220;pineapple slaw&#8221; &#8212; so baked potato it was. followed it up with the queen of sheba dessert (&#8220;heavy whipped cream with chocolate wafers,&#8221; an icebox cake in a cup, no regrets).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>saw an article that referred to trump&#8217;s policies as <em>rapacious<\/em>, which really sums it up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>never seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/x4CO1SRE1Sw?app=desktop\">this athletic training strategy<\/a> so clearly illustrated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the exact problem, as described by <a href=\"https:\/\/internetprincess.substack.com\/p\/centrist-imaginations\">rayne fisher-quann<\/a> in an essay about <em>the free press <\/em>and kat rosenfeld: &#8220;It\u2019s an interesting choice, although maybe not an intelligent one, to search for understanding not through outward inquiry or research but solely within your private repository of what you already believe.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>saw <em>marty supreme <\/em>and it wasn&#8217;t for me, though it did get me thinking about class, race, religion, and this bit in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/2025\/12\/marty-supreme-review-timothee-chalamet\/685462\/\">the atlantic<\/a><\/em> especially struck me: &#8220;&#8230;the director [josh safdie] portrays the nightmarish baggage that comes with fighting to achieve victory outside the mainstream.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>also read this ages ago on cup of jo but it really is awesome: &#8220;Sometimes I think about the vicar&#8217;s description of my grandmother at her funeral, and I wish it for all of us: &#8216;She wasn&#8217;t perfect, but she was WONDERFUL.&#8221; 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