Mark Baysinger
@baysinger.org
I've made your butter chicken recipe several times, and I fully endorse it! Also, this rice recipe that those goes along with it is fantastic and super easy! www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/1152...
Indian-Style Basmati Rice | America's Test Kitchen
Steeping warm spices in the cooking liquid infuses the grains in this pilaf with savory fragrance.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I've made your butter chicken recipe several times, and I fully endorse it! Also, this rice recipe that those goes along with it is fantastic and super easy! www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/1152...
This one is a four lane bridge for a two lane road, for some reason.
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This one is a four lane bridge for a two lane road, for some reason.
Considering this road dead-ended here before HSR got here, it certainly should have been paid by someone other than CaHSRA
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Considering this road dead-ended here before HSR got here, it certainly should have been paid by someone other than CaHSRA
I'm just saying that your opening post isn't showing a before and after of the east wing. It's showing the main mansion on the left, as it still looks today, and the partially demolished east wing on the right. The caption says both photos are the east wing.
October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm just saying that your opening post isn't showing a before and after of the east wing. It's showing the main mansion on the left, as it still looks today, and the partially demolished east wing on the right. The caption says both photos are the east wing.
I don't think the photo on the left is the east wing. It looks like it's main mansion, as seen from the east wing.
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I don't think the photo on the left is the east wing. It looks like it's main mansion, as seen from the east wing.
Vernon, population 222 (I did not make that up)
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vernon, population 222 (I did not make that up)
One can dream! But CaHSR Phase 1 will terminate at Anaheim, so nothing south of that, unless Metrolink and NCTD pull their heads out of you know where. Though CaHSR Phase 2 is planned for San Diego, just not via this route.
October 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
One can dream! But CaHSR Phase 1 will terminate at Anaheim, so nothing south of that, unless Metrolink and NCTD pull their heads out of you know where. Though CaHSR Phase 2 is planned for San Diego, just not via this route.
It passed! So now it's up to the governor to sign.
September 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It passed! So now it's up to the governor to sign.
To be fair, butter makes everything better
September 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
To be fair, butter makes everything better
Uh, definitely not service. The only construction they've started, so far, is some culvert work at their Las Vegas Blvd station site.
September 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Uh, definitely not service. The only construction they've started, so far, is some culvert work at their Las Vegas Blvd station site.
Seems like those headrest wings would be bad for tall people.
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Seems like those headrest wings would be bad for tall people.
So, my takeaway from this video is Metrolink has no good reason not to electrify. It’s just such transparent BS.
August 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So, my takeaway from this video is Metrolink has no good reason not to electrify. It’s just such transparent BS.
This link was provided in a QR code at the scoping meeting tonight
May 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This link was provided in a QR code at the scoping meeting tonight
This might be the report. It shows the staff-recommended alignments in detail at the end. The “Under Crest Canyon” alignment supports 110-mph operation for every turn. www.sandag.org/-/media/SAND...
www.sandag.org
May 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This might be the report. It shows the staff-recommended alignments in detail at the end. The “Under Crest Canyon” alignment supports 110-mph operation for every turn. www.sandag.org/-/media/SAND...
I'd really like to see a breakdown of tunnel boring costs. It sure seems like the cost of the TBM (even it were 10 times the cost of this one) is a pretty small part of the overall costs.
May 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'd really like to see a breakdown of tunnel boring costs. It sure seems like the cost of the TBM (even it were 10 times the cost of this one) is a pretty small part of the overall costs.
Please post all of your construction updates on BlueSky. It's nice that you post some of them, by why do you post some on every platform but BlueSky?
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please post all of your construction updates on BlueSky. It's nice that you post some of them, by why do you post some on every platform but BlueSky?
My understanding in the Crest Canyon alternative would support 110 MPH operation. None of these alternatives are exactly what was detailed in the VA study. That said, I think it's important to emphasize that a 110 MPH alignment should be chosen, along with a bore size that will allow electrification
May 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My understanding in the Crest Canyon alternative would support 110 MPH operation. None of these alternatives are exactly what was detailed in the VA study. That said, I think it's important to emphasize that a 110 MPH alignment should be chosen, along with a bore size that will allow electrification
And the sunk cost here is something like $13-14B, to be clear. And there's a lot of construction to show for that.
May 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And the sunk cost here is something like $13-14B, to be clear. And there's a lot of construction to show for that.
And it was an act of congress that turned it over to the NPS.
May 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And it was an act of congress that turned it over to the NPS.
I think the gates would all close once they run out of backup power, since they’re designed to fail safe (power keeps them open, gravity closes them)
April 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I think the gates would all close once they run out of backup power, since they’re designed to fail safe (power keeps them open, gravity closes them)
Thanks for the explanation! I guess it's how the sausage gets made
April 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks for the explanation! I guess it's how the sausage gets made
You can see here it's now a bit of a nothing bill: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCo...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
April 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
You can see here it's now a bit of a nothing bill: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCo...
Unfortunately, the third-party permitting reforms that were in the bill have been removed, and replaced with a statement of "intent" to amend the bill. I'd really like to understand what that's about. Is this a normal part of the process? Does that make such an amendment likely?
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Unfortunately, the third-party permitting reforms that were in the bill have been removed, and replaced with a statement of "intent" to amend the bill. I'd really like to understand what that's about. Is this a normal part of the process? Does that make such an amendment likely?
Do you care to explain why the part about 3rd party permits was removed from SB445? The bill doesn't appear to do much, anymore, except declare the intent to amend the bill, later.
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Do you care to explain why the part about 3rd party permits was removed from SB445? The bill doesn't appear to do much, anymore, except declare the intent to amend the bill, later.
They are bridges, but in railroad terms, they're grade separations. No conflict between trains and cars, unlike your typical at-grade crossing.
April 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They are bridges, but in railroad terms, they're grade separations. No conflict between trains and cars, unlike your typical at-grade crossing.