Robin Chattopadhyay রবীণ চট্টোপাধ্যায়

From my kid in Highland Park

My best aurora photos

Yeah, I was surprised too, I only heard about it because I was at a MNDOT Open House for the 2026 *Snelling* project and an engineer mentioned it offhand that he had two really big projects next summer

I had sorta the opposite. I was in New Brighton and a couple of younger kids walked in at 7:55 because they were bound and determined to vote for Fateh.

One of them might not have even been 18 (we didn’t get that far in the process because he was from Eden Prairie)

Oh, shoot. That’s a great idea; I’ll remember that for next time

I have both a Costco gallon and a Cub gallon in the fridge and I immediately went to look at the stamp on them (both from 27-168). Also learned that my wife’s Chobani creamer came from a Chobani plant in Idaho

I’m not generally superstitious, but…

A new, unidentified sound from inside your house, that stops when you try to find it, that sounds too big to be a mouse, that started today of all days, is enough to question your general disbelief in ghosts

One follow-up… It can be expensive relative to the market value. The last time I looked at why it would take to deposit a stock certificate, it was a minimum $75

You generally have to work with your broker if you have one or Disney’s transfer agent: Computershare.

But physical stock certificates are increasingly rare and they can be kind of a cool novelty/keepsake.

I’ve no personal experience, but I’ve also read there’s a market for certs on EBay.

Voter guide from Robin Wonsley campaign with suggestions on voting for entire ballot

I asked my kid at the U who he was voting for and he sent me this and said, “Whoever Robin Wonsley tells me to vote for”

FFS; “Aunt/uncle” is so expansive my wife’s college roommates are addressed as Aunt ____ by my kids

There’s also theopendoorpantry.org that covers Dakota County and is run by an acquaintance of mine

I assume you’re looking for more hyper-local to you than this, but I’ve regularly supported
everymeal.org and gracenempls.org/service/little-kitchen-food-shelf/ which cover NE and St. Anthony

And our school district food shelf ralphreederfoodshelf.org

Whatever it actually is, I hope for relief for you and your little person

Makes me wonder if those people have ever actually heard a croup cough. It seemed very distinctive to me. (Also, quite literally the worst/most terrifying sound I have ever heard come from a child)

We had to make an ER trip once and skipped triage entirely when the RN heard the cough

I was pleasantly surprised at the number of people at the session I went to

this one is good too

Cc @lollardfish.bsky.social

Didn’t have to wait long! 🎉

Did he tell you it wasn’t his/the school board’s responsibility? That they only supervise the superintendent?

That was the standard response my wife always got

My first question when I saw the news was whether he would resign. And then wondering if there were financial shenanigans when he was chair of the school board

Neve held my nose more than when I had to vote for him to not let right wing kooks in

yeah my actually really hot take is that voting should be mandatory for all citizens (you don't have to actually fill anything in, you can write "fuck you" on the ballot, but you get slapped with a fine if you don't turn it in at all).

Thank you for your public service research!

My wife and I used to work for (and bank at) WF and between the two of us, we’ve probably gotten close to $10,000 in class action settlements. Wrong job classification, mortgage interest rate issues, and now 401k settlements (I think we’ve actually gotten multiple of those)

There were audible gasps in my household when I read these excerpts. Especially going from the Dakota people part to the Mankato hagiography

No, I’m thrilled that my MIL has it.

Although she wouldn’t have thought twice about giving it to me if I had made even the slightest indication that I wanted it.

I was at my in-laws on Sunday to help move some furniture and I saw in one of her drawers was some sewing thing.

Me: Oh! My mom had one of these just like this!

MIL: That one IS your mom’s. She gave it to me when they downsized

Me: Oh, it’s nice to know that my mom’s stuff is being used 💔❤️

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Small in the grand scheme of things, but I really like our two-bowl kitchen sink with the half-height divider. Lot more flexibility when washing large items

Two of my kids (19 and 21) — who text and talk to each other non-stop — have taken to writing and mailing letters to each other now that one has moved away (all the way to St. Paul, lol) to college