My 12-inch miter saw blade chipped on a walnut crown molding cut yesterday, so I had to finish the last 8 feet with a handsaw and a shooting board.

Anyone have a go-to blade brand for hardwoods that won't break the bank?

The city's new parking meter app crashed right when I needed to pay on Hewitt

I was trying to park near the library on Thursday afternoon to grab a book I had on hold. I opened the app on my phone to pay for an hour, and it just kept spinning and wouldn't load. I stood there for like 10 minutes trying to get it to work before I had to just leave. Ended up parking in a paid lot a few blocks away for 8 bucks. Has the app been glitchy for anyone else lately?

Vent: My laptop battery died in a Chiang Mai cafe and I had to work from my phone for 3 hours.

I used to think a power bank was just extra weight, but that day I missed a deadline because my phone couldn't handle the video call software. Has anyone found a good, light power bank that can actually charge a laptop?

Honestly, I was the worst about pushing my own book picks for years

Ngl, it hit me last month when my friend in the club said, 'William, we're not here to read your syllabus.' Anyone else get too stuck on their own taste?

My pest control tech told me a mouse fact that messed with my head

Always believed glue traps were the most humane option. Last week in a Denver attic, my guy showed me a study from Cornell saying they cause prolonged suffering. Now I'm stuck between what I thought was right and what actually is. Anyone in the industry dealt with this shift?

I was about to show my new piece at a gallery in Seattle and my tablet just died. What do you do when tech fails at the worst time?

A homeowner in Spokane asked me why I was taking so long to stretch the pad before the carpet went down.

I explained that a rushed pad job causes ripples in six months, and she said she'd never had an installer take the time to explain that before, which made me wonder how many guys just skip the talk and rush the work.

Dream logic at the dentist: when your teeth become puzzle pieces

I had this dream last month where I was at my old dentist's office in Springfield, but the waiting room was also my high school gym. The dentist told me I needed a filling, but instead of a drill, he handed me a small box of those plastic puzzle pieces from a kid's game. In the dream, it made perfect sense that I had to fit the right shaped piece into the cavity myself. I remember the exact feeling of pushing a star shaped piece into my molar and it clicking into place. The whole thing felt totally normal until I woke up and my jaw was sore from clenching. It's funny how your brain just accepts these wild rules as fact when you're asleep. Anyone else have a dream where you had to fix your own body with random objects?

That crawl space in the old house on Elm Street took me four hours

Everyone says to just push the line through and it'll find a path. Not in that place. The insulation was packed tight around every joist. I had to pull it all back by hand, about 40 feet total. What's your worst crawl space story?

TIL most false alarms come from user error, not equipment failure

I was reading a report from the Security Industry Association last night, and it said something like 80% of alarm dispatches are due to people not knowing their own codes or pets setting off motion sensors. I always blamed the gear first when a client called. Anyone else shift their training approach after seeing a stat like that?