Last month I went to a mixer at a coffee shop off Camelback and accidentally grabbed the wrong stack of business cards from the table. I didn't notice until I got home and found this guy's card for a landscaping company tucked in with mine. Turns out his number was one digit off from mine, so I texted him about it as a joke. He was actually at the same event and thought it was hilarious, so he invited me to lunch at this little taco place in Old Town. We ended up talking shop for an hour and he gave me three solid leads for clients. I still don't know how my card ended up in his pile, has anyone else ever had a mix-up that turned into a real connection?
I used to reuse the same password for everything, even my bank and email. Last Tuesday I finally set up Bitwarden after my coworker in Denver kept nagging me about it. Three days later I changed all 47 logins to unique random strings and I honestly didn't expect it to feel that easy. The auto-fill on my phone made it painless, so now I'm confused why I waited 5 years. Has anyone else had that moment where you realized the tool was the whole problem and not your discipline?
I was at a career fair in Austin last month, and a hiring manager looked at my resume and said "you buried the one thing that matters." He pointed at my summary section, which was three lines of fluff. I rewrote it on the spot to lead with my actual outcome, a $40k project I managed. He gave me his card and said "now that's a resume." Has anyone else had a random stranger give them feedback that was better than any paid service?
I was up in a 60 foot oak and spotted this massive squirrel nest built right into a hollow branch, must have weighed 20 pounds. The homeowner said the squirrels have been there for 8 years and they chew through any cable we hang near it. Any of you deal with critters wrecking your rigging lines on big removals?
I was at the grocery store last week and this older dude in front of me was telling the cashier he got a free energy audit from our local utility company. He said they gave him a box of LED bulbs and a new showerhead right there on the spot. I always thought audits cost money and were a hassle, but he said it took 20 minutes and already cut his power bill by $22 last month. Has anyone else tried one of these free audits through their power company?
Had to patch a hole in the drywall at my buddy's house in Austin and after drilling six test holes I finally found the stud was way off from where any code says it should be has anyone else run into houses where the framing just makes zero sense?
I went through a phase about 2 years ago where I was just dumping extra butter into every single dish I made. Thought it was the secret to restaurant quality food lol. Then I tried to make a bechamel sauce for some mac and cheese and it came out greasy and separated on me. My buddy who actually went to culinary school pointed out that I was throwing off the fat ratios in the recipe. Now I actually measure my butter and follow the recipe exactly, and honestly things taste way cleaner and you can actually taste the other ingredients. Anyone else have a cooking hack they thought was genius that actually made things worse?
I kept noticing my yogurt and sandwich stuff disappearing, but I blamed myself for forgetting what I bought. Turns out my roommate was eating my groceries every night while I slept, and it took me setting up a cheap camera to catch him. Has anyone else dealt with a roommate who took forever to finally admit what they were doing?
She said real people interrupt, trail off, and use filler words, but my characters always finished clean sentences. I started writing dialogue with stutters and overlaps and suddenly my scenes felt alive. Which side do you fall on - clean dialogue or messy realism?
Saw a new guy dousing a Cessna door hinge with the blue and yellow can last Friday. Told him that stuff collects dirt and dries into a gummy mess. Use LPS-1 or Tri-Flow instead. Anyone else have to play cleanup on a bird that got the wrong lube?
