Shoutout to the flower market in Portland's Northwest district

I was there last Thursday and saw a vendor using old metal watering cans as vases for their bulk sunflowers. It looked amazing and saved them from buying a ton of glassware. Has anyone else tried using unconventional containers for market displays?

Can we talk about how my neighbor's smart doorbell got hacked last week

Three years ago I told him to change the default password on his new video doorbell, but he didn't listen, and last week someone in Tulsa used it to yell at his dog through the speaker at 3 a.m.

TIL my 10,000th photo was a blurry shot of my own thumb

I was cleaning out my phone gallery last night and saw the exact count. It hit me that after a decade of trying to be a 'photographer', my biggest milestone image was a total accident, taken while I fumbled with the camera app. All that effort for a perfect shot, and the one that marks the number is pure junk. Makes you wonder what we're really counting, you know? Anyone else have a number that ended up meaning something totally different?

The week my whole garage smelled like a pickle factory

About three years back, I decided to go big and start five gallon batches of sauerkraut and kimchi at the same time. My garage was the only place with enough space for the crocks. By day four, the smell was so strong you could taste it from the driveway. My neighbor, Frank, came over and just said, 'Terry, what died in there?' The kraut turned out perfect, but the kimchi fermented way too fast in the heat and got super fizzy and weird. Anyone else have a batch go totally sideways because of a warm spot?

My bus driver told me my backpack was blocking the aisle every single day

I started wearing it on my front instead, and now I get on and off way faster. Anyone have other tips for not being 'that person' on a crowded 7:15 AM route?

I still use animal glue for spine lining and I don't care what anyone says

Honestly, everyone acts like PVA is the only way to go now, but I had to pick between that and traditional hide glue for a big rebind job last month. I went with the hide glue, the kind you have to heat up in a double boiler. It was a pain, sure, and my shop smelled like a barn for a day. But the flexibility it gives the spine as it sets is just different. I did a full leather binding on a 1908 poetry collection, and that spine moves like a dream. A guy at a meetup in St. Louis told me I was wasting my time and that modern stuff is stronger. Ngl, maybe it is, but for a book that's meant to be opened and read, not just sit on a shelf, I think the old way works better. Has anyone else stuck with animal glue for specific jobs, or am I just being stubborn?

A guy in Phoenix said my post hole digger technique was all wrong (he was right)

I finally tried that new anti-sway software on a 300-ton lift in Houston and it actually worked better than the old hand method.

The load settled within an inch of the mark on the first try, so what other tech upgrades have actually been worth the money for you guys?

Hot take: My aunt's 'secret' pecan pie recipe is just the one from the Karo bottle. She argued with me for an hour at Thanksgiving in Mobile.

I was at the hardware store in Springfield and a guy showed me a trick for hanging a shelf that saved me a ton of time.