That influencer who faked a charity run came back with a 'mental health' apology tour

I compared his old apology video to his new one from last month, and honestly the new one was way worse because he kept crying on cue but forgot to actually name the fundraiser. Has anyone else noticed these comeback attempts just recycle the same script every time?

I finally read Watchmen after 10 years of hearing it's the greatest comic ever

Picked up the trade paperback last month at a shop in Austin. Everyone online says it's this perfect masterpiece of storytelling. But I gotta be honest, I found the pacing kinda slow and the characters hard to care about. Dr. Manhattan is cool I guess, but Rorschach is just annoying. Am I missing something or is this just one of those things you're supposed to say is great?

My lunch break video of a cat got picked up by a news site and I still don't get it

So last Tuesday I was eating my sandwich in the warehouse break room and this stray cat just strolled in through the loading dock. It jumped up on a pallet of boxes and started meowing real loud until someone threw it a piece of their burrito. I filmed maybe 30 seconds of it on my phone just to send to my wife and then posted it on my personal page without thinking much. By the time I got home that night my sister was texting me asking if I saw my cat on the local news Facebook page. It had 40,000 views by then and now it's up past 200,000 and people keep tagging me in comments. I still can't figure out why that specific video took off when I got like 12 likes on my fishing trip post last week. Has anyone else had something totally random blow up like that where you still have no clue why?

Had a nightmare day at a reno job in Portland last Tuesday

I was hanging 50 sheets of 5/8 fire code on a basement ceiling alone, and my lift blew a hydraulic line at 10 AM. Took me 2 hours to find a rental lift from a place across town, and the whole job ran 4 hours late. Has anyone else had a piece of equipment tank their whole day like that?

Tried the cheap wireless alarm sensors from Amazon and got burned badly

I installed a full package of those $12 wireless door sensors on a 4 unit apartment building in Portland about 6 months back. Saved the customer over $300 vs the name brand stuff I usually use. First 3 weeks everything was fine then the false alarms started rolling in. By week 8 I had replaced 7 out of 12 sensors and the tenant was threatening to break the lease. Customer blamed me not the sensors and I ended up eating the labor to swap them all out for Honeywell gear. The $300 savings cost me about $900 in time and frustration. Has anyone else had luck with any off brand sensors or am I just asking for trouble?

Why does nobody talk about that viral guy from the Portland MAX train who just wanted to eat his sandwich in peace

Saved $120 a year just by changing how I dry my clothes

I used to toss everything in the dryer after every wash, no questions asked. About 6 months ago I started hanging my jeans, sweaters, and towels on a folding rack in my laundry room instead. It takes maybe 5 extra minutes but my electricity bill dropped by $10 a month easy. I still use the dryer for socks and underwear because I'm lazy, but this one switch has been way better than I expected. Anyone else find a simple swap that cut their power bill more than they thought?

That $60 'professional grade' grease gun was a total waste until I actually used it on the right fitting

I spent 6 months cursing the thing on my 3412 Cat because I was using the wrong coupler head, a dude from the barge next door literally laughed at me and handed me the right one, now it works like magic so has anyone else been humbled by a little brass adapter?

Wired vs wireless panels for older homes - which side are you on?

I just finished a job in a 1920s house in Philly where the walls are all lathe and plaster. Tried to go with a wireless system cause I figured fishing wire would be a nightmare. But the wireless signals kept dropping cause of all the old metal ductwork and plaster mesh. Switched to a wired panel and ran the wires through the basement and attic, took me like 8 hours extra but the signal was rock solid after that. Now I'm wondering if I should just always push for wired in old houses or if there's a wireless system that can actually handle that kind of interference. Anyone else run into this and pick a side?

I finally stopped fighting the wind and started using it on a job in Tulsa

Everyone always says to set up with your back to the wind, but on a tight site near the river last month, I couldn't do it. I tried a different approach, angling the boom slightly into a crosswind and using a shorter tagline setup. It actually made the swing smoother and cut my cycle time by maybe 15 percent. Has anyone else tried breaking that rule when the ground layout forces it?