Just realized I spent $40 on a 'deep fried' meme t-shirt that makes zero sense

The joke was a blurry picture of a frog with text I had to look up, and now I own it. Anyone know a good place to get actually funny graphic tees?

Visited my cousin's place in Denver and every single room had the same exact floating shelf setup

My uncle told me to always use a 2% salt brine for sauerkraut and I finally tried it after 3 batches

Just realized my biggest wedding flower mistake was trusting a 'cool' vase

I had a huge wedding in Portland last Saturday, and the centerpieces were these tall, modern vases the bride picked. They looked great in the shop, but I didn't think about the weight distribution. We set them up, and about an hour before the ceremony, one just tipped over on the head table. Water and white roses went everywhere, right onto the seating chart. My heart dropped. I had to send my assistant running to the nearest grocery store for more white roses while I sopped up water with my own jacket. We fixed it, but I was sweating the whole night waiting for another to go. Has anyone else had a vase style totally backfire on them? What do you look for to make sure they're stable?

Had a client ask for a 'textured crop' last Tuesday, showed me a picture from a video game character. Spent 20 minutes trying to match it.

Shoutout to the accountant who told me to stop mixing my personal and business money

I had a free checkup with a local tax person last month, and she looked at my bank statements for about ten seconds. She said, 'You're making this way too hard on yourself, and the IRS will think so too.' I opened a separate checking account just for my freelance income and bills the next day. It's only been a few weeks, but tracking everything for taxes is so much easier now. Has anyone else found a simple change that made their bookkeeping less of a headache?

Showerthought: Overheard a landscaper call a fence 'the property's handshake'

I was grabbing coffee yesterday and heard a guy telling his crew that a fence is the first thing a property offers to the street, like a handshake. It made me pause, because I usually just think about plumb lines and post holes. But he's right, that first impression matters a ton for curb appeal. How do you guys balance making something look great while also making sure it'll stand up to a storm?

Tried to quiet a squeaky serpentine belt on my buddy's '08 Civic with a bar of soap (like the old-timers said) and it started smoking like a campfire.

I used to fight with old wire bundles for hours before I got a cheap tool

Back when I was at a regional shop in Omaha, we'd spend a whole morning just trying to separate and trace wires in a tight avionics bay. We used picks and our fingers, and it was a real pain. About two years ago, a guy showed me a plastic wire comb he got for maybe 12 bucks from an electronics supplier. Now I use it for any harness work. It slides between the wires without nicking the insulation and saves so much time. Has anyone else found a simple tool that changed a routine job for them?

Appreciation post: My airlock bubbled over and made a mess on the kitchen counter

It happened right after I added extra blueberries to my secondary ferment last Tuesday. Anyone have a good trick for containing those overflow spurts besides just putting a towel under it?