Spent 4 hours fighting a brisket stall that wouldn't budge

I don't know if it's just me but I had this brisket on my offset last Saturday that hit a stall at 160 degrees and just sat there for almost three hours. I had a small crew coming over for a backyard cookout at 6 pm and it was already 2 30 with no sign of the thing moving. I tried bumping the fire up a little, wrapped it in butcher paper, even checked my thermometer with boiling water to make sure it wasn't lying to me. Finally after I wrapped it tight in foil and let it ride at 275 it broke through after another hour. But by then I had to rush the rest and it came out decent but not my best work. Anyone else ever had a stall that felt like it was personally out to get you?

Just got back from the Sawtooth trail near Stanley and wow the trail markers are awful

I hiked the Alpine Lake loop last Saturday and missed three turnoffs because the wooden posts were faded to nothing. My buddy nearly twisted his ankle on a washed out section that had zero warning signs. Has anyone else had trouble following routes in that area or am I just bad at reading maps?

My first Python script crashed my computer last Tuesday

I wrote a loop that never ended and my laptop froze for 20 minutes before I could force shutdown. Has anyone else caused a mess like that starting out?

The dude who told me to skip learning Git basics cost me a whole weekend

Some guy on Reddit said 'just use GitHub Desktop, you don't need the command line' and I believed him. Ended up spending 6 hours trying to fix a merge conflict on Saturday because I had no clue what I was doing. Has anyone else been burned by taking advice from strangers online like that?

Took me 3 months to realize I was overpaying for chicken thighs at the grocery store

I kept buying bone-in skin-on thighs for $3.49 a pound at my local Kroger in Nashville. Then last week I walked past the meat counter and saw they had a whole tray of skinless boneless for $1.99. I asked the butcher and he said they run that deal every Tuesday morning because they overorder. I was mad at myself for not asking sooner. Now I just go Tuesdays before 10am and save about $6 a week. Has anyone else found a weird store day or time that cuts your meat bill in half?

Caught my basement reno costing 30% more in materials than I budgeted

I was pricing out lumber for my basement framing last week and nearly fell off my chair when I saw the OSB sheets were $68 each. I built a shed two years ago and those same panels were like $38. Found this stat in a 2024 building materials report from the Canadian Home Builders Association that said lumber prices in Edmonton have jumped 34% since 2022 because of tariffs and supply chain stuff. I had planned a $4,200 materials budget but after adding up everything with current prices at Home Depot and Windsor Plywood I'm looking at $5,600 easy. Guess I should have checked prices before I tore out the old drywall last month lol. Has anyone else in Edmonton had to totally rework their project budget because of these price jumps?

Tbh, my kid said something was 'mid' and I had to look it up

Heard my 14 year old call a new video game 'mid' last night, meaning just average or mediocre. It's everywhere on TikTok now, replacing 'basic' or 'trash'. Anyone else noticing this one popping up more?

My uncle told me to never take a business loan with a personal guarantee, and I should have listened after my cafe in Austin almost went under.

Shoutout to the guy at the Best Buy in Springfield who talked me out of the cheap fitness tracker

I was set on buying the Fitbit Inspire 3 because it was only $80, but a salesperson there showed me the Garmin Venu Sq 2. He said the GPS was way better for my runs, and the battery lasts a full week. I got the Garmin instead, and after a month, the accuracy on my routes is insane compared to my old one. Anyone have tips for the best running apps to pair with a Garmin watch?

I just read that a major soda brand spent over $2 million on a failed apology ad campaign after a social media backlash

Found that crazy number in a marketing case study, and it makes you wonder if they ever even talk to real people before launching these things, right?