I saw a grocery store in Portland selling pre-made bouquets for $12.99 that looked exactly like my $65 wedding centerpieces.

Shoutout to the old timer who showed me a trick with a zip tie and a vacuum line

Honestly, I was chasing a rough idle on a 2012 Civic for like two hours yesterday, checking all the usual stuff. Ngl, this retired mechanic at the parts counter said to use a zip tie to pinch the PCV hose shut for a second while it was running, and the idle smoothed right out, pointing straight to a bad valve. Has anyone else used that trick to find a vacuum leak fast?

My community garden plot turned into a mud wrestling pit after the sprinklers broke

Last Tuesday, the timer on our shared garden's sprinkler system got stuck on for about 4 hours straight. I showed up to water my tomatoes and found my entire 10x10 foot plot completely flooded, with my seedlings floating away. I had to wade in and unplug the main valve while my boots got sucked into the mud. What's the best way to fix waterlogged soil without killing the plants that are left?

Hot take: I thought 'growth hacking' was just a buzzword for shady tricks until I tried a simple email sequence that added 15k to my revenue last quarter.

Question about the 'no AI art' rule at the Denver gallery show last week

Last week at the Pixel Fest showcase in Denver, I saw a piece get pulled for using AI tools, which the gallery said broke their 'human only' rule. Three years ago, I would have agreed, but last month I started using an AI sketch helper for my own work and it just speeds up the boring parts, it doesn't make the final piece. The rule feels like it's punishing artists for using a new kind of brush, you know? Has anyone else run into a show with a strict rule like this and found a way to explain your process?

My cousin taught me to braid hair on our porch swings. Now I do it for a living.