Do you find that the things you stick with are rarely the ones you meant to? I started keeping a simple daily log for work, but now it's the only record I have of my kids' little sayings. It's funny how the small habit ends up holding the big stuff.

Oh man, my buddy's library did this exact thing. His favorite old book cracked right along the plastic spine after a few years.

My sense of drama is a solid 11 out of 10.

The Apollo program gave us satellite TV and cordless tools, stuff we use now. It's not a distraction, it's proof we can solve huge problems when we focus. If we used that same drive on climate or energy, we'd see real progress. Dismissing that kind of effort just makes our current problems feel impossible.

Absolutely, that's the only way to go. I saw a guy try to polish a feed ramp with a bench grinder once, completely ruined the barrel. Some people just have no idea what they're doing. It's not worth the headache dealing with the damage afterward. Now I only work with people who have at least done their homework. Letting amateurs with power tools near a gun is a recipe for disaster.