Pro tip: don't cheap out on your potting mix

I grabbed the cheapest bag at the garden center, about $4, thinking dirt is dirt. My tomatoes in my Chicago balcony pots just sat there for a month, barely growing. I switched to a named brand mix, FoxFarm Ocean Forest, which cost about $22, and within two weeks everything took off. Has anyone else had a plant just stall out until you changed the soil?

Tried using a cheap Amazon sight pusher on a Glock 19, it was a comedy of errors

I mean, I figured I'd save some cash and grabbed a $35 tool from a random seller. The thing flexed like a wet noodle and scratched the slide after two tries. Went back to my old Wheeler manual pusher, got it dialed in perfect in maybe three minutes. Anyone have a go-to brand for polymer frame pistols that won't break the bank?

A retired guy at the truck stop in Flagstaff showed me a better way to check injector lines

He said 'listen for the hiss, don't just look for the drip' while his rig was idling. Anyone have a different method for a quick pressure check on the road?

My fridge after a failed attempt at meal prep last Sunday

It's just a sea of half-used sour cream, wilted cilantro, and a single sad bell pepper because I gave up halfway through making fajitas. Anyone else's cooking plans ever completely fall apart like this?

I just found out I've been singing the wrong words to the 'Doug' theme for 25 years

My kid was humming it last week and I jumped in with 'doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, Doug!' like I always have. He looked at me and said, 'Dad, it's 'doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, dude!'' I had to look it up on YouTube and he was totally right. I've been confidently wrong since 1991. It's funny how your brain just locks in a wrong idea from childhood and you never question it. Has anyone else had a moment like this with a 90s show theme song or catchphrase?

Back when my geology crew hiked together instead of video calls...

Field trips built bonds that screen meetings never will.

Unpopular opinion: All this hype about new security apps. Remember when a strong password you actually knew was enough? I think we overcomplicate things now.