Tried a Muse headband for focus tracking, got a spike every time I yawned

I used it for a week straight and the data showed my supposed "focus peaks" lined up with when I was tired, so is this thing measuring brain waves or just muscle fatigue, and has anyone else seen weird patterns that make you question the whole setup?

Was dead set against using a foil shaver on my clients until last Tuesday

A guy named Marcus came in wanting a smooth bald fade but his skin gets irritated bad, so I tried the Andis foil on him and it came out perfect with zero redness. Anyone else get converted on a tool they swore they'd never touch?

That talk with my dad about the Milo Yiannopoulos thing at Berkeley

My dad was a campus activist back in the 60s and he told me they used to let anyone speak, even the Klan. Said the whole point was to argue back, not shut them down. Made me wonder if we lost something along the way. Anyone else feeling that tension?

Just caught myself using the same knife for 9 straight months without checking the edge

I was struggling through breaking down a whole ribeye yesterday (like, really fighting it) and my coworker looked over and asked when I last sharpened it. Turns out I had been working with a dull blade for what felt like forever and just thought meat was getting tougher or something. Anyone else just forget to check their edge until something bad happens?

Accidentally caught 20 salmon in 2 hours near Seward and it changed how I prep gear

I was out on Resurrection Bay last weekend and my reel seized up from salt spray after the third fish. Now I bring a spare spool and rinse everything with fresh water right after getting back to the dock. Has anyone else had their gear fail at the worst time on the Kenai?

My dad's old lawyer buddy in Edmonton gave me bad advice about a speeding ticket

Back in 2018 I got a 50-over ticket on the Anthony Henday. My dad's friend, a lawyer who retired in the 90s, told me to just plead guilty and ask for a reduction in person. I did that at the Edmonton Law Courts and the judge barely listened, still hit me with the full fine $368 and 4 demerits. A coworker later told me to get a traffic ticket specialist, they got his same charge dropped to 15 over. Anyone else had an old timer's legal advice backfire on them?

Picked a book for our club about a guy building a cabin in Alaska, thought it was a simple survival story. The whole meeting turned into a fight about whether he was a hero or just a selfish jerk.

Changed my mind about using a cheap tile saw for a bathroom floor

The blade wobbled and chipped half the tiles on a job in Tempe last week. Anyone know a solid brand under $400 that can handle porcelain?

Just realized those tree growth regulators actually work...

I always thought those trunk injection treatments were just a gimmick to sell more chemicals. Then a client in Portland insisted we try it on a huge maple that was lifting their driveway. We did the injections in early spring and checked it again last week... the root growth slowed down a ton and the tree looks just as healthy. Has anyone else had a good result with a specific brand, like Arborsystems or something else?

I used to think my air fryer was just for frozen snacks until my Brussels sprouts experiment in Portland last month changed my whole view.

I tossed a pound of halved sprouts with olive oil, salt, and a tablespoon of maple syrup for 15 minutes at 380, and they came out so caramelized and perfect that my partner, who HATES them, actually asked for seconds.