I interview candidates a lot for work, and unfortunately, only a minority of people know how to answer a negative question in a way that’s honest but ends on a positive note.

I volunteer for career day-type events at a local college prep school where the kids are required to work at corporate internships, and cover “what is your greatest weakness” and other negative questions during the interviewing panels.

Because of overwhelming demand for the dirty, extra dry vodka “martini”, that travesty of a drink seems to have become what bartenders default to when someone asks for a martini. So I’ve taken to ordering it as “[desired brand of gin] martini, 3:1, up, with a twist”.

This is almost exactly how I acquired a taste for chicken feet. Only after I realized what they were, I tried to act nonchalant & cool like I totally knew what I was doing, and proceeded to eat them in the way I imagined you were supposed to, just to save face.

Dude, that’s sharp as hell! Really clean work. If there’s a wider demand for these things, you should head down to the Salvation Army store, buy up all the purses, crank a bunch of these suckers out, and sell them for a tidy profit!

When these teens break into cars with their black box, it’s discrete. When you try breaking into a car with Black Box it catches the attention of Everybody everybody.

I like the plumb bob idea only because measuring never seems to work out for me, no matter how many times I measure before cutting. I measure, measure again, cut, then realize I didn't account for some minute imperfection that resulted in my hole being off by 1/8", which is just enough for the drywall to not seat…

Wow, resurrecting an old post. Also, I'm brown.

No university "requires" a 4.2 GPA, because anything above 4.0 is nonstandard bullshit. I'm 36, and graduated high school with a "4.12", where honors classes were given an extra 0.1 weight, and AP classes an extra 0.25. For the permutation of classes I took my junior & senior years, the highest I could've gotten was…

Negative. This is what painted OSB looks like:

I hang my sweaters the old–or I guess "normal"–way, because I want them to stretch vertically.

Why you gotta be so car-centric? Open your mind to buses and trains, maaaaan!

Why you gotta be so car-centric? Open your mind to buses and trains, maaaaan!

Huh. I would've assumed that a standard direct-drive circular saw would be a breeze for lefties, since the lack of cut visibility seems to be the biggest complaint with those among right-handed folks, and one of the big reasons for switching to a worm-drive saw.

For trim & 2-by lumber, you're absolutely right, a compound miter saw is the right tool for the job. But if you're building furniture of any kind - even simple shelving - you'll find yourself needing to rip sheets, and a circular saw is the simplest, cheapest, most versatile tool for that job.

I bought a Milwaukee M12 Fuel cordless oscillating multi-tool, and it quickly became an indispensable go-to. It's great for sanding in tight spots, and when you slap a drywall blade on it, it'll cut an outlet hole in seconds flat, and with a metal blade, it'll cut through screws like buttah.

I have the DeWalt 20V Li-Ion cordless circular saw, and it really is fantastic. I went cordless because I wanted to be able to use the saw to make long cuts without having to worry about proximity to an outlet, dragging an extension cord around, or cutting through the cord (which I probably would've done while making…

Just to be clear, where it says "pulled", "sliced", etc., that's the end-goal for the meat, while the times/temps are for the whole piece, right?

I'm sure the German language has exactly the world you're looking for.

That's the experience if you're an average-looking dude with no connections trying to get into whatever happens to be the hottest club of that particular week. However, if you know someone, are good looking and/or female, or are willing to grease some palms, then getting into the hottest club du jour is much less…