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2d ago
inRandom guy at a bus station in Denver told me to stop booking hotels and start using hostel private rooms
Prices have gone up so much that hostels aren't even that cheap anymore. I looked into one last year for a weekend trip and it was almost what a motel costs. Hard to justify the shared bathroom when the savings ain't what they used to be.
2d ago
inThe week my team stopped writing like robots and started sounding human
Man, is writing an internal newsletter really that deep? I get that nobody wants to read some stiff corporate memo, but getting actual replies from employees doesn't mean you cracked some code. It probably just means people were bored that day. What kind of stuff were you putting in there before, legalese about performance metrics?
4d ago
inHad a day where every horse was a perfect angel, which never happens
Wait are you seriously complaining about having a good day?
5d ago
inI just realized my writing prompts were all the same kind of story
Actually, that's pretty common for a lot of great songs. Those four chords are a solid foundation, @grant_cooper. Think about "Let It Be" or "With or Without You." The magic isn't just the chords, it's what you build on top of them. Different rhythms, melodies, and lyrics can make the same four chords feel brand new. It's more about what you do with the tools than the tools themselves.
7d ago
inA guy at the supply yard in Toledo saw my weld on a 3-inch pipe and just said 'Clean work, kid'. Meant a lot coming from a guy with 30 years on the tools.
Old guys say that to everyone, keeps the new guys happy.