Helping a friend out is worth more than a couple grand.

Wow, the credit score game is just made up nonsense, isn't it? I did the same thing with my Discover card and it jumped like 30 points. It's wild that the trick is just... paying it a few weeks early.

Oh man, that's awesome. I love that they put it in the guidebook, makes it official. Terry's right about it answering the "why" we do this, but my favorite part is picturing you trying to act casual while people check out your work. Bet you were side-eyeing them from behind a bush or something.

My grandma in Vermont kept her starter in the same chipped ceramic crock for like forty years. She said it just got used to the little scratches and grooves. Honestly I tried to move it to glass once and the whole thing just went flat for a week. Took it right back to the old crock and it perked up. Some of those old cultures just get attached to their home.