My first batch of kimchi in the new apartment is finally ready

Last week I opened the jar I started a month ago, right after we moved to Portland. Three years back, I was too scared to try anything beyond basic sauerkraut in my old kitchen. This time I used a full head of napa cabbage and my grandma's old stone crock, which made all the difference. The flavor is so much deeper than my past attempts. What's the longest you've let a kimchi ferment before it was perfect for you?

Serious question, I just read that the oldest known pair of pants is over 3,000 years old and was found in a Chinese tomb. Where do you even start preserving something like that?

My chain snapped on a steep hill in Seattle and I had to walk home

It happened two days ago on the climb up Queen Anne. I was putting down some power and there was a loud crack, then the pedals spun free. The chain broke right at the master link. I didn't have a chain tool or a spare link in my bag, just a multi-tool and a patch kit. So I had to push my bike the rest of the way up the hill and then walk it two miles home. It was a brand new chain I put on maybe four months ago. I think I messed up the master link when I installed it. I've since bought a proper chain breaker and a few extra links. Has anyone else had a new chain fail that fast? I'm wondering if I should just avoid master links altogether and pin it the old way.

I thought our book club picking 'Moby-Dick' was a huge mistake

We voted on it last month and I was sure it would be boring and impossible to get through. But our meeting yesterday turned into a wild two-hour fight about whether Ahab is a hero or just crazy. My friend Mark yelled, 'He's a captain obsessed with a fish, that's not deep, it's silly!' and it got really funny. Has your club ever had a book that started a totally unexpected argument?

Showerthought: I finally get why you should always check the simple stuff first

I used to jump straight into the computer for every check engine light, but a mentor showed me a loose gas cap on a 2021 RAV4 was the culprit. How many hours do you think we waste overcomplicating basic fixes?

I spent $250 on a proper cable toner and it saved my butt on a retrofit job yesterday

Hit 500 pages in my daily log and my cat is the main character

I flipped back and realized over half the entries from the past year mention my cat knocking pens off the desk or sleeping on the open spread. Anyone else's journal secretly become a pet biography?