Target mildliners are actually a bit different than standard highlighters, they have a brush tip on one end and a fine point on the other so they're more for drawing than filling in big blocks. That pack at Target for six bucks is a solid deal though, I grabbed the same one last month and it turned my whole habit tracker into something I actually wanted to look at every day. It's wild how a new tool can make you want to use something you were already avoiding.

Dude, same here. Switched to a curved boning knife and it was like magic.

The farmer's market baker who called me out was a lady in her 70s, she watched me roll out dough and just shook her head. She said I was treating it like play-doh instead of pastry. I was so embarrassed but she taught me to use ice water and barely touch it. Took me three tries to get the texture right. Now my crusts actually hold up and don't taste like cardboard. Best piece of unsolicited advice I ever got.

Yeah that stings, I've had to reterminate half a dozen cables the same way.

Man, are we really overthinking comb angles that much? I get that technique matters, but I've seen people nail root smudges with a rattail comb held however they want. Feels like another thing to stress about when the real issue is usually just patience and product choice.