Heard a drywall guy on a podcast talk about using a 2x4 T brace for ceilings and I tried something like that on a small job last year. It worked okay but the board still wanted to slide on me, so I ended up putting a scrap of carpet on the top to grip it better. Your deadman setup sounds way simpler though, might have to give that a shot on the next one.

Didn't a chef on some cooking show say that starchy water is basically liquid gold for mashed potatoes? Just mash them right in the pot you boiled them in and save that water instead of pouring it down the drain.

Six months ago I would've told you the cheap gigs were worth it for the review count, and I ate those words hard. My first month after raising my floor to $50 I panicked at the empty queue, but the buyers who stuck around actually answered messages and paid on time. Took about a month for the quiet to stop bugging me and start feeling like free time.