Feel that pain, man. Seen it crack on a trailer hitch repair last winter for the same reason. My rule is if you can see your breath, you need the torch.

I swore virtual staging was a scam for years. My team in Phoenix just sold a vacant house in four days because of it.

Oh man, that reminds me of the time I tried to make a giant batch of chili with a bag of kidney beans. I ended up with so much food it filled my biggest pot and I ate chili for like two weeks straight, lmao. Had to freeze half of it.

I read in Cook's Illustrated that cold butter needs to stay in pea-sized bits, @grantnelson. If yours works, maybe your kitchen is just colder than most.

No kidding, my cheap pour over setup blew my expensive brewer out of the water too.