Oh man, that's the worst kind of timing! I swear, beauty tools always pick the most important day to quit. You must have some serious skills to pull that off with just a flat iron.

Brothers are always right, it's a universal law.

Read a thing once about some high-end kitchens using a "two-ticket" system. They'd fire the main components on the first ticket, then a second ticket for the final sear or garnish would print only when the runner was literally at the pass. Seems like a good way to avoid the dead zone, but it must need crazy sync between front and back.

Read that same stat and it made my brain hurt.

My buddy's cousin runs a blog that just tracks old neon signs in Portland. He started it in 2017 and has posted over 300 photos. There's no real writing, just the cross streets and sometimes the business name if it's still there. He told me he gets maybe 80 visits a month, mostly from other sign nerds or history people. The whole point is the collection itself, not trying to be a big deal. It's the best kind of internet, just one person quietly building a record of something cool.