Yeah those ICFs are a game changer once you get the hang of them. The trick is making sure your rebar layout is dialed in before the concrete gets poured because fixing it after is a nightmare. Also watch the bracing on the first lift, if it buckles you're shutting down half the day. Good foreman should have the crew doing regular check-ins on the alignment as they go.

Ain't that the truth? I tried painting my garage door in July once, didn't even get halfway before it was drying in patches and peeling up like crazy. Now I plan all my outdoor painting for spring or fall when the sun isn't trying to cook everything on contact.

Idk man, it's a gas station chicken sandwich not some kind of life-changing experience. You either eat it and move on or you don't.

Batteries dying on a laser level is rare though, most of them run for days on a charge.

A hand whisk is definitely not faster than a stand mixer for creaming butter and sugar unless you're making a really tiny amount. Maybe you just got unlucky with a dud mixer.