Tell @rubyschmidt that creativity loves a little pressure. Maybe if Ryan tries painting with just raw umber and titanium white he'll understand, or maybe he'll just throw his brush at the wall. Guess there's only one way to find out.

Betting the flour type matters more than the chill.

Pulled a blue toner on orange hair once and got swamp green.

Did you ever go back and look for more stuff after that? Same thing happened to me once with a guy who told me to stop picking up every cool looking rock and start looking for the ones that looked "wrong" in a human way. Flake scars and edge wear are the big tells, but also look for rocks that don't match the local geology (like a piece of obsidian in a limestone area that shouldn't have any). That's usually a sign someone carried it there on purpose. It's one of those things where once you see it, you can't unsee it, and suddenly every hike turns into a slow scan of the ground.

Do you really think luck is that random though? I mean, yeah, getting broken chips in a bag sucks, but that's just a manufacturing thing, not some cosmic sign. I feel like people call bad luck way too many things that are just normal life stuff. A bad day at work isn't luck, it's just Tuesday. Maybe it's more about how you handle the small stuff rather than blaming it on luck.