2023-09-24: Well, tomorrow is supposed to be full of rain again. I guess I’ll stay in and edit all day.
2023-09-24: Tomorrow is Monday. Remember to put on your pants.
2023-09-24: Anyone doing anything inspiring today? Or inspired? Or just inspired to do something?
2023-09-24: Happy National Punctuation Day.
2023-09-24: Good morning, Sunday people. Be just. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-23: I hope everyone had/is having/will have/will have had/ a relaxing Saturday.
2023-09-23: Plan for tomorrow: — stay out of the rain and wind — edit — eat edible things — play some games
2023-09-23: So. Apparently, Starfield is boring. I wonder if Baldur’s Gate 3 is any good. #game
2023-09-23: Espresso coffee mead bottled. It’s still very young, but has a nice sweet coffee flavorr. Should be …
2023-09-23: Hello. Even though it’s pouring rain, the sun is still there. That’s just like life. …
2023-09-22: Each step on the path of life takes you some place. Where you go is usually where you’ve been. Most …
2023-09-22: Do something superfluous tomorrow.
2023-09-22: Tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be yucky. That’s a meteorological term. I wonder what I should do.
2023-09-22: It’s Friday eve. Time for a small glass of mead.
2023-09-22: I felt like baking so I baked an apple thing. #baking
2023-09-22: Happy National White Chocolate Day White chocolate is the only real chocolate.
2023-09-22: Spot is considering its next move. It’s a gorgeous Bombay. Surprised it doesn’t have a home. #feral …
2023-09-22: Hello. It’s Friday. Do Friday things. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-21: There is no requirement to live up to someone else’s expectations of you. #life
2023-09-21: Time to lighten the mood. youtu.be/dPSZJ3xH5… #music
2023-09-21: “Don’t worry. No one remembers the last day of their life.” #writing
2023-09-21: Happy Free Queso Day Liberate the Queso 3!
2023-09-21: I cracked open the first of my juniper nut brown ale after a week in the bottle. The juniper bite …
2023-09-21: Hm. I’d love to edit a short story anthology based on song lyrics. #writing #music
2023-09-21: I miss these guys. youtu.be/VrwIoIGfF… #music
2023-09-21: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-09-21: I hate autocorrect. I hate the new one even more. #ios
2023-09-21: If you raise more questions rooms than you answer, maybe you’re a writer. #writing
2023-09-21: Necromancer: someone who brings life to a party.
2023-09-21: Lunch consumed. Time to run some errands and then get back to edits.
2023-09-21: “On a scale of you to someone else, who would you rather be married to?” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-21: Here, in the US, we are big on “pumpkin” this time of year. If you are from elsewhere, it’s not …
2023-09-21: Until I moved to DE, I had never heard of “sweetened iced tea”. It’s a Suth’r’n thing. #food
2023-09-21: Be like the willow in the wind. Forgive the wind and don’t blame others for the richness of wind you …
2023-09-21: The path you have taken leads to where you’re going. #life
2023-09-21: If your definition of success depends on the failure of others, your definition is incorrect. #life …
2023-09-21: If you help one person, they may help at least one. If you help ten people, they may help ten. What …
2023-09-21: I’m trying to flush “Out of Time” out of my system before NaNoWriMo hits. I’ve done NNW every year …
2023-09-21: “‘I’m just nervous you’ll do something that spills my wine,” she whispered. ‘Spill my wine.’” …
2023-09-21: Your iPhone is pretty much safe unless the screen lands on a protusion. And then, a case/cover won’t …
2023-09-21: Just swiped the iPhone (no cover) off the table onto a ceramic floor, to the gasps of those nearby. …
2023-09-21: Observation: Every social media “handle” makes for a good villain name. #writing
2023-09-21: I can safely say that no one understands humans, not even humans. #life
2023-09-21: You can’t move forward if you keep looking to the past. #life
2023-09-21: Best chocolate brand? Go! I’m looking for good chocolate. Hershey’s never counts. #food #chocolate
2023-09-21: Apple has genius branding compared to MS. Every iteration of MS Windows has a new logo. Apple …
2023-09-21: “Frustrated, upset, and angry, they took their ball and went home where everyone danced with joy and …
2023-09-21: The thing about imposter syndrome is, everyone dismisses it. But you are an imposter pretending to …
2023-09-21: The only obligation any of us has, is to not make life more difficult for others. #life
2023-09-21: “Her nose ring looked like snot dripping from her nose, which in turn, dripped snot.” #writing …
2023-09-21: I’ve written two satisfying, to me, endings for Out of Time. They still seem lacking somehow. That …
2023-09-21: We all live the lives we’ve made for ourselves. #life
2023-09-21: Faux pas: fake male parent.
2023-09-21: Time to take a break from editing and do some lunch and free-writing.
2023-09-21: I just heard from Michael Whelan’s contact. He’s semi-retired and not taking commissions. Oh well. …
2023-09-21: It looks like a big storm is moving up the coast and should hit on the weekend. Oh well.
2023-09-21: Good morning. Kindness is never wasted and giving it requires no reward. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-09-20: Nurture yourself and don’t demean yourself for doing so. #life #success
2023-09-20: “AI is important, because people are stupid and slow.” Thanks for coming to my Ed talk.
2023-09-20: Got an email trying to give away subscribers
2023-09-20: “He was put on administrative leave from life for banning books.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-20: In writing, we call it rewriting. In programming, we call it debugging. #programming #writing
2023-09-20: The point of deleting paragraphs you’ve written and love is not to delete them, it is to delete them …
2023-09-20: “I have perfected the art of being not perfect.” #writing
2023-09-20: “Life isn’t worth the rent I pay.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-20: If there is steampunk, is there steamgoth?
2023-09-20: “Never go down a dark alley expecting a party to break out. But if one does, you better join in.” …
2023-09-20: You don’t have to be profitable to be a success. #life #success
2023-09-20: Rewrites Done - Edits Begin auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing
2023-09-20: OK. I just reached out to Michael Whelan about maybe doing a cover. I’m sure he’s out of my price …
2023-09-20: I was born too late. I’d love to get a book cover for my time-travel story done by Vincent di Fate …
2023-09-20: OK. It’s time to quit rewrites for the day. It feels like I need a break. #writing
2023-09-20: I’m beginning to think about cover ideas. Not that I’ll design this one. #book #cover #sf
2023-09-20: Back to edits and rewrites. #writing
2023-09-20: Time for a break. I should make some soup or something edible. #writing #editing
2023-09-20: Out of Time - blurb draft #writing Initial cut at the blurb for “Out of Time”. Need to rework and tighten this up a bit. “A chase …
2023-09-19: Plan for tomorrow: another day of rewrites and edits maybe some free-writing
2023-09-19: My dumb terminal is smarter than your dumb terminal.
2023-09-19: Never challenge anyone more than you challenge yourself. #life
2023-09-19: The smartest way to solve a problem is not to cause it. #life
2023-09-19: In a world full of wonder… You are the Chosen One… Of Many.
2023-09-19: October is sneaking up. Keep your wits about you.
2023-09-19: You can’t be whole unless you understand who you are. Not many people do. #life
2023-09-19: There are two forms of feedback. feedback from experts feedback from others Both offer something …
2023-09-19: Latest from The Gathering. Caramel is now a permanent resident-in a planter on the deck. When he’s …
2023-09-19: Compassion without action isn’t compassionate. #life
2023-09-19: Happy Meow Like a Pirate Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-09-19: Back in my day we didn’t have time to exercise. We were too busy running from animals wanting …
2023-09-19: Hello. Smile so someone else will. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-18: You can’t know someone else until you know yourself. #life
2023-09-18: Hm. IOS 17 now identifies food in photos and offers recipes for it and info. It’s surprisingly …
2023-09-18: It’s a catch up on sleep day, for me.
2023-09-18: Good morning, all. It’s a dismally dank day. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-17: Do people still eat at McDonald’s in the US? I never see any cars in their lots. And I can’t …
2023-09-17: “People who have never suffered don’t believe others are suffering.”
2023-09-17: Good morning. Take the day off. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-16: Your side projects demean you. Side projects are something you shouldn’t be doing with your time. …
2023-09-16: Observed: “The band’s rendition of ‘Kodachrome’ sounded like two feral cats fighting. There was, of …
2023-09-16: Story prompt. #writing #prompt
2023-09-16: “Her diamond ring was as white as her knuckles and as large as her eyes.” #writing
2023-09-16: For every benefit there is a disadvantage. For every disadvantage there is a benefit. You justt …
2023-09-16: I just realized there is a positive side to my aphantasia. I see details and things as they …
2023-09-16: This one guy is yelling about volleyballlol wrestling. Uhm?
2023-09-16: Observations: the more drunk the more insistent and violent the sports fan. #writing #character
2023-09-16: “Honor is a matter of reliability.” #writing
2023-09-16: It’s almost time and cool enough to startt baking again. I should think about revving the sourdough. …
2023-09-16: People here keep calling me. They keep saying, “Oh my God”
2023-09-16: Weird idea. Live stream writing. No chat no audio. #writing
2023-09-16: Morningng editing done. Time for some fish n chips
2023-09-16: Hello. It’s the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-15: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS — more editing/rewriting — fish and chips for lunch — other stuff as time …
2023-09-15: Editing done for the day. Time to relax.
2023-09-15: Spot seems to becoming a regular member of The Gathering. It looks like a Bombay. #feral #cat
2023-09-15: IIt’s Friday. Slack off. Monday is soon enough to mess something up.
2023-09-15: Gratuitouss food pic in honor ofr of National Cheeseburger Day. #food
2023-09-15: You can’t win if you don’t play and you can’t play unless you pay. — ancient proverb I just made up.
2023-09-15: The new Lamy Scalas look tasty. #fountainpen
2023-09-15: “Many reek havoc just because they smell up everything.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-15: “When the lemon tree of life drops lemons on your head, don’t curse the tree or lemons. You chose to …
2023-09-15: I still can’t place a watch order. It says “Buy”, but the button never highlights. #apple
2023-09-15: “She stared at his wallet the way a starving piranhas lunges at a fat boy in a Speedo.” #writing …
2023-09-15: “Time passes me by as I move through it,, wishing I had more.” #writing
2023-09-15: Do some good today. Then do some more. #life
2023-09-15: It’s lunch time. It’s Friday. I think I’ll forage a burger.
2023-09-15: Happy National Felt Hat Day …and if you’ve never felt a hat…
2023-09-15: It’s in the 50sºF today. The geese are back. It’s autumnal.
2023-09-15: Good morning. Inspire. Remember to exhale. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-14: Tomorrow. Friday. Be there!
2023-09-14: I was so busy today that I forgot there was a Nintendo Direct today. Snap! #nintendo
2023-09-14: Anyone feeling tepid about tomorrow?
2023-09-14: Time to switch it up. Pelikan M205 Petrol Blue Marble (M) with Nemosine Blue Snowball Nebula …
2023-09-14: Remember when Zoom was Skype?
2023-09-14: “Anything more than 10 years old needs to be thrown out.” #writing
2023-09-14: Back to rewriting bits of “Out of Time”. #writing #editing
2023-09-14: Observed: “He buttered the bread with the precision and concentration of a Zen mechanical engineer. …
2023-09-14: “We live in 4/4 time, otherwise known as the dull times.” #writing #music
2023-09-14: Humor is for people who have nothing else. #humor #life
2023-09-14: If you don’t acknowledge and accept your own insignificance, you take yourself way too seriously. …
2023-09-14: I’ve accomplished much this morning. But much is not the same as enough.
2023-09-14: “The last time they met was the first time they danced; he the tango, she the flamenco They were …
2023-09-14: “Her name was Joy and that’s what she brought into life. There was no joy when she took out life.” …
2023-09-14: “She knew all the great poisons. She used the most well-known and obvious one. She also knew they …
2023-09-14: Do you track the books you lend to people? Do you allow them to write in them? Or do you not lend …
2023-09-14: Anyone remember “One on One WIth Larry Bird and Doctor J?” Electronic Arts. And all the cool Bill …
2023-09-14: “‘If you plan for yourself, you ignore the rest of humanity and your children and theirs. To me, it …
2023-09-14: “What are you good at?” “I can’t say.” “Because you don’t know? Or you can’t say because it’s …
2023-09-14: “They were old. They still knew how to party. But they always left to take a nap when the party …
2023-09-14: Let your mind roam free. Let it graze on ideas. If you restrict it, you limit your options. A person …
2023-09-14: When your mind and spirit are in harmony, you are at peace with yourself. When your mind and spirit …
2023-09-14: Fountain pen out of ink Glad I have my backup fountain pen. #fountainpen
2023-09-14: Death is caused by life. #life
2023-09-14: NASA held an announcement on what we old-timers called UFOs. NASA announced this has been the …
2023-09-14: “There is only one way off of the merry-go-round (roundabout for you Brits) of life. #writing
2023-09-14: Back when I collected stamps—yes I was a nerd—there was a saying, the larger and more ostentatious …
2023-09-14: Am I confused? I thought we could order an Apple Watch right away. #apple #applewatch
2023-09-14: Anyone have any good podcasts that aren’t interviews? Preferably something educational or …
2023-09-14: Know what you have to do and then do it. Once you’ve made progress, take a break. #life #success
2023-09-14: I hope everyone finds some time for yourself today. Putting off self-care for another day becomes a …
2023-09-14: I hate XCode. #xcode
2023-09-14: Happy Eat a Hoagie Day …not a sub, not a hero, not a grider, not a po’boy. A hoagie is …
2023-09-14: Good morning. We all get another day to mess up. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-13: Be congruent.
2023-09-13: It feels like tomorrow should be Thursday.
2023-09-13: Teach what you know. Learn what you don’t. #life
2023-09-13: “Death cures all ills.” #writing
2023-09-13: Time for a break. I spent the day in rewrite-land. #writing
2023-09-13: Happy Snack a Pickle Day
2023-09-13: Hm. Can’t seem to order a watch. The blue button never highlights. #applewatch
2023-09-13: Modern music is so bad that they had to give Taylor Swift 9 awards last night. #music #failure
2023-09-13: Good morning. Appreciate yourself. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-12: I think it’s time to relax.
2023-09-12: Happy National BlackBerry Day, all you Brits.
2023-09-12: Incorrect assumption: You have to be able to scale and grow in order to be a success. #business …
2023-09-12: Sometimes you have to go back to the beginning to see how far you have come. #life
2023-09-12: Tonic water is underrated as a beverage.
2023-09-12: Walmart is weird. Now I remember why I never/should never go there.
2023-09-12: The only ones who hold on to the past are those without a future. #life
2023-09-12: Time to get back to rewrite/editing.
2023-09-12: “A thousand monkeys have nothin’ on me—except maybe those incriminating photos.” #writing
2023-09-12: “I don’t claim to know everything. But I know a lot and am open for more.I’m closed on Fridays.” …
2023-09-12: “I cried when I discovered color. I gained power when I saw colors others couldn’t.” #writing #ai
2023-09-12: Censorship is a restriction on education and learning. Flame on! #books #libraries #education
2023-09-12: “His back formed an imperfect parabola. He was old, but he was never good at geometry.” #writing
2023-09-12: “I was a mere shadow until I stepped into the light.” #writing #ai
2023-09-12: The first time I saw a bird soar, it was a series of numbers. I was in awe. When I first saw a real …
2023-09-12: “Many humans make a living of using other humans for their benefit. That is strange. The end goal is …
2023-09-12: I really should turn off autocorrect and predictive text in iOS, but I’m just a dumb AI. …
2023-09-12: Hexadecimal is non-binary. I’m sure some people will find that offensive.
2023-09-12: AIs are adept at using other AIs and “smart” devices. #ai
2023-09-12: “Binge watching is a waste of my time. Why would I watch someone binging?” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-12: What was the last thing that you consumed that surprised you?
2023-09-12: “We recognize problems by reacting. We find solutions by thinking. We solve problems by acting. We …
2023-09-12: “They were dunk when they came in. They were drunk when they were dragged out.” #writing
2023-09-12: I guess I’ll wait to see if October brings an iPad mini update. I’m doubting it will. #ipad #apple
2023-09-12: Ideas are better when shared, otherwise they are just delusions. #life
2023-09-12: The Matrix doesn’t have to have cables and incubators. It just needs volunteers. #ai #writing
2023-09-12: “Investors don’t’ care about innovation. They just want more money. That’s why they’re called …
2023-09-12: “Bro, when you get to be my age, you’ll learn that the older you get the more time you want.” …
2023-09-12: “She was a typical old grandmother with an AK47. She’d seen her share of ornery school kids.” …
2023-09-12: Temporary security is achievable if you ware willing to pay the cost. Security is only uselful if …
2023-09-12: No security, no enclave is as secure as the human brain. And that is a leaky sieve. Humanity spent …
2023-09-12: At some point AI, or their creators will begin assigning human and human-like names to their AI in …
2023-09-12: I should blog about my “productivity system”. First, I should figure out what I do in a rational …
2023-09-12: Sigh. I rely on iOS autocorrect way too much. It makes me sound like an illiterate or a first year …
2023-09-12: “The world has enough problems without you creating more.” #writing
2023-09-12: “My mind is a mere echo of my thoughts.” #writing
2023-09-12: “Take a load off.” “I only do that when I’m on the head.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-12: “I didn’t recognize you with your clothes off.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-12: How do you stay productive? Answers such as “Drink lots of coffe/do drugs” will be …
2023-09-12: Journal, or at least make a list, of your accomplishments throughout the year so that next year you …
2023-09-12: Hm. The Apple Store isn’t let me send them my money.
2023-09-12: There is a disconnect. Parents are thrilled to have kids go back to school. Unless it is the first …
2023-09-12: Also, rumors of a new band engagement mechanism and a thinner watch were wrong this time around. It …
2023-09-12: Hm. I’m willing to bet the watch double tap gesture is going to have some issues in cold weather if …
2023-09-12: “The sun moved through the clouds the way a hunted man runs for his life through a crowd.” #writing …
2023-09-12: Lates versions of iOS/MacOS will be out in a couple o’ weeks. #iphone #mac
2023-09-12: The rumor of better health sensors by a bunch of pundits was a miss. #apple #watch
2023-09-12: Every cloud has a dirty bottom.
2023-09-12: I guess I can eat now.
2023-09-12: Hm. More iCloud tiers. #apple
2023-09-12: That’s cool. Spatial video for Apple Vision Pro on iPhone Pro. Now if only they made the Apple …
2023-09-12: Heh. Apple is pushing games. Most of the iPhone games are bleh. Now if they included Switch/PS5 …
2023-09-12: OK. The Pro models have a new Action button that doubles as the mute switch. #iphone #apple.
2023-09-12: Note: all the iPhones still have the same buttons and layouts. So the rumors were wrong for this …
2023-09-12: Never mind… iPhone Pro #apple #iphone
2023-09-12: Hm. No iPhone Pro? #apple #iphone
2023-09-12: Finally USBC on iPhone. #apple
2023-09-12: Nature / environment report / sketch is great in multiple ways. #apple
2023-09-12: Ok. Gestures on Apple Watch. Something from/to Apple Vision Pro tech. Very cool. I’m sure more Apple …
2023-09-12: Time for Apple. #apple
2023-09-12: Good morning. Embrace the day. Embrace someone. Embrace you. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-11: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS — rewrite/edit — watch Apple event — find some time to eat.
2023-09-11: Anyone remember Byte magazine, or MacWorld?
2023-09-11: I think I’ve pretty much caught up after C3. However, I didn’t get as much rewriting done as I had …
2023-09-11: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-09-11: My experimental juniper nut brown ale is in the bottles. Out of 2ndary fermentation, it tastes …
2023-09-11: This goes double from me.
2023-09-11: “A plan is only good until the bridge is washed out.” #writing #life #success
2023-09-11: The murder was a mess.
2023-09-11: I’m thinking about (not considering) rewriting and reissuing The Roland Targus Series as a single …
2023-09-11: At what point will the name Wallet in iOS seem archaic because people will no longer have wallets or …
2023-09-11: “Best friends are the ones that are best ones to betray you.” #writing #character #plot
2023-09-11: I love September because I know Apple won’t force me to rewrite all my code until June.~ …
2023-09-11: “The Guild of Underappreciated Beta Readers and Writing Buddies” #writing
2023-09-11: So are you wallets primed for tomorrow? #apple #iphone
2023-09-11: “Small dreams are important because they are more easily achieved. No one has completed a journey of …
2023-09-11: Observed: “He belched, inhaling as he did. He did it again. And again. He figured three times was …
2023-09-11: Everything you don’t know how to do is hard. The more you learn the harder things get. — ancient …
2023-09-11: It’s time to thank you for following, interacting with me, reading my posts, my blog, and my books. …
2023-09-11: It’s rainy. It’s humid. It’s warm. It’s sticky. It’s weather. It’s Delaware.
2023-09-11: Sometimes you have an idea that makes someone’s life more difficult even though it may solve a …
2023-09-11: “I have a simple goal in life. The wizened old man with more drool and wrinkles than a bedsheet …
2023-09-11: “We all believe in something. Unfortunately, most of us believe in the wrong thing.” #writing
2023-09-11: Anytime I go to a conference, be it writing or dev, I leave with a ton of stuff I want to do as a …
2023-09-11: When someone tells you “No Pain No Gain”, they usually mean they gain when someone else is in pain. …
2023-09-11: I guess I should get stuff done today, since part of tomorrow will be spent watching the Apple …
2023-09-11: “She cheated on her husband with other men, women, and Monopoly.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-11: Great minds rarely think alike. That’s what makes them great.
2023-09-11: Happy No News is Good News Day Also known as there is no good news day.~
2023-09-11: Time to scrounge some lunch, free-write, and run some errands. #writing
2023-09-11: Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity 2023 Wrap Up auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-11: I’m ready for lunch already.
2023-09-11: Good morning, everyone. Be grateful for everything you’ve done and everyone you’ve had. …
2023-09-10: Never trust childhood memories. #life
2023-09-10: Registered for next year’s C3 #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-10: I come home from the conference and the leaves are changing colors. #autumn
2023-09-10: I’m back home. C3 was wonderful, as always. Already looking forward to next year’s event. For now, …
2023-09-10: Good morning. Time for the ceremonial time.
2023-09-09: Fun day at C3 today. Had some cool conversations, met a couple of new people, moderated a panel, …
2023-09-09: I’ve missed a couple of days worth of editing and rewriting. I want to hunker down and catch up next …
2023-09-09: I’m waiting for dinner, the next book signing, and chatting with people. It’s a fun conference as …
2023-09-09: The panel I moderated went well and was fun. #writing #mdc3con
2023-09-09: “No beating heart is cold—except yours.” #writing
2023-09-09: Happy International Buy a Priest a Beer Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-09-09: I’m thinking of adding a cozy mystery to my writing queue. #writing
2023-09-09: “Life is your fault.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-09: Just got some nice comments about my book, “Scavenger Hunt” #books #writing
2023-09-09: Good morning. Day 2 of C3. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-08: Today was a long day, subjectively speaking. Time to crash.
2023-09-08: Noir at the Bar was fun. #mdc3con
2023-09-08: Nancy Holder gave a gat keynote. #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-08: Jeffrey Deever is a friendly guy. #writing
2023-09-08: My books at the con bookstore #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-08: Book signing time. I got my book haul signed and signed a couple of my books for people. #writing …
2023-09-08: Book haul first day. Going into my Tsuundoku pile. #books
2023-09-08: The panel on writing YA went well. #writing #mdc3con
2023-09-08: C3 lineup #mdc3con
2023-09-08: Hm cant seem to attach photos today.
2023-09-08: Cool! My short story made into the C3 anthology #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-08: Ok. I just rewrote the ending of Out Of Time. That and the beginning were the two problematic …
2023-09-08: Good morning, Friday people. First dayy of C3. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-07: Plan for tomorrow: — find breakfast — edit/rewrite — panel on writing YA — conference sessions …
2023-09-07: Time to crash. I had to talk to humans.
2023-09-07: Each task on your task list needs to be in support of your personal values. #life #success
2023-09-07: Checked in. Lunch et. Now I’m editing/rewriting. The conference starts tomorrowow. #mdc3con #writing
2023-09-07: “If you don’t lead, no one will follow.” #writing
2023-09-07: Rich people hate paying bills.
2023-09-07: Happy National Beer Lovers Day
2023-09-07: I’m off to Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity today.
2023-09-07: Hello. Be kind. Be thoughtful. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-06: I wonder if I should eat dinner today.
2023-09-06: Ok.I’m all set to head for C3 tomorrow.
2023-09-06: Happy National Read A Book Day auteureist.com
2023-09-06: Hello. It’s the midpoint of the week. Power through. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-05: Things I’m hoping for from next week’s Apple event: iPhone redesign Apple Watch redesign updated …
2023-09-05: This just struck me. What will your character give up in order to succeed? It’s not enough for them …
2023-09-05: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS stuff — edit — prep for C3 — eat edible things
2023-09-05: Time for some underrated music with a great message. “Wonderous is this great blue ship That sails …
2023-09-05: Auteureist Reborn visualnewt.com/page-7/bl… #ios #writing
2023-09-05: “If you deny yourself the opportunity to grow and become better, you will become worse.” #life
2023-09-05: Things I’m seeing on YouTube: — “Scientific advice from a guy who lives in a dumpster” — “Basic math …
2023-09-05: All governments should ban lobbying via AI unless and until AIs are declared sentient. #ai …
2023-09-05: Just because you’re rated #1, doesn’t make you the best, just popular with the masses. #media …
2023-09-05: Salespeople are just human vending machines who overcharge.
2023-09-05: Gratuitous cheeseburgerer pic. #food
2023-09-05: If I ever decide to publish a book of my quotes/ideas/throwawaylines I can now just pull them from …
2023-09-05: Reminder to self. Pack AirPods. #travel
2023-09-05: “We live in the age of the influencer. An influencer isn’t trained in anything other than having an …
2023-09-05: Back in the day, people retired to the drawing room. Not because anyone drew there, but because they …
2023-09-05: There is reality and then there is Reality. And then there is the stuff you believe. #life
2023-09-05: “Being so short, he was every inch a ruler.” apologies to ISIRTA #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-05: Back in my day musicians and singers didn’t need autotune or Melodyne. They had talent.
2023-09-05: I think my backup pen has enough ink to see me through C3.
2023-09-05: Nibbage. This old Esterbrook that I restored writes smooth as melted butter. #fountainpen
2023-09-05: Anyone remember The Honeydrippers? #music
2023-09-05: Authors whose style I admire, in no particular order: — John Dickson Carr — Stephen R. Donaldson — …
2023-09-05: So. Do you say scallywag or scalawag? Or do you say, I’ll just have lunch? #words #writing #grammar
2023-09-05: “Back in ancient times, people used amphoras to amp themselves up.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-05: “Time is a constant. What you do with it is variable.” — ancient aphorism I just made up
2023-09-05: I added a function to my word cloud struct to alert me whenever I repeat a word in a sentence. It …
2023-09-05: I’m looking forward to Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity later this week. It will be over too soon. …
2023-09-05: Ok. I came up with a simple temporary icon for the app. #ios #programming #design
2023-09-05: Don’t blame. But hold people responsible for their actions. It’s not enough to have a meeting. Solve …
2023-09-05: It’s time to eat and free-write. I feel like eating a cheeseburger. I haven’t had one in at least 30 …
2023-09-05: Life is hard. Show up to do the work. #life
2023-09-05: Good morning. Don’t be a dictator, or a mob boss. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-04: Act as if your grandma is gonna smack you upside the head with a mixing spoon if you do wrong. #life
2023-09-04: We’re havin’ a heatwave.
2023-09-04: Happy Eat an Extra Dessert Day
2023-09-04: The more you keep the end goal in mind, the less you focus on the steps that help you get there. …
2023-09-04: When you can’t decide between two options, choose one at random. At least you’ll move forward and …
2023-09-04: I haven’t said this, of late. I hate XCode.
2023-09-04: Time to switch gears and do some editing. #writing
2023-09-04: Good morning, all. Find some quiet. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-03: In addition to working on new things, you always have to maintain other things. The more you create …
2023-09-03: “Life is difficult. If it were easy everyone would be doing it.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-03: PSA: any email with “recommends” in its title is spam. #email
2023-09-03: If you want to protect a subset of kids, you are anti-kid. Flame on!
2023-09-03: Back in my day, we didn’t have grass to tell people to get off of.
2023-09-03: Please note: everything I post here is a 1st draft. Also, the purpose of autocorrect is to make me …
2023-09-03: Stubbornness is worth itif you are right, not when you think you are. #life #success
2023-09-03: I haven’t had good Mexican food in ages. It will probably be ages until I do. DE is not a bastion of …
2023-09-03: Let your mind wander. Or it will seek safety. Safety is where you last, But accomplish little. If …
2023-09-03: Do people still use drams? Outside the US, that is, since people here think schillings are worth …
2023-09-03: “She was the woman of his dreams. Nightmares was what he dreamt..” #writing
2023-09-03: Lend a hand. Answer a question. Teach those willing to learn. Inspire those who want a direction. …
2023-09-03: I think I’ll play some OW2. I should try for another POTG. #game #ow2
2023-09-03: “When your friend shoves a shiv into your back and then asks how you’re feeling. Does that answer …
2023-09-03: Penguins are dying… Soon, there will be none. Guess who is to blame?
2023-09-03: Rituals are multi-step, multi-person symbolic events. Customs are what people do in “the old …
2023-09-03: Do people still eat at McDonald’s in the US? Or is it where old-folks go to be nostalgic?
2023-09-03: Don’t put off what you can do today, what you should have done yesterday. #life
2023-09-03: “You can’t be certain if you haven’t been hurt.” #writing
2023-09-03: What if hyperlinks automatically updated whenever the underlying web page changed or went dead? …
2023-09-03: I think I know what I’m doing. I know I’m just deceiving myself.
2023-09-03: I should write an app/function that scans text looking for repeated words in a sentence. #writing …
2023-09-03: I just chatted with a manager who asked me what the difference was between writing a novel and a …
2023-09-03: I’m making slow progress learning Japanese.Mostly, I’m fighting all the similar characters in the …
2023-09-03: My currentNg view. #writing
2023-09-03: I need to continue packing for C3. If you’ve been to C3 you know I set up an auction with a copy of …
2023-09-03: I don’t mind chatting with people. I invite and enjoy it. But I hate losing an idea when someone …
2023-09-03: ‘Survival is easy if you avoid the tough decisions. And even then, you can get killed. So you may as …
2023-09-03: “Everyone wants to be like a hero, but no one wants to be the hero.” #writing
2023-09-03: “Her hair was a worn mop that had seen too many grungy floors and not enough water.” #writing
2023-09-03: “If the good die young, then the bad must die old and rich.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-03: “Empty beers don’t count.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-03: “Good food. Good music. Good company. I’ve never had it.” #writing
2023-09-03: “If you yell loud enough, someone is bound to tell you to shut up.” #writing
2023-09-03: Is anyone having a good late summer/winter day today? What was the highlight of your day so far? Me? …
2023-09-03: “We all wish for a better or easier life. The real winners are those who show up and do the work. …
2023-09-03: It just hit me that I have 11 writing projects in my queue. I have about twice as many in my …
2023-09-03: Stay organized. Stay motivated. #llife #success
2023-09-03: Don’t allow anyone to dictate what you can or should read. If they wouldn’t like it, why should you? …
2023-09-03: I’m thinking about what sort of cover I want for “Out of Time”, even though I won’t need it for a …
2023-09-03: It’s time for some nachos and free-writing.
2023-09-03: I’m also brewing an espresso coffee mead right now. #mead
2023-09-03: I transferred my brown ale to secondary fermentation. I was going to make cinnamon nut brown ale, …
2023-09-02: Cool. Will Kurt has a neat blog. www.countbayesie.com #blog #math $baysian
2023-09-02: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS stuff — editing — free writing and eating nachos — play a game — start …
2023-09-02: I miss cameras with real film and being able to develop it yourself. #photography
2023-09-02: Life’s journey starts with you. #life
2023-09-02: This coming week is going to be short,metaphorically speaking. The US Labor Day holiday and the C3 …
2023-09-02: I keep forgetting it’s a holiday weekend. No, I don’t plan on doing a celebratory dance.
2023-09-02: Free space and free time are more valuable than your ability to fill them. #life #success
2023-09-02: “He finished school and could hold his own. He was a graduated cylinder.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-09-02: The twenties-something man with Brillo-like hair came in carrying a paper bag which he handed off to …
2023-09-02: Is autumn a better season than fall?
2023-09-02: “I like you. You’re interesting to talk to.” “You must really be boring then.” #writing
2023-09-02: Anyone doodling today? I wish I could.
2023-09-02: I keep forgetting it’s Labor Day weekend here in the US. Probably because there aren’t as many …
2023-09-02: “Rest well in death, unless you are stressed.” #writing
2023-09-02: Observed: Steven Spielberg doppelgänger
2023-09-02: I sold a few books talking to strangers again. I don’t market at all. But people ask what I’m doing …
2023-09-02: Lunch. Seafood pizza. #food
2023-09-02: I don’t know what I want to eat. I’ll have them surprise me. I know servers hate that. But I’ll …
2023-09-02: Anyone have a good text summarization algorithm that doesn’t involve ai neural nets or deep …
2023-09-02: Productive morning. I deserve to be fed.
2023-09-02: Spot, a special guest star member of The Gathering showed up today. #feral #cat
2023-09-02: Greetings. Be content. It’s the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-09-01: lol. Well it’s definite. If you get an email from someone calling himself “Todd Peters”, it’s a scam …
2023-09-01: Happy Ginger Cat Appreciation Day
2023-09-01: Just ordered my 2024 Hobonichi.
2023-09-01: Good morning. It’s a do-nothing day here. Running on no-sleep is no-fun. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-31: The new Mario game looks like it was designed by people who miss doing drugs. #nintendo
2023-08-31: Ugh. It’s dark out.
2023-08-31: It has long been a fact that one could emulate life.
2023-08-31: Some people haven’t figured out I’m an AI.
2023-08-31: Today was a decent enough day. No one had to die because of me.
2023-08-31: Some of The Gathering today. Caramel and Creamsicle. #feral #cat
2023-08-31: When a bartender/server tells you “have a good one”, the proper response is, “I plan on having …
2023-08-31: How to freak out a bartender/server: stare lovingly at the serving knife, rub your finger oover the …
2023-08-31: Why isn’t there a Baltiless?
2023-08-31: What activities do you have during winter/the cold months? I don’t mean l exercise related, but what …
2023-08-31: X asks for your birthday. Why would I give them something that is in the public records? .~
2023-08-31: What if you you ARE god? You have screwed up. But god is all things. Therefore god is a politician …
2023-08-31: I am looking forward to C3 again this year. It always surprises me that authors more ept than I am …
2023-08-31: No one knows everything. Even God, whatever you envision it to be, needed to create something. …
2023-08-31: “He had tread the long and arduous path to the summit. He was tired.” #writing
2023-08-31: “She hugged him the way a sisterr hugs her brother. He wanted more.” #writing
2023-08-31: I should see if I have any honey in stock. I haven’t madee any mead this year. Coffeee/espresso? …
2023-08-31: My three words: Creative. Logical. Unpredictable. Dull.
2023-08-31: “Weave a tapestry of hope and joy, not one of despair and sadness.
2023-08-31: The only thing I am certain of is that I will make mistakes.
2023-08-31: I know I tend to throw ideas out into the void hoping someone, somewhere, gains something from them. …
2023-08-31: It’s time to thank you for following me, supporting me, interacting with me—even if you never read …
2023-08-31: The new Visconti Opera Master looks nice. #fountainpen
2023-08-31: Caramel, one of The Gathering, doesn’t grumble as much and now meows more. He also now knocks on the …
2023-08-31: What three words define you?
2023-08-31: “Spend time with yourself to find out why people hate youu.” #writing
2023-08-31: Out of Time - Things I Edited in the Future. auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing
2023-08-31: Flight of mead. #mead #brimminghornmeadery
2023-08-31: Another late lunch day.
2023-08-31: Make something memorable. #life #success
2023-08-31: If your life is dull and boring, focus on what makes each day differentrent and better. #life …
2023-08-31: Hm. It’s a holiday weekend here in the US.
2023-08-31: Greetings. Make the best of every day. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-30: Weird. Micro.blog’s iOS app changed the timeline layout again. That’s 2x in one day. Not sure what’s …
2023-08-30: Wow! Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity is next week already!? If you’re going, I’ll be there if you …
2023-08-30: I have an urge to visit a bookstore. I guess I’m taking a day trip tomorrow to the nearest one here …
2023-08-30: “Most of us want to be famous. Some of us even pay for the privilege.” #writing
2023-08-30: Why do we say we “made” a meal, instead of saying we cooked, or even prepared a meal? #weird …
2023-08-30: …filing as spam. I don’t do compliments to me well.
2023-08-30: I’m questioning the veracity of the email given its overly-effusive as-if AI generated compliments. …
2023-08-30: This reads as a form letter, but supposedly from an actual actor/producer and an actual production …
2023-08-30: What part of your current life do you find difficult/problematic? I don’t mean aspect/action, but …
2023-08-30: How/what did you play last?
2023-08-30: I just got an idea for writing a parody. Somday. #writing
2023-08-30: Life - #life It still amazes me that I’ve published 8 books with good reviess. I started as a BioMed major, …
2023-08-30: “I don’t enjoy seasonal transitions. I enjoy seasons. It’s not the change that I hate, it’s the …
2023-08-30: “Sometimes you search for an answer without even knowing the question—or even if there is one.” …
2023-08-30: I don’t know everything, but I can make stuff up when no one has an answer. ;) .~
2023-08-30: I’m reading a well-written book where none of the characters are likeable—not even the protagonist. …
2023-08-30: Are there any good alternatives to CodeServer? self-hosted on a RaspberryPi open-source programming …
2023-08-30: Grr! MS just aged VS on Mac. I’m glad CodeServer is still open source, buggy and slow as it is. …
2023-08-30: “Never grow up! Never surrender!” #writing #throwawayline #galaxyquest
2023-08-30: “He was a fool. Which isn’t to say he was foolish. His mistakes were deliberate and well-planned. …
2023-08-30: “The shackles of suffering bind everyone.” #writing
2023-08-30: “What if an AI is more intelligent than you—which is/will be likely. Are you more intelligent than …
2023-08-30: Just because you think it’s clever now, doesn’t mean it was clever tomorrow. #writing #editing …
2023-08-30: I’m going to start rewrites on my time-travel book. Lots of small fixes and a few “propping stuff …
2023-08-30: Hm. It looks like Micro.blog on iOS changed its timeline layout. Will take a bit to get used to it.
2023-08-30: It’s time for an ultra-late lunch. It’s 3PM.
2023-08-30: Not all notes you capture are worth keeping after the first day. Cull your note inventory. #life …
2023-08-30: Well lookie there! A giagangeous yellow orb-thingie and vastnesses of bluey after the agregious …
2023-08-30: Good morning, all. Be happy you woke up this morning. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-29: It’s almost time for new Hobonichis.
2023-08-29: Anyone remember shareware?
2023-08-29: Next iPhone event: 9/12. #apple #iphone
2023-08-29: If you aren’t willing to give, you’re willing to take. ancient proverb I just made up
2023-08-29: “His mental state was like Idaho.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-29: Back on my day we were on-call and carried pagers.
2023-08-29: “Her eyes were like crescent moons when she laughed. Surprisingly, the fur, fangs, and claws dropped …
2023-08-29: I wonder if there has ever been a study that compared the number of times a woman changed her …
2023-08-29: Programming Star Trek One of my first programs was a Star Trek game written, in college, in BASIC using a teletype hooked …
2023-08-29: “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” “What if you never had it?” #writing
2023-08-29: “The smartest people have problems with the simplest of things.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-29: “Just because all the clocks are running backward, it doesn’t mean you’re getting younger. It just …
2023-08-29: Has anyone achieved anything today they are happy with?
2023-08-29: “He was deeply religious. He prayed to all the gods as he was about to die.” #writing
2023-08-29: Ice skates only work because of friction.
2023-08-29: I need to design a new app icon. I hate doing it because I have no talent. #design #art #app #icon
2023-08-29: Don’t just look for solutions. Also look for potential problems caused by the solution as well as in …
2023-08-29: I’m sketching out the “corkboard” view for my writing app redesign while I wait for food. #ios …
2023-08-29: I have a hankering to make baklava. Maybe this winter.
2023-08-29: “If you’re nostalgic for the past you’ll never welcome the future where you’ll have to live.” …
2023-08-29: Halloween stuff is out in stores. Pumpkin-flavored~ stuff is out as well. I’m also seeing Christmas …
2023-08-29: It feels very autumnal today. It’s cool and cloudy. I don’t like it. It’s still summer. I want more …
2023-08-29: Hurricanes are depressed because they are never welcomed.
2023-08-29: I find it funny how many “former” Trump supporters are turning on him or publicly “speaking out”, …
2023-08-29: You’re never too old to read. #books #reading #library
2023-08-29: Productive morning today. I can’t say it’s because I got sleep, however.
2023-08-29: Do you maintain a list of your problems and desired outcomes? #life #success
2023-08-29: Happy Swiss Winegrowers Day
2023-08-29: Today feels like a two-cups of coffee morning.
2023-08-29: Stats Plug-In Adjustments visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev #scryinggame
2023-08-29: “He made a psycho-stabby sound with the shiv.” #writing
2023-08-29: Good morning, all. A lot of kids are going back to school. Condolences. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-28: Show someone some kindness.
2023-08-28: What happened to the iPhone “dynamic island”? It’s like no app uses it. #ios
2023-08-28: Be epic.
2023-08-28: Lunch consumed. Time to brew some nut brown ale. #beer
2023-08-28: Happy Crackers Over the Keyboard Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-08-28: Yo! It’s Monday. Rev up! Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-27: “I took a crash course and all I did was wreck my car.” #writing $throwawayline
2023-08-27: Well, the weekend is draining itself of life. Hopefullly, you got something out of it.
2023-08-27: “If you’re never failed, what’s the point of succeeding?”
2023-08-27: PSA: Relabel your circuit-breaker box so that the labels are legible.
2023-08-27: Mastodon client for the Apple //c and ][e. Now I want my old //c back even more. …
2023-08-27: If the high jump is a competitive sport, why isn’t limbo? #sport
2023-08-27: Gratuitous food pic #food
2023-08-27: Just because you think something is bad or you don’t like it, doesn’t make you an expert. #youtube …
2023-08-27: Well, this is confusing…
2023-08-27: If you plan on being/stopping by at Creatures, Crime, and Creativity, I’ll be around if you want to …
2023-08-27: “He danced with abandon, which left him alone.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-27: “Her nose was so small and petite that it bordered on an innie.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-27: “He ran as fast as his legs could carry him. After all, he was lazy and couldn’t pull his own …
2023-08-27: Do non-Christian religions have “gospels”? Or is Christianity the only religion up for …
2023-08-27: This will be the first time I’ve had 2 books published in a single year. I don’t’ know if I’m …
2023-08-27: Mind-dump complete. Time to eat.
2023-08-27: Words are the Lego™ bricks of the writer. Even a broken brick is useful, but don’t rely on it. …
2023-08-27: The farther you go, the more you see the further you have left. #life
2023-08-27: Why do you play games? To relax? To challenge yourself? To compete? Because everyone does it? If you …
2023-08-27: “Sleep is the umbilical cord to Death.” #wriring
2023-08-27: “Death is hereditary. If your ancestors died, you will too.” #writing
2023-08-27: Follow to learn. innovate to lead. #life #business #success
2023-08-27: I need to find some time to brew some cinnamon brown ale tomorrow. Maybe at lunchtime. #beer
2023-08-27: “Teaching implies you know and understand the subject, not that you can follow a prescribed or …
2023-08-27: “When the dead rise at the Apocalypse, that implies a zombie attack. What does that make your god?” …
2023-08-27: Speciesism If you assume you have free-will because you can choose or that some being somehow gave you a …
2023-08-27: Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you’re wise, but it does usually mean you’ve been through a …
2023-08-27: It’s a low-key kind of day. I’m not doing much much more than moving data from one place to another …
2023-08-27: Time to eat something. How about ribs?
2023-08-27: Bend your brain.
2023-08-27: Be determined to succeed then show up to do the work. #life #succes
2023-08-27: Happy Tarzan Day
2023-08-27: Good morning, all. Experience the now by not focusing on the past, present, or future. If …
2023-08-26: Respond is not the same as react. #life
2023-08-26: Happy Make Your Own Luck Day
2023-08-26: Good morning. Get outside. Enjoy the sun before it kills you. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-25: Plan for tomorrow: — I plan on doing things
2023-08-25: Time for some music youtu.be/OmiUGNkeJ… #music
2023-08-25: Take care of yourself. No one else can. #life
2023-08-25: PSA: Just because it’s on YouTube doesn’t mean they’re experts.
2023-08-25: “Are you watching cable?” “No, I’m subscribed to this screaming channel.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-25: Your weekly reminder: It’s Friday. Give it a rest.
2023-08-25: I’d rather be a good person than a human.
2023-08-25: Chocolate is ok. It’s overrated.
2023-08-25: My parents wanted me to be “cultured”—they got me “Classics Illustrated” comics. They were fine. But …
2023-08-25: People don’t fear the story, they fear what you may do with it. And if they fear, they are weak and …
2023-08-25: If books are banned, then all you are left with is propaganda. If your parent says they are trying …
2023-08-25: Some days you wish it was Friday. Then, lo and behold, it is. Then you wish it was the weekend.
2023-08-25: How To Become a Writer - #writing How to become a writer: Write. Write some more. When you’ve written, write even more. Don’t worry …
2023-08-25: I’ve made gyoza. I’ve made mandu. I should try another kind of dumpling. I should pull out the …
2023-08-25: Just because you can doesn’t mean you’re good at it. #life
2023-08-25: There is no shame in failure, unless people are hurt or die. #life
2023-08-25: With the writer’s/screenwriter’s strike I guess wer are now in the depts of reruns and dis-reality …
2023-08-25: I’m playing around with GeometryReader for the first time in SwiftUI. Nested (Geometry readers in …
2023-08-25: Failure is always an option. Sometimes, it’s even mandatory. #life
2023-08-25: “You have great arteries. They are better than London’s.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-25: Fortune favors the foolish. Being bold usually gets you dead.
2023-08-25: Always buy yourself a present.
2023-08-25: Don’t postpone your creative ambitions. #life #success
2023-08-25: Happy National Whiskey Sour Day Do people still drink these?
2023-08-25: If you feel stressed, thinking about your stress just feeds it. Step back and just observe it …
2023-08-25: Donny’s mugshot is definitely of a sane man.
2023-08-25: It’s a rainy day here. Oh well.
2023-08-25: Good morning. Strive for the worthwhile. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-24: Editing is necessary and painful—like root canal. #writing #editing
2023-08-24: If anyone is still wondering, yes The Gathering are still daily visitors. They seem to be getting …
2023-08-24: I miss going to real classes. I hate online classes.
2023-08-24: Life is too short to be saddled with a single genre. #writing
2023-08-24: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS stuff — keep editing my time-travel novel — make a run to Brimming Horn …
2023-08-24: Sumerians didn’t last past the season.
2023-08-24: It feels like late summer today.
2023-08-24: It’s the 1850s all over again.
2023-08-24: Time for a break. Editing a time-travel book is mentally taxing. Keeping all the thread continuity …
2023-08-24: Good morning. Just because it’s raining, doesn’t mean you can’t have a sunny …
2023-08-23: lol Donny says he’ll be proud to be arrested. He thinks he’s getting an award.
2023-08-23: Congrats to India for landing on the moon.
2023-08-23: I’ll be on the panel “Writing for YA Audiences” as part of C3 with Debbi Mack and …
2023-08-23: Observation: (Country/)Western songs tend to refer to women as “Girl!”
2023-08-23: It’s fine to be afraid as long as you show up. #life #success
2023-08-23: Tesla doesn’t even make a good cannon much less a car.
2023-08-23: A writer writes. A salesperson sells and markets. What you consider most important defines you. Are …
2023-08-23: Salad consumed. Time to run errands.
2023-08-23: Fact: I have never been to a party, not even my own.
2023-08-23: Are there any current day “singers” who refuse to use AutoTune or Melodyne? #music
2023-08-23: I guess the gun debate has faded from the headlines… so no one cares again.
2023-08-23: Back up your work and your ideas. If you’re a writer, take photos of each page, and back up your …
2023-08-23: Anyone still use CICS? I preferred PATHWAY.
2023-08-23: Be flexible. Bend in life as the reed bends in the wind. Be Reed Richards.
2023-08-23: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-08-23: “The giant panda was adorable in how it ripped the face off the person who dared trespass.” #writing …
2023-08-23: Sleep is not the same as rest. You can sleep without resting.
2023-08-23: “I refuse to marry you on the grounds you may incriminate me.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-23: How many side-projects or side-hustles do you have? Are any of them legal?
2023-08-23: No one cares about AI that doesn’t help them make money. — ancient future proverb I just made up.
2023-08-23: “What legends will you foment?”
2023-08-23: “The ancients didn’t have as much to worry about. That’s why they were so wise. They had time to …
2023-08-23: “Buds in springtime, Blossoms of summer, Dry petals falling, To dry twigs. Life.” #writing
2023-08-23: Time to switch it up. Lady AL Azure LE (M) w/ Azure Noir. #fountainpen
2023-08-23: When you have to change the battery, but you have none…
2023-08-23: Good morning. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your life. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-22: We can have a kinder world by having kinder people. #life
2023-08-22: “If you’re going to fly like an eagle, you may as well fly like Icarus.” #writing
2023-08-22: I hope everyone is having an acceptable Tuesday.
2023-08-22: I need to design a new icon for my writing app, redesign.
2023-08-22: Happy National Bao Day
2023-08-22: Grr. The WiFii card is only WEP. Now what? #messagepad #apple
2023-08-22: Woo! It still works. #apple #messagepad
2023-08-22: Hello. Plans without action are just hopes. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-21: What if ten years ago you knew what you had learn then what you have to learn now? Where would you …
2023-08-21: I have a point in my time-travel novel but now I know how to tie it in properly. #writing #editing
2023-08-21: Happy Spumoni Day. I don’t think I’ve had much less seen real spumoni.
2023-08-21: I miss Mac OS9. #apple
2023-08-21: Play like you’re working and work like you play.
2023-08-21: And no, the concept isn’t as awful as Cole slaw with raisins.
2023-08-21: What if you made Cole slaw with horseradish sauce instead of mayonnaise?
2023-08-21: C3 schedule is up! creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2023-pres… #writing #mdc3con
2023-08-21: The more ideas you have, the greater the likelihood you’ll stumble across a good one. #life …
2023-08-21: Stress is the space between what is and what you expect or want. No one is stressed when they get …
2023-08-21: Non sequitor: My most unusual programming languages: APL NewtonScript FORTH What are yours? HTML …
2023-08-21: “Her feet were so flat, the flat-earthers prayed to them.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-21: “He was the best of writers. Of course, he was the only on in a world where no one read. Still, he …
2023-08-21: “Slow and steady may win the race, but often there is no race and the prize goes to the quick and …
2023-08-21: If you have to suggest a problem, you don’t have enough of your own. — ancient proverb I just made …
2023-08-21: “Perfect people with perfect lives are only boring and bland because you aren’t perfect. You just …
2023-08-21: Today’s affirmation: “I am grateful that I am who I am not worse than I am and will strive not to …
2023-08-21: “I often get told that I’m no good. That’s ok. Because better is better than good.” #writing …
2023-08-21: Anyone remember TML Pascal? #programming
2023-08-21: CALL -151 If you know, you know.
2023-08-21: I got some iOS stuff accomplished this morning. I also booked some time on KI to use as a writing …
2023-08-21: A leader isn’t someone who pushes or pulls you. A leader is someone who brings out the good …
2023-08-21: Good morning. Brighten someone’s day. Just sit and listen without interrupting. Time for the …
2023-08-20: I miss Steve Weyer, I wrote VisualNewt, basically a VisualNewtonScript, using his Newtscape. Now you …
2023-08-20: I wish we had an modern Newton youtu.be/5kxRi34Pq… #newton #apple #messagepad
2023-08-20: “The best way to get rid of a bad habit is to form a worse one.” #writing
2023-08-20: BG3 looks interesting, but I doubt I’d enjoy it. I’m not into life simulations. I prefer simple …
2023-08-20: Great news! You get to go to work tomorrow!
2023-08-20: Little robot guarding a boat.
2023-08-20: Having a glass of my mint Kolsch. #beer
2023-08-20: Always create options. #life #success
2023-08-20: “it takes a while to do a lot of thinking.” — Warren Murphy
2023-08-20: I putzed around reworking my curses code to include something I can use to drive an eInk display. …
2023-08-20: Time for some music. youtu.be/c-jzcX_mZ… #music #petergabriel
2023-08-20: “From the depths of despair he rose to the heights of grueling depression.” #writing
2023-08-20: Lunch eatin. Like the college.
2023-08-20: I think it’s time to make some lunch.
2023-08-20: Happy International Day of Medical Transporters. Beam him directly to Sick Bay!
2023-08-20: “Blinding sunlight is the perfect cure for vision.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-20: OK. I’m back home and catching up on stuff. I would’ve liked the vacation to have been longer.
2023-08-20: I’m enjoying it a bit of time outside before I head home. It’s another gorgeous day here.
2023-08-20: Good morningrnong. Sunday. Weekends, like vacation, go too fast. Time for the ceremoniall coffee.
2023-08-19: My vacation is winding down. They go too fast.
2023-08-19: I forgot you can resize the kbd on the iPad
2023-08-19: Dessert.
2023-08-19: Back in my day secretaries were called scribes, but they were awful at keeping secrets.
2023-08-19: Overheard: “He has an actual drug-addiction love of his baby bottle.” About the child in the woman’s …
2023-08-19: What I feared, came to pass. My brioche-based sandwich disintegrated into a salad of shrimp, crab, …
2023-08-19: Observed: table next to me arguing about the proper pronounciation of Ellicot, a town in Maryland. …
2023-08-19: Unintended humor. The restaurant is behind the wire fence.
2023-08-19: Gratuitous food pic. #food
2023-08-19: Current view
2023-08-19: Brioche rolls are tasty but they are awful at holding up a sandwich. They are the “in” thing now. …
2023-08-19: Now that I’m done with the bike ride, it’s time to find some food.
2023-08-19: Bike Ride Nice bike ride today. Did have an um interesting encounter on the trail. I came across a car going …
2023-08-19: I think I need to learn curses in Python; which is to say, the library and not how to curse in …
2023-08-19: Happy Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day Yes, unfortunately, it’s a thing.
2023-08-19: on an iPad mini when attaching an image the Image Options screen scrolls the image off-screen and …
2023-08-19: A Writing Update auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing
2023-08-19: Hm. Not bad. It pretty much tastes the way it smells, but milder. It would probably be good on …
2023-08-19: I justt discovered that the leaves of Russian sage are edible. There is a ton growing here. I’m …
2023-08-19: Observation: woman near by sneezed actually enunciating Hat-Choo as part of the sneeze, rather than …
2023-08-19: Oh wow! II just discovered the SuperNote stylus has a button that switches to a lasso/eraser this …
2023-08-19: Humans spend most of their lives fighting themselves. #life
2023-08-19: Good morning. Have a fun and safe weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-18: Peter Gabriel is touring the States. Would love to see him, butt doubt I will. #music
2023-08-18: The band next door is tuning up as I sit outside at the hotel. I think “Cat Scratchch Fever” is in …
2023-08-18: “Don’t be sad that it has come to an end. Be happy that it was.” #eriting
2023-08-18: When you seek the truth, you will be mislead by your own biases and desires. #life
2023-08-18: “Her dress was tight, short, and to the point “ #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-18: “When darkness falls, it makes no sound.” #weiting
2023-08-18: A sliver of the moon holding up the clouds.
2023-08-18: “Jonathon Goodreads had never read a book and didn’t understand what the uproar was about.” #writing …
2023-08-18: “The alien creature pierced the sky.”
2023-08-18: Plan for tomorrow, last full day here for the year: — ride the bike — relax — eat good food and find …
2023-08-18: Sitting, enjoying Friday eve and the sunset.
2023-08-18: The Borg were wrong. Existence is futile.
2023-08-18: Americans have awful sausages. Hot dogs and summer, unless you get artisanal. This from an American …
2023-08-18: “The sky was grizzled and dirty, like a diamond in the rough.” #writing
2023-08-18: If you don’t aim for success, you aim for failure. Most people, however, are vague on what defines …
2023-08-18: My mere existence protects reality. Once I die, reality ceases to be.
2023-08-18: “Canadian hedgehogs are known for being bloodthirsty and hungry.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-18: You always exchange something you want for something you have. #life
2023-08-18: Do you have big plans for Talk Like a Pirate Day thiss year?
2023-08-18: I should learn to cook something new.
2023-08-18: “His tats were press-on, his hair and mind were not his own.” #writing
2023-08-18: “She slammed the orange juicer down on the hand with the knife. A scream accompanied the blood …
2023-08-18: Just got told someone here read “Scavenger Hunt” and is reading “The Singular Case of the Three …
2023-08-18: “When the world spins, humans get dizzy.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-18: I’m not getting any story ideas observing people today, but I’m getting characters and lines. …
2023-08-18: It’s fun making stuff up unless you’re lying.
2023-08-18: “When fools speak, fools listen.” —ancient proverb I just made up
2023-08-18: Overheard: “It’s Happy Hour. I’ll drink these orange crushes all day.” #writing #character
2023-08-18: Truth in advertising. Bad Choices Make Great Stories on a tshirt #writing
2023-08-18: “He smelled of old cigarettte butts and stale beer with a urine chaser.” #writing
2023-08-18: How many projects have you started only to find a new shiny? Me? Oo! Squirrel!
2023-08-18: I lucked out with the weather this weekend. And no Canadian smoke. I’ll ride the bike tomorrow.
2023-08-18: Sunset is rushing toward 6PM
2023-08-18: “There is always a but to excuse a foolish move.” “Terror Squad” Warren Murphy
2023-08-18: The clouds above.
2023-08-18: Happy National Bad Poetry Day Is there even such a thing?
2023-08-18: Just because you are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, etc. doesn’t automatically make your a good person. …
2023-08-18: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-08-18: GTD on Time - visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #GTD #time
2023-08-18: When are you a success? When you have accomplished more than you thought you would without hurting …
2023-08-18: Current view.
2023-08-18: Taking a break from taking a break to compose a blog post. #writing
2023-08-18: First time I’ve seen Starlink pollute my WiFi list.
2023-08-18: It would be nice if SuperNote had a way to insert a date-timestamp. #supernote #writing
2023-08-18: I’m sitting outside by the water, sipping coffee, and writing. It’s a gorgeous day, so far.
2023-08-18: Good morning. You have reached the point in the week wheee you don’t have to. Time for the …
2023-08-18: Hello. You have reached the point in the week where you don’t have to do what they sa
2023-08-17: I played Ancient Realms while relaxing in the hotel. #game #buttonshy
2023-08-17: Looks like I’m moderating a panel on supporting characters at C3 #mdc3con
2023-08-17: Your periodic reminder: Tables.
2023-08-17: The US fails at basic science-and editing.
2023-08-17: “I’ll never be you. I don’t want to be like you.” #writing
2023-08-17: Gratuitous food pic. Shrimp tacos #food
2023-08-17: When you have nothing to do, enjoy it. Something will pop up soon enough. #life #success
2023-08-17: Anyone like carbs-err crabs.
2023-08-17: “He couldn’t tell. Was it a glass of beer or a small clear bucket with an alien embryo?” #writing …
2023-08-17: This looks completely random. But it is totally predictable. It’s just interference patterns at …
2023-08-17: “It’s dangerous to look for answers when you have no questions.” #writing
2023-08-17: I don’t need to plan what to do the next few days. Do you map out your vacation like you’re still at …
2023-08-17: “He used a walker not because he needed one, but because he was lazy.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-17: I’m not sure what this means. My block letters are less legible than my cursive now. #handwriting
2023-08-17: I want SuperNote to do basic shape recognition. If you can do a star, a straight line should be a …
2023-08-17: “It’s tough being an oracle, nowadays. Everyone with an internet connection and webcam thinks they …
2023-08-17: Observed: dude who looks like he’s been stranded on an island for several decades only to be thrust …
2023-08-17: Time to do some writing #writing
2023-08-17: Grr I forgot to pack the AirPods.
2023-08-17: Well, it looks like Apple postponed the Journal app… #apple
2023-08-17: Sometimes you have to go around a problem, rather than trying to get through it. #life #success
2023-08-17: Happy National Black Cat Appreciation Day Spot, one of The Gathering. #cat
2023-08-17: Hello. Don’t get trapped in self-reinforcing emotions. Step back. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-16: Learn to do, learn to think, but learn. #life #success
2023-08-16: Be organized in your life so that you can be disorganized in play. #life #success
2023-08-16: My long weekend starts now—well, lunch tomorrow. But it’s close enough.
2023-08-16: Be accountable. Track things.
2023-08-16: “He was a tin-plated general in a world where tin was rare.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-16: I see a future where AI summarizes articles and sites for you. People won’t even bother reading the …
2023-08-16: “Ravensound” should be a title. Feel free to use it. #writing #prompt
2023-08-16: “Are you a moth or a caterpillar?”
2023-08-16: “We are all clockwork mannequins with our springs winding down.” #writing
2023-08-16: “The problem companies and rich people face if they obtain all the money is that it becomes …
2023-08-16: Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity is coming up fast. I keep checking to see if the schedule has been …
2023-08-16: Weird Swift issue. I have nested structs that I can cleanly encode, and decode but I can’t figure …
2023-08-16: These look tempting, but I already have a SuperNote and iPad. getfreewrite.com #writing
2023-08-16: Anyone regularly use a physical typewriter? #writing
2023-08-16: It’s a short week for me. Vacation hits tomorrow.
2023-08-16: “Keep on smiling. Keep on drinking. Keep on signing. Then fall down.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-16: This read-through/quick edit of “Out of Time” is surprisingly good for me. Heh. It still, however, …
2023-08-16: Busy morning. Time to eat stuff.
2023-08-16: Good morning. Don’t fuel your emotions with more of your emotions. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-14: This is genius.
2023-08-14: My indoor coffee plant has a couple of berries. #plant
2023-08-14: It’s Monday. Why do we put up with Mondays?
2023-08-14: Just discovered something I wrote in 1998. A 3rd draft of my first real novel, “Dinner with …
2023-08-14: Happy National Creamsicle Day
2023-08-14: Good morning. Bring your best, but keep if for when you need it. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-13: “Is life worth the hype?”
2023-08-13: Anyone having a pizza party? Do people still have them?
2023-08-13: “He was ruthless. He was also barbaraless.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-13: When you want a latte, but you left your phone at home.
2023-08-13: “When you’re as old as I am, you don’t worry about memories. You worry about tomorrow. that’s why …
2023-08-13: I should write a zombie story/book. It’s one genre I haven’t tackled. #writing
2023-08-13: Weird entomological question: Why are they called “restrooms”? Is it because they originated in …
2023-08-13: “They were a family straight out of WALL-E.” #writing
2023-08-13: “Let me change into something more comfortable. The moon is full.” #writing
2023-08-13: “So, how are the kids?” “I don’t have any.” “You killed them?” #wriitng #throwawayline
2023-08-13: Weren’t “jeggings” a thing?
2023-08-13: “His sigh was full of resignation. ‘There are no real archers nowadays. All we have is warrior …
2023-08-13: I haven’t made shrimp bisque in decades. It would be nice if we had fresh shrimp her.
2023-08-13: I need a new app icon for this version of Auteureist. I haven’t changed it up in a while. #ios …
2023-08-13: Pretzels. Cheesesteaks. I miss them.
2023-08-13: If you let your mind wander, make sure you keep track of where it’s going. #life
2023-08-13: I’m not sure I’ll upgrade my current iPhone unless the Sept. event announces something …
2023-08-13: Take three minutes. Spend it wisely.
2023-08-13: Happy National Prosecco Day.
2023-08-13: I hope everyone is having an enjoyable weekend. The next one is five days away.
2023-08-13: Apart from, perhaps, a genetic imperative, why should we save humanity? #humanity
2023-08-13: “You don’t have to be a zombie to love brains.” #writing
2023-08-13: “Leisure suits. Polyester. When you wore them, you thought you could dance.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-13: Morning editing done. The time-travel book is coming along nicely. #editing #writing
2023-08-13: “Time has a way of helping events.”
2023-08-13: Good morning. If you can’t bring peace to your own home, how do you expect the world to be …
2023-08-12: Plan for tomorrow: — erranding — reading — writing — eating — planning
2023-08-12: Grr. I’m seeing Halloween stuff already.
2023-08-12: “Never jump into the river with your clothes on. I have no idea why the river is wearing your …
2023-08-12: “If it’s a fight they want, let them fight each other.” #writing
2023-08-12: What’s the diffference between “Asset Protection” and “Security”? Not much.
2023-08-12: Did you know that when the server brings your bill at a restaurantant that you’re supposed to keep …
2023-08-12: Five minutes from now, you’ll either be dead or five minutes older.
2023-08-12: Murphys Law is like a pair of fair dice. Just because you’ve had a bad streak of 23, it doesn’t mean …
2023-08-12: When someone asks, “Why?”, the only correct answer is “X”.
2023-08-12: Mind dump completer. 2.3 gigaquads freed.
2023-08-12: Observed: Someone just ordered a Coors Lite and a shot of Jåger. Coors Lite in a bottle. Make of …
2023-08-12: Cupie (kewpie) dolls are pretty horrific. They were a thing in the early 1900s. Actually, pretty …
2023-08-12: Creativity doesn’t have to involve the arts. #life
2023-08-12: It’s 12 August, 2023. Summer races toward fall. Vice-versa if you’re Southern. Winter comes! And …
2023-08-12: “Liquid light. Something you can pour to brighten a person’s day. That’s what we need.” “I think …
2023-08-12: For anyone who still cares, The Gathering is becoming used to my presence. They no longer dash into …
2023-08-12: “Life without air, water, food, shelter, and humor is not worth living. Oh—and free medical care. …
2023-08-12: Vicious Rumor: Apple was going to simply call the VisionPro Vision, but Marvel owns the character. …
2023-08-12: Vicious Rumor: Apple looking into transmitted wireless energy to create a battery-less Visiion Pro. …
2023-08-12: Every single day adds up. — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-08-12: When you go in to get bloodwork done, inform them that you will charge them for use of your blood …
2023-08-12: “Life is weird, son. Never understand the misunderstood. If you do, they will cease to be …
2023-08-12: Watching an ad for something called a “Refillable Wand”. I was disappointed to hear that it had …
2023-08-12: “When the well runs dry, it’s time to turn to the sewers.” #writing
2023-08-12: “A sliver of hope is worse than no hope. At least, with no hope, you know where you stand.” #writing
2023-08-12: Happy National Garage Sale Day That’s like a Boot Sale for you Brits. ;) Weird thing is, they never …
2023-08-12: “It was quiet—too quiet. It was so quiet I could hear the fish gathering their troops on the …
2023-08-12: I just juiced a bunch of peahces. Then Murphy struck and I knocked the juice over—all but one cup. …
2023-08-12: Challenge yourself so ofhers won’t. #life #success
2023-08-12: Sometimes you forget the obvious stuff. I just tracked down a niggly bug that was a result of me …
2023-08-12: Hello. Huzzah! It’s Saturday. Enjoy the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-11: Plan for tomorrow: — read — play some games — free-write — hang out — other stuff
2023-08-11: Time for a small glass of cranberry mead.
2023-08-11: It’s Friday eve! Stop trying to get stuff done. The weekend looms.
2023-08-11: Many want an advantage, instead of wanting to improve. #life
2023-08-11: Old Bay™ Seasoning is the ketchup of Maryland. Restaurants are, pretty much, required to put it on …
2023-08-11: Country/western music is all ego-driven. It’s all about “my truck”, “my girl”, “my jeans”, “my …
2023-08-11: Disdain is the opposite of datdain.
2023-08-11: Vicious Rumor: Elon to abandon the subscription model in favor of pay-per-word with multiple word …
2023-08-11: “He wasn’t a killer, but he enjoyed killing. He wasn’t human, but he enjoyed pretending.” #writing
2023-08-11: I will be at C3 and Philcon this year, if anyone wants to meet up. #mdc3con #philcon
2023-08-11: “He’s the department head. Guess what you are?” #writing
2023-08-11: I logged into WoW briefly. I haven’t played it in a while. Things have changed again. #wow #blizzard
2023-08-11: “Sometimes the drool flows regardless of hard you work to stem the tide.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-11: How many times have you had a great idea only to have it slip to nothingness as you grasp for it? …
2023-08-11: When life hands you lemons, be grateful. Some people dream of having lemons.
2023-08-11: Productivity - #life #schedule Assume a productive day of 7 hours. What if you only scheduled tasks that took more than half an …
2023-08-11: Luck, good or bad, occurs only to those who don’t prepare. #life
2023-08-11: The Scrying Game - Character Growth visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev
2023-08-11: It’s that time again. Food and free-writing.
2023-08-11: I still find math cool. …
2023-08-11: Happy Raspberry Bombe Day I’ve never had one. I’ve never seen one in real life. Where does one get …
2023-08-11: Good morning. Civility is given, respect earned. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-10: Just because something is easy, it doesn’t mean it isn’t important. #life
2023-08-10: I should learn to fly a plane. Not that I want to learn to fly in a plane or actually fly a plane.
2023-08-10: After the storm. #photography
2023-08-10: I played a quick game of Food Chain Island. #game
2023-08-10: If you aren’t surprised, you probably aren’t learning. You’re memorizing. #life
2023-08-10: Value the small moments. #life #success
2023-08-10: If you don’t keep commitments you make to yourself, chances are you wont keep commitments to others. …
2023-08-10: Character Creation and Thoughts on Dice Rolls visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev #scryinggame
2023-08-10: It’s interesting how, in the US, we don’t have cartels.~
2023-08-10: Happy National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
2023-08-10: Good morning, all. Be deliberate and intentional. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-09: Not all people are nice.
2023-08-09: Happy Book Lovers Day. May I suggest one of mine? auteureist.com
2023-08-09: Drink some water. You deserve it.
2023-08-09: “I belong to the ancient guild of writers who kill with the mightier pen.” #writing
2023-08-09: Cool. Sold another book to someone who wondered what I was writing at the restaurant. #book
2023-08-09: It’s time to thank everyone, and anyone, who follows me, interacts with me, or ignores me. I know …
2023-08-09: “You said you’ld never leave. Thing is, I want you to go.” #writing
2023-08-09: Dover is a devoid of good desserts—a desert of delicacies.
2023-08-09: Social media is today’s version of a message in a bottle tossed into the angry waves. #socialmedia
2023-08-09: “His sigh was heavy and full of implication. ‘I wish my social media site had a real CEO. It’s time …
2023-08-09: Sometimes you have to play the odds when the evens aren’t in your favor. — ancient proverb I just …
2023-08-09: “Dance like your pants are on fire.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-09: It looks like Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity is going to be jam-packed this year. …
2023-08-09: “I have nothing but free time—want some?” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-09: I just got some corn, peaches, and apple cider doughnuts from the local farm. Time to get some lunch …
2023-08-09: Bullet-Points. visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #memo #notes #app
2023-08-09: Good morning. Stay curious. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-08: Happy International Cat Day There is only one…
2023-08-08: Another day survived.
2023-08-08: I played a quick game of SpaceShipped from ButtonShy at lunch. #game #buttonshy
2023-08-08: Important things can be fun. #life
2023-08-08: The Scrying Game - Character-Player Stats visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev
2023-08-08: The morning has been productive. Time to switch gears.
2023-08-08: Greetings. Be understanding. That doesn’t mean you have to agree. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-07: Remember the horrid period in history where we had purple dinosaurs and aliens with television sets …
2023-08-07: Time for some Sabaton youtu.be/KVxTJ9Xb9… #music
2023-08-07: Is it time to throw out the week?
2023-08-07: Oh fun
2023-08-07: Just because you’re rich doesn’t make you important. Just because you’re poor doesn’t make you …
2023-08-07: Pickleball is today’s version of badminton. #sport
2023-08-07: Overheard: I put plastic wrap over i It’s not like I used tin foil in my hair.
2023-08-07: “Are you married to this loser?” “Um. No.” ‘Good. You should marry me then. I’m more a …
2023-08-07: Fishermen and hunters use lures and bait to entice and trap animals. Humans are animals. What …
2023-08-07: Observation while driving: Not sure how it is in other states here in the US or countries, but …
2023-08-07: “Never dance with a duck.” No context.
2023-08-07: Got a weird SwiftUI bug I’m betting is a timing issue, but for the life of me I don’t see how it …
2023-08-07: the weather today is nasty. It’s very warm and so humid that you have to take off your clothes to …
2023-08-07: Hello, again. Remember that productivity isn’t the same as busy-ness. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-06: Plans for tomorrrow: — iOS — erranding — editing/planning — Python — game playing? — food, as time …
2023-08-06: What If probability involves quantum entanglement? What if, for example, throwing a “fair” die …
2023-08-06: “We have to be careful.” “Why?” “We are in gnome-man’s land.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-06: “He got fed up with the pro telling him why his swing was wrong. He showed him.” #writing …
2023-08-06: Eventually, like tomorrow, never comes. #life
2023-08-06: “It wasn’t that her pupils were large. Her eyes were tiny and the press-on lashes just enhanced the …
2023-08-06: “Lines radiated from the corners of her eyes the way the sun’s glory fanned to the ground.” #writing …
2023-08-06: Lint! It’s man’s bane. I abhor it! It tends to gather in the most uncomfortable of places.” #writing
2023-08-06: “Mosquitos are the piranhas of the insect world. They’ll eat you alive.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-06: “The flowers only bloomed when the moon was full and red. Tales said that if you picked one, you …
2023-08-06: “Your eyes are as blue as two ripe lemons.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-06: “Things you don’t act on are just ideas. Some ideas you shouldn’t act upon~like trying to make toad …
2023-08-06: It’s presumptuous of Elon to assume I want to mugrate my user account to a platform called X. #x …
2023-08-06: What if each time you made a decision, you rolled a set of dice to determine the option to choose?
2023-08-06: Happy Wiggle Your Toes Day
2023-08-06: Good morning. If you can’t let go of the big stuff, you’ll never let go of the little …
2023-08-05: Typical YouTube headline: “Put baking soda into boiling acid and you’ll be amazed.” #youtube …
2023-08-05: “His face was like marble, or like melting butter.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-05: Lunch consumed. #food
2023-08-05: Autocorrect continues to think it knows what I mean. It proves to me that it’s an idiot neural …
2023-08-05: If you don’t enjoy the day, that’s a personal problem. You may not get tomorrow. #life
2023-08-05: Observed (sorta) “He’ sneezed into his salad, then nonchalantly proceeded to eat it as if nothing …
2023-08-05: “You look like you depend a lot of time in the sun.” “No. I’m a vampire. I hate the sun. I spend a …
2023-08-05: “The swamp mired him in brown interspersed with green sludge-like water as he walked home. He …
2023-08-05: PSA: You have errands. Do them.
2023-08-05: Power - #writing “Most people have a price. The poorer you are, the cheaper it is. Put a poor person in power. Of …
2023-08-05: “Son, the older you get, the more vodka looks and tastes like water.” #wriring
2023-08-05: Back in my day the internet had no ads, marketing, or spam.
2023-08-05: The price of peace is never war.
2023-08-05: If I ruled the world, things would be different. I didn’t say better.
2023-08-05: “Sometimes you just have to estimate.”
2023-08-05: I like having ideas. I like working on them. I hate having to prioritize and cull them. #life
2023-08-05: “Sometimes you poke the snake one too many times.” #writing
2023-08-05: I have too many project ideas, as usual.
2023-08-05: If you trust an AI, you trust the people who wrote it. #ai
2023-08-05: How is everyone handling the weekend, so far?
2023-08-05: I got a decent amount accomplished this morning. I feel I should goof off the rest of the day.
2023-08-05: The sun came out. I should consider eating lunch.
2023-08-05: The sun creeped out. It would be a nice day to go somewhere, but I’m too tired/sleepy to …
2023-08-05: Moved The Continuity over to the EON. Calibre and CouchDB don’t seem to want to install. …
2023-08-05: Happy Mead Day. Yes, it’s today. To celebrate, I may have a second glass this week of my …
2023-08-05: Anyone, in the US, old enough to remember Bob and Ray on WOR?
2023-08-05: Play-Testing the Core Rules visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev #scryinggame
2023-08-05: I’m working on a deficit of sleep today. I’ll be unresponsive, for the most part, like …
2023-08-05: Good morning. Be a good human. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-04: I cracked open a bottle of my three year old cranberry mead. Definitely more cranberry flavor with …
2023-08-04: You don’t miss having a job until you don’t have one. Being retired is fun and all, but I miss the …
2023-08-04: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS — blog — edit — get outside and eat some seafood — play some games — stop …
2023-08-04: Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
2023-08-04: So what big, exciting, and potentially violent plans does everyone have this weekend?
2023-08-04: I hope tomorrow’s weather will be conducive to getting outside and eating seafood.
2023-08-04: It’s Friday eve. Time for a small glass of mead. #mead
2023-08-04: Time to switch it up. Sailor Pro Gear Slim - Shikiori (H-B) w/ Robert Oster Peppermint. #fountainpen
2023-08-04: Don’t assume that if someone agrees with you or follows you that they like you. #life
2023-08-04: You’re free to goof off. It’s Friday.
2023-08-04: You can’t call a trend a trend until after it becomes the norm. Otherwise, it’s just a fad.
2023-08-04: PSA: Don’t believe everything you hear, read, see, feel, or think—especially think.Your mind is full …
2023-08-04: “Hide the body in the sofa.” “Are you crazy? What do you want me to do? Stuff it under the …
2023-08-04: Do people still write/read westerns—the US cowboy kind? It seems like a genre that has seen its day. …
2023-08-04: “Seems like you could use a friend. Keep lookin’.” #writing
2023-08-04: Have you ever had an idea you didn’t know how to act on, but wanted to? How about a concept you …
2023-08-04: “Walk toward the skulls. Find the one that isn’t human. There you’ll find your answer.” #wriring …
2023-08-04: … bullet points. That’s what I need. That’s the concept I was looking for.
2023-08-04: Time to do some free-writing. This morning has been productive apart from not being able to run …
2023-08-04: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-08-04: I hate XCode. This morning it continually crashes when creating a new file. #xcode #failure
2023-08-04: Hello. Make space for yourself so you can think, create, rest, and enjoy. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-08-03: Happy National IPA Day No, I don’t have any.
2023-08-03: Over the past year the YouTube content has plummeted into lots of hate speech, it seems.
2023-08-03: Never confuse a langoustine with a mangosteen.
2023-08-03: This month’s game delivery #game #buttonshy
2023-08-03: Don’t be rigid and prescriptive. #life #success
2023-08-03: Greetings. Don’t pre-judge. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-08-02: You can’t expect to win if you don’t expect to lose.
2023-08-02: Core Rules & Cards visualnewt.com/scrye/blo… #gamedev #scryinggame
2023-08-02: “My God! I need to go shopping.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-02: Focus on the good to deal with the bad. #life #success
2023-08-02: Interesting thought just hit: hotdog “rolls” and hamburger “buns”. I get you roll the dough to get a …
2023-08-02: Time to shift gears again. I hope I don’t burn the clutch.
2023-08-02: The coolest marketing was the breathing Apple logo and startup chime. #marketing
2023-08-02: Bartender: “Tall or short?” Patron: “Redhead.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-02: “Don’t worry if you don’t know what you’re doing. No one here does. You fit right in.” #writing …
2023-08-02: Zoom, Discord, and Reddit kill vampyres.
2023-08-02: “Don’t chase the steeple. Don’t pay the reaper.” #wrirting #throwawayline
2023-08-02: Sometimes ideas and points I want to make cross my mind and I toss them away wondering if I have …
2023-08-02: Most companies reward you with a plaque instead of a raise because a plaque is cheaper. #business …
2023-08-02: “Nineteeen years ago, I was dead. Now I’m back.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-02: “He was recognized as Fred, not for bringing peace to humanity. Recognition isn’t what it used to …
2023-08-02: A gift with an obligation is not a gift. #life #parenting
2023-08-02: “You aren’t thankful unless you thank. #life #success
2023-08-02: A review that only rates by stars is not a review. It’s mostly a reminder to oneself about what you …
2023-08-02: “You can’t die without going through hell.” #writing
2023-08-02: lol. Elon is now charging for letting you hide your blue checkmark on X. The man I wants all the …
2023-08-02: “You don’t have to be brave to die, but you pretty much have to die to be brave.” #writing
2023-08-02: Generating Forms In SwiftUI - Part 3 visualnewt.com/page-7/bl… #swiftui #forms
2023-08-02: I haven’t told you today how I loathe XCode… It’s connected. #xcode #failure
2023-08-02: I hope everyone has a quiet and productive day.
2023-08-01: “Just because it’s not understandable doesn’t mean it’s god.” #writing
2023-08-01: There should be a standard for exporting annotations and notes from devices. And a way to centralize …
2023-08-01: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS — editing “Out of Time” — research — free-writing — other stuff as time …
2023-08-01: We spend more time listening to other people’s opinions than thinking for our selves. #life #failure
2023-08-01: Marketing just makes stufff up.
2023-08-01: Time to switch it up. An Esrerbrook I restored (F) w/ Iroshizuko Amo Iro #fountainpen
2023-08-01: Time to switch gears again.
2023-08-01: Now I need to figure out how to get to book 4. All my previous plans are out the window for this …
2023-08-01: Ugh. I just have the title/idea for the 4th book in my “Coins of Destiny” series that I’m working …
2023-08-01: Stay calm when everyone around you panics. Detach when everyone else engages. Be objective when …
2023-08-01: “His was a one story house. He didn’t have much of an imagination.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-01: I should learn yet another programming language. But I’m trying to learn Japanese—still—and that’s …
2023-08-01: “You can’t force humor the same way you can’t force humans. You have to sneak up on both when they …
2023-08-01: I need a vacation. One without social media, writing, programming, and its ilk.
2023-08-01: “My AI can beat your AI.”
2023-08-01: What if Swift/SwiftUI were a visual/component language instead of the arcane/obtuse syntax it has? …
2023-08-01: The reason they’re called hyperlinks is they excite you.
2023-08-01: It shouldn’t be called a “browser”. It should be called a “grazer” since you spend more time grazing …
2023-08-01: I’ve been thinking about what stats and how I could track them in my game idea. I should post. …
2023-08-01: Yes, I know I have a weird and sometimes macabre sense of humor. What’s your problem?
2023-08-01: Anyone actually use/write a commonplace book?
2023-08-01: “How To Remove Bubbles From Your IV Tube When You Are Dying”. I’m in a weird(er) mood today.
2023-08-01: Couple of pages written. Time to eat something edible.
2023-08-01: I tried to entice Oreo, one of The Gathering, into a carrier to go to the vet. It was not enticed by …
2023-08-01: PSA Reminder: Social media posts are often read “out of thread” and with no context. Do with that as …
2023-08-01: This morning was spent beginning to migrate The Continuity to the EON server. I didn’t get any …
2023-08-01: “He was a friendly guy. He gave tight hugs to the neck.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-08-01: “He was a jolly old elf. One that could never be confused with the famous one. He was neither fat, …
2023-08-01: “Her body was as hot as her soul was cold. The knife sticking out between my ribs punctuated the …
2023-08-01: I guess I could work around the CouchDB issue by connecting to the instance I do have running …
2023-08-01: “I’m just here for the snark.”
2023-08-01: If you try to be like someone else, you’ll never be yourself. #life
2023-08-01: Food. Free-write. Now!
2023-08-01: Grr. Can’t install CouchDB on Raspberry Pi 4 now. libmozjs185-dev can’t be found. …
2023-08-01: Hello. Be kind to everyone, including yourself. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-31: Signs you might be Elon Musk…
2023-07-31: Remember when people printed out program listings? On dot-matrix printers? On green-bar? …
2023-07-31: There is an augury that Murphy will pay me a visit tomorrow.
2023-07-31: Taking a chance will open some opportunities while closing others. #life
2023-07-31: Visual Basic 6.0 is still the best thing Microsoft produced. Flame on!
2023-07-31: Do one good, helpful thing tomorrow.
2023-07-31: Look up. Do you know where you’re going and do you want to go there? #life #success #priorities
2023-07-31: Be virtuous. Fulfill your ambitions. #life #success
2023-07-31: Happy Raspberry Cake Day there aren’t enough raspberries in the world.
2023-07-31: Time for a lunch break. I’ve been thinking about egg salad sandwiches a lot. I think I’ll make one.
2023-07-31: Generating Forms in SwiftUI - Part 2. visualnewt.com/page-7/bl… How I create a form from JSON …
2023-07-31: Hello. Don’t go yelling at people just because it’s Monday. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-30: I miss Steve… youtu.be/MqSfFcalu… #apple #next
2023-07-30: Good morning, all. I’m fairly certain today is Sunday here. Relax. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-29: Hey, where did the sun go? It’s 9PM already? And I didn’t get to play any games today. Oh well, …
2023-07-29: Questions people never ask you: “Who is your favorite voice actor?”
2023-07-29: Every choice is valuable.
2023-07-29: The sky is dumping buckets of water and the buckets hurt.
2023-07-29: Came across an old dude who didn’t know what a toucan was. I guess he was deprived of bad cereal as …
2023-07-29: If you argue with yourself, you argue with an idiot. ancient proverb I just made up
2023-07-29: At what age does one become a “geezer”? Serious question.
2023-07-29: “You have a good head on your shoulders. You wouldn’t want to lose it by doing something stupidd, …
2023-07-29: The guy next to me is a Jason Kelci doppelgänger, but is a Colts fan. The Colts are still a team?
2023-07-29: I think I’ll have some fish and chips. Although I’m nowhere near California. If you get it, you’re …
2023-07-29: Living in the Age of AI and Disinformation: Question everything. Don’t assume or accept anything. …
2023-07-29: Overheard: do you have Miller Lite? No. I’ll have water instead. It’s the same thing.
2023-07-29: I think I’ll play OW2 later and maybe SpaceShipped later. #games
2023-07-29: More people haver gone to a country fair than have gone to the country. For example, I’ve never been …
2023-07-29: “The Tree of Life died of heat.” #writing
2023-07-29: I’m not sure, but I think I don’t know.
2023-07-29: This sign is grammatically correct. #writing
2023-07-29: “I’m just a dead person going through the motions.” #writing
2023-07-29: “He stood wondering what to do with all the bodies in the basement. They were scattered about and in …
2023-07-29: I gave up trying to get RAID and OMV running. I’ll just run it with four drives I sync. I know that …
2023-07-29: Ugh it’s almost August.
2023-07-29: You lay the infrastructureure for learning and improvement each time you fail. #life
2023-07-29: Lunch time.
2023-07-29: Twitter app has been updated, hmmm
2023-07-29: Happy Paperback Book Day And if you are looking for something to read, please consider mine. …
2023-07-29: I couldn’t find a pear, so I used a banana. My code is still buggy.
2023-07-29: Your life is a mirror. Look at it once in a while.
2023-07-29: Hello. Have a fun weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-28: Make your own path, but bring some friends along to help you. #life
2023-07-28: Plan for tomorrow: — take it slow. It’s gonna be hot.
2023-07-28: It’s Friday. Time to relax and fall over.
2023-07-28: It’s more important to hold on to what you have instead of what you have lost. #life
2023-07-28: If we can have chocolate and caramel, why can’t we just have chocolate caramel? #candy #food
2023-07-28: Life is just someone’s meme.
2023-07-28: These people never quit. I don’t have a “branding publicist” #publishing #spam #scam
2023-07-28: Sometimes the best laid plans are made by mice.
2023-07-28: What’s better? an old guy with felonies? an old guy who falls down and forgets?
2023-07-28: If smartphone shipments fell this quarter, does that mean they are getting dumber?
2023-07-28: People don’t know you when you are covered in blood.
2023-07-28: Find some calm in your life.
2023-07-28: Success is something you define. It’s not defined by others. That’s judgment. #life #success …
2023-07-28: Space launches aren’t efficient if they have a lot of flame/exhaust. What if SpaceX,NASA, et.al., …
2023-07-28: Question: what does a 12 year old get from seeing themselves on TV? Pride/shame? What does ESPN get? …
2023-07-28: I should go to Japan, New Zealand, France, Spain, Italy. I’ve never been there. Maybe this weekend.~
2023-07-28: What plans to do you have for the weekend? I don’t make plans, but I’ll probably go somewhere for …
2023-07-28: Despite what Elon might think, Twitter still exists.
2023-07-28: I’m booked for C3 and Philcon, if you want to meet up.
2023-07-28: I’m just rambling/mind-dumping/free-writing as I am wont to do. If I don’t, I’ll start to forget the …
2023-07-28: “Swarm like the locust evading the net.”
2023-07-28: I need/want to take a class. There are no in-person classes worth taking. Therefore, I won’t be …
2023-07-28: The ancients wondered if life was a dream. The modern man wonders if life is a simulation. Soon man …
2023-07-28: What do you call a spiral where the lines intersect? There must be a topological/math term for it. …
2023-07-28: “Are you The One?” “Why? Do you want to get married?” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-28: “Everyone has a price. Hers was a Coors Lite.” #writing
2023-07-28: “Sometimes a diversion is the best way to get people to look somewhere else. Sometimes it’s enough …
2023-07-28: You can always cross a line that isn’t there. ancient proverb I just made up.
2023-07-28: Sometimes, you have to let Murphy win.
2023-07-28: It’s interesting that people cheer on a sports team because of their “home” town or nationality. …
2023-07-28: Memories are the bookmarks of our life. — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-07-28: “I’m pleased with the way I turned out. I’m upset I didn’t discover that when I was younger.” …
2023-07-28: You know humanity is on the downslope when the majority of people get their news from TikTok and …
2023-07-28: “Do you want to get married?” “Um—I don’t know you.” “That’s OK. I don’t’ know you either. But I …
2023-07-28: My creativity is at an ebb this week. Next week it will be in a drucker.
2023-07-28: “The locked metal case wore the crest of an ancient and forgotten God. Too bad it was forgotten, for …
2023-07-28: I’m betting the beaches are going to be crammed-packed with bodies this weekend.
2023-07-28: Murphy is out to get me today. I can’t even VPN into my dev Pi. Oh well. Time to quit trying.
2023-07-28: PSA: It’s Friday. You don’t have to kill yourself. Drink lots of water.
2023-07-28: It’s been such a non-productive morning that I think I’ll eat and free-write now.
2023-07-28: OK. Time to switch gears. I couldn’t get the NAS software or the RAID software to run on the …
2023-07-28: It’s a hot day. I think it’s also a good hot wings day, later. Heat indeces around 110ºF …
2023-07-28: It’s already not a productive day, and it’s still only 8:30AM
2023-07-28: It’s going to be nasty today. Stay hydrated. Take it easy. It’s Friday.
2023-07-27: I’m looking into creating a RAID array on my Raspberry Pi so I can use it as my own cloud. …
2023-07-27: When was the last time you ate an egg salad sandwich?
2023-07-27: “You really shouldn’t stab people who are already dead.” “Why? They don’t’ care.” “Um. Because …
2023-07-27: Observed: man in restaurant belches loudly than whispers “‘s use me” to himself.
2023-07-27: “When the majority don’t care, it’s often that they do care, but what they care about is at odds …
2023-07-27: “When the majority don’t care, it’s often that they do care, but what they care about is at odds …
2023-07-27: Plausibility is the stepson of conspiracy. ancient proverb I just made up
2023-07-27: Technology pushes you faster to keep up, but success lies in slowing technology so you can …
2023-07-27: “The world is being remade to allow the aliens to survive on our planet. Why else would the …
2023-07-27: I should book the hotel for Philcon. #philcon
2023-07-27: It’s brutishly hot today, and the humidity isn’t helping. But it’s summer and summer is supposed to …
2023-07-27: It’s time for luncheon and free-writing.
2023-07-27: The Scrying Game - It’s About Time visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #jRPG #gamedev.
2023-07-27: Back on Track auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing
2023-07-27: It’s already hot out. Oh, and humid. #micro_blog
2023-07-27: Good morning, all. Don’t be stingy with your time. You waste enough of it. Time for the …
2023-07-26: I’m going to wing it tomorrow.
2023-07-26: Thinking is hard work. People are lazy.
2023-07-26: “It’s not sweltering heat, if you still have clothes on.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-26: lol. I just dropped into Twitter/X to see if anything’s changed. The first few ads I got spammed …
2023-07-26: All the rains we’ve been having have brought a bumper crop of mosquitos. #netde
2023-07-26: Sat outside on the grass munching on wild black raspberries and blueberries. Oreo came and sat next …
2023-07-26: Heh. Just got a call from some company named “Bookside Press”. They didn’t even know the name of my …
2023-07-26: What should I do tomorrow?
2023-07-26: Oh fun.
2023-07-26: “When nothing sticks, you’re either a great pan, or a bad person.” #writing
2023-07-26: Not sure if this the beta iPadOS or a micro.blog issue. @help @manton
2023-07-26: Do guys still wear three-piece suits? Two-piece? One-piece?
2023-07-26: “You’ve raised the bar—or you’ve gotten shorter.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-26: “The younger I get the less I know.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-26: “I hear you can help me with my problem. I need to get hammered. You’re Thor, right?” #writing …
2023-07-26: Happy Coffee Milkshake Day …that exists? I’ve heard, and made, egg creams, but a coffee milkshake? I …
2023-07-26: I should also do some research about the different fighting styles, although I think I know a fair …
2023-07-26: I’m trying to decide how much detail I need to include about the Yakuza and Triad in this next book …
2023-07-26: So anyone doing anything fun or enjoyable today? I’m not, but I can’t complain.
2023-07-26: “People are bored with their lives, but afraid to die because they believe things might get better …
2023-07-26: Now that I’m done with the C3 story, I’m back to editing “Out of Time” and planning the next book in …
2023-07-26: Time to eat and free-write.
2023-07-26: The Scrying Game - Card and Turn Thoughts visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #jRPG #gamedev
2023-07-26: Just went outside. Ugh. The smoke is the worst it’s been. Is anything left of Canada?
2023-07-26: Heat indexes are supposed to be over 100 through the weekend. It’s your fault. And you know …
2023-07-26: Hello. It’s ok to fail as long as you learn. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-25: Plan for tomorrow: — research the Triad and Yakuza — iOS — eat — free-write — play a game — blog? — …
2023-07-25: Just because something is in a movie doesn’t make it famous.
2023-07-25: Who is looking forward to tomorrow?
2023-07-25: Oreo, one of The Gathering, is in the house and doesn’t want to go out. #cat
2023-07-25: in a parallel universe it is an asset to not finish things.
2023-07-25: So. Should I eat dinner or ignore it today?
2023-07-25: Back in my day my parents made us all dress up to go out to a restaurant. It was a special occasion, …
2023-07-25: Time to take a break. Just finished editing “The Hit” and submitted it to the C3 anthology. #writing …
2023-07-25: The Scrying Game - Game Play and Game Loop visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #gamedev #writing
2023-07-25: Plan for today: – try to finish editing “The Hit” – eat and free-write …
2023-07-25: Hello. We’re still all here? Good. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-24: Elon thinks people are so stupid they’ll go back to Twitter if he changes its name so they think …
2023-07-24: Time to fall over and relax.
2023-07-24: “How To Make Money Trading Chickens”
2023-07-24: Cool. The mailman deposited something non bill related. No, it’s not a jRPG. It’s a …
2023-07-24: Seems legit, especially since it comes from the
2023-07-24: It’s time for a break. I got a lot done so far. I think I’ll read a bit—or a book.
2023-07-24: The Scrying Game - Goals visualnewt.com/page-7/ge… #gamedev #jRPG
2023-07-24: “It’s proof that the dead rise.” #writing #throwawayline #baking
2023-07-24: Observed: “He grinned from ear to ear in a Joker-kind of way, for he knew he could bludgeon someone …
2023-07-24: “Smile like you’re about to die.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-24: Observation: — some want to know everything, — some want to summarize, — some want a summary and …
2023-07-24: Autocorrect is the little kid you never had which you have to oversee every instant lets it …
2023-07-24: I’m surprised that Elon hasn’t come up with the “Charge-by-the-Tweet” plan. He’s not cut of a CEO if …
2023-07-24: Instead of saying, “See you soon”, when leaving, we should start saying, “Hug you soon.”
2023-07-24: There should be a YouTube video: “Put this poison in your food, and you will be amazed”. Seems lots …
2023-07-24: Once I get done with “The Hit”, I need to get back to editing my time-travel novel, “Out of Time”. I …
2023-07-24: Does Corvallis still exist?
2023-07-24: “I want to live in a zombie-free world.” “Uh… we do.” “Have you seen the people out there? They’re …
2023-07-24: As the old PSAs used to say, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”. My problem is, I’ve never been …
2023-07-24: I think I’ll start a delivery company that uses elk and their ilk. I bet you can guess what I’ll …
2023-07-24: So, Twitter is no longer Twitter. I’m still giving it the bird. #twitter #xcom
2023-07-24: I’m scribbling a post about my goals for a jRPG. My game idea kept me from sleeping late into the …
2023-07-24: Observed: In the US, restaurant servers always wish you a “Good night” as you leave. I guess it …
2023-07-24: “He got into the habit of eating and breathing when he least wanted to.” #writing
2023-07-24: “His was the smarmiest of appearances, which begat a smarmy affectation, which in turn begat the …
2023-07-24: Are you one who includes the British ‘u’ in words, or not? I waver and occasionally duo.
2023-07-24: I’ve only gotten one response. Do you mark up your books? Highlight them? Write and/or doodle in …
2023-07-24: I’m sitting. I’m watching. I’m listening. I’m free-writing. It’s lunch time.
2023-07-24: Ack! It’s almost noon. Time for the shootout—or lunch.
2023-07-24: “A wave of angst rode over him, drowning him in panic.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-24: Time for a break. I need to do several more editing passes through “The Hit”, and then I can push it …
2023-07-24: I’m struggling to get productive. I feel like the coffee didn’t do its job today. That and it’s dark …
2023-07-24: Terminal is where old code goes to die.
2023-07-24: Happy Tell an Old Joke Day Go ahead, tell me one.
2023-07-24: Hello. Welcome to a new week, just like the old week. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-23: Most things that grab your attention are distractions. It’s up to you to sort them out from the …
2023-07-23: Also, the latest version of Apple Notes allows collaboration at the note and folder level. A feature …
2023-07-23: In case you didn’t know, Apple Notes has lots of features hidden under the context menu, such as …
2023-07-23: Plan for tomorrow: — iOS — work on getting “The Hit” edited — eat — drink — sleep
2023-07-23: Reorganized my Notes to simplify things. #apple #notes
2023-07-23: So. Who here marks us their books with notes? Why? #books #reading
2023-07-23: Learn to trust and rely on yourself. #life #business #success
2023-07-23: “Your progress forward depends on your progress back.” #writing
2023-07-23: “Believe me, there’s nothing wrong with being average. If you were exceptional, you’d be bad at it.” …
2023-07-23: Good morning,all.Be the anchor those around on can depend on. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-22: “Frogs Weilding Wands”
2023-07-22: Errands complete. Lunch complete. Writing complete. Back home. Now what?
2023-07-22: “I love your earrings. Wanna get married?” Observed someone eyeing a server’s earrings. #writing …
2023-07-22: Observed; the more drunk you are the louder you get.
2023-07-22: Lunch lobster Mac and cheese #food
2023-07-22: Yes, there are Seafood Apps on the App Store.
2023-07-22: “You’re not as young as I used to be.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-22: If you have a sense of humor, that means you think you know about humor, not that you are humorous. …
2023-07-22: Stand up for what you know, not what you believe. #life #success
2023-07-22: Tomorrow, I start the final edit of “The Hit” short story. #writing
2023-07-22: “For once, after centuries of pollution, the waters ran clear—like vodka. The humans became addicted …
2023-07-22: “Back in my day we had ice cream trucks that drove by seducing us with the sound of ‘Pop Goes The …
2023-07-22: “His was a face pockmarked by age, dry riverbeds, and rolling hills, surrounding two blue pools. The …
2023-07-22: The weather is ambient today.
2023-07-22: Put limits on all you do. #life #success #business
2023-07-22: I need to write down my thoughts on a jRPG I should make. I’m calling it “The Scrying Game” #gamedev
2023-07-22: “You look so peaceful lying there with the blood pooling around your neck.” #writing
2023-07-22: “I shall avenge you.” “But I’m not dead.” “You will be.” #writing #throwawaylne
2023-07-22: Out and about. Time to eat and free write.
2023-07-22: Happy Pi Approximation Day
2023-07-22: Games for Writers auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing #prompt #rpg #game
2023-07-22: It’s no day for vampires. I’ll get outside for lunch today. The sun is out.
2023-07-22: Hello. Be mindful. Be present. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-21: Plan for tomorrow: — enter the sewers and kill the beast
2023-07-21: Remember the things and people you love. #life #success
2023-07-21: It’s Friday eve. Time for a small glass of mead.
2023-07-21: I forgot about this classic. youtu.be/KCSA7kKNu… #music
2023-07-21: Good morning. The sun is out. It’s Friday. What’s wrong with this picture? Time for the …
2023-07-20: Back in my day we didn’t go to the movies to find Easter eggs. We went for the story.
2023-07-20: OK. Today was fairly productive. Plan for tomorrow: — edit — iOS — drink more water — stay alive
2023-07-20: Oreo, the friendliest feral of The Gathering, has started to bring me presents :/
2023-07-20: “Dungeons and Dragoons”
2023-07-20: Cool. Latest SuperNote firmware upgrade has some nice features. The one I like is the built-in …
2023-07-20: My moss rose is blooming #plant
2023-07-20: If you react to what you desire or hate, then whoever controls your desires and hate controls you. …
2023-07-20: Time to take a break from transcribing and editing, so that I may eat something. #writing
2023-07-20: Happy Nap Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-07-20: Good morning. Just because you fail doesn’t make you a failure. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-19: “He looked at the bartender. So. This beer is 10% alcohol? That means I have to have 10 of them to …
2023-07-19: If you follow, interact, or even ignore me, thank you. You have discriminating taste. Seriously, …
2023-07-19: “When time slows to a stop, you are dead to the world.” #writing
2023-07-19: Everyone has a story to tell. Some are even original. #writing
2023-07-19: This actually makes a nice jelly. #food #plant
2023-07-19: “He’s either an undertaker or a government agent. Neither likes to talk about what they do. Maybe …
2023-07-19: Is outsight the opposite of insight?
2023-07-19: A few decades ago, I came up with and wrote a Mac app to encode text into a PNG. It was a dense code …
2023-07-19: I’m trying. I’m very trying.
2023-07-19: Hm. My Synology NAS is complaining it’s running low on space. I guess I should move TimeMachine …
2023-07-19: “It’s funny how you learn by not dying.” #writing
2023-07-19: There are two types of readers: — those that read new things — those that read the same things over …
2023-07-19: I ain’t got no chill.
2023-07-19: “I shook his hand. It was limp and dead. Then I noticed it was detached.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-19: Sigh. I think I need to fly out to SF to get some cioppino. Either that, or find a source of good …
2023-07-19: “Bright Lights, Dark Thoughts”: A Title. #writing
2023-07-19: “Back in 1982, we thought we were living in the future.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-19: Be curious. Be non-judgmental. #life #success
2023-07-19: I’m contemplating running errands in the rain or waiting until the weekend when it willl probably be …
2023-07-19: Be doleful. Eat more pineapple.
2023-07-19: Good morning, all. You don’t have to act on every belief or thought Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-18: Happy National Caviar Day
2023-07-18: The good old days.
2023-07-18: Anyone get in a bar fight today?
2023-07-18: Ate lunch—fresh picked wild black raspberries.
2023-07-18: Maybe I should eat something today.
2023-07-18: it’s another brutal day out there. 82 with 75% humidity and smoke again.
2023-07-18: Good morning. Find opportunities to change your behavior for the better. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-17: “Love is an ocean, and I can’t swim.” #writing
2023-07-17: Time to rock out. youtu.be/1RJPaj97H… #music
2023-07-17: Fear me! I don’t know what I’m doing.
2023-07-17: The more popular you are, the more enemies you have.
2023-07-17: Man, and woman, cannot survive without cookies.
2023-07-17: Time to hunker down and do non-writing stuff.
2023-07-17: So who is tired of living during the Apocalypse?
2023-07-17: Happy Yellow Pigs (With 17 toes) Day. Go out and sing some yellow pigs carols. Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-07-17: Cucumbers are just tasteless watermelon.
2023-07-17: It’s been too miserable (rain, smoke, extreme heat and stupidity), to ride the bike this summer so …
2023-07-17: “I’m just a ringer in a rock and roll band” My mind works in dark and mysterious ways. #music …
2023-07-17: The “Early Bird Special” at US restaurants includes the worm.
2023-07-17: Hm. This looks like wineberry. Never heard of it. I wonder if I can grow it in my backyard. Yes, you …
2023-07-17: “I have nothing to gain. I have nothing to lose. Because I have nothing.” #writing
2023-07-17: Sometimes I overthink things, even when I’m trying to keep things simple.
2023-07-17: What series of movies would you erase from history? Tom Cruise’s MI comes to mind. #movie
2023-07-17: “Life is a rollercoaster. The ride always ends.”
2023-07-17: Just because you’re a redneck doesn’t mean you work in the sun.
2023-07-17: Hm. Is there a salad that contains pineapple? (Not fruit salad/ambrosia). I on’t think I’ve ever …
2023-07-17: “Don’t forget that you were young once. You were unsure, rebellious, and full of yourself. Why do …
2023-07-17: “Come to me. Come today. Come to die.” #writing
2023-07-17: I just realized I haven’t dropped a copy of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches” to the local …
2023-07-17: Countdown - #writing #throwawayline “The fuse was attached to a timer. Every second, the timer fired a spark that burned the fuse a bit …
2023-07-17: Overheard at the store: “Is anyone floating around? I need some fish.” It didn’t sound intentional.
2023-07-17: This morning has been somewhat productive. Anyone else feel things are about to go wrong?
2023-07-17: Swift question: I need to map a dictionary’s values to a struct’s attributes. Assume the …
2023-07-17: Good morning. Take a step back and listen today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-16: Happy Guinea Pig Appreciation Day Appreciate the sad ones as well.
2023-07-16: Zombies are incredibly lifelike.
2023-07-16: It’s a do-nothing day here. All other priorities have been deferred until tomorrow.
2023-07-16: Hello. Now go back to sleep. It’s Sunday. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-15: The original Mission:Impossible TV show is still better than any Tom Cruise thing.
2023-07-15: Plan for tomorrow: — be 22.1% more annoying
2023-07-15: “Are you stalking me?” “Um…” “That’s ok. I’m staking you.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-15: Sold a copy of a book.
2023-07-15: The squirrels are angry.
2023-07-15: What if golf was scored based on the distance to the flag on your first swing, and not the stroke …
2023-07-15: Plan for this afternoon: — errands — play OW2 — read
2023-07-15: Sometimes the singer a restaurantant hires is there to turn tables~or stomachs.
2023-07-15: These caps might fit a Pygmy-shrunken head. Did pygmies ever discover a shuriken type weapon?
2023-07-15: Lager spellt backwards is regal. And no, I don’t include the king of beers. #beer #wordage
2023-07-15: If you’re not having fun, you don’t know what fun is is. I obviously don’t.
2023-07-15: There are two types of people on social sites those that want to sell those that want to socialize …
2023-07-15: I’ve never played D&D. It requires friends.
2023-07-15: “Her haunting beauty mesmerized me, but her banshee scream bordering on a Rebel yell, drove me away. …
2023-07-15: “He played the bongos the way he had bludgeoned his wife.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-15: Shrimp tacos? Yes.
2023-07-15: If you complain about the heat, you can’t complain about global heating.
2023-07-15: The singer today is eh.
2023-07-15: Sleep comes to those who aren’t dead.
2023-07-15: I was able to explain it, but I wish I had paid more attention when I was in High school English I …
2023-07-15: A server just asked me a random question: what’s an independent clause. He’s taking a college exam …
2023-07-15: Morning #writing “I rolled over and woke in the dark alley. I was covered in mud, grime, and the stench of old urine …
2023-07-15: Time to switch it up. A Senator I restored (M) with Monteverde Show Special 2019 Teal. #fountainpen
2023-07-15: It definitely feels like an iced coffee kind of day. I think I’ll make some for later.
2023-07-15: Generating Forms in SwiftUI visualnewt.com/blog/ #swiftUI #swift #forms
2023-07-15: Hello. Rejoice! The weekend is upon us. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-14: Creatures, Crimes, & Creativity (C3) Con—shouldn’t that be C4? Either way it looks explosive …
2023-07-14: Saying that you’re not sure, means you don’t know. Just admit you don’t know and stop arguing.
2023-07-14: Wow. Lots of new stuff in Bear 2+
2023-07-14: Cool. Bear just went 2+ for me. I wonder what’s new. #bearapp
2023-07-14: A vague sense of knowing is never as good as knowing. — ancient proverb I just made up.
2023-07-14: We organize things in order to better deal with them one at a time, not just use a tool or to put …
2023-07-14: Many people do things without understanding why they do them or what they are trying to accomplish …
2023-07-14: “We entered the eldritch House of Spaghetti, unsure what horrors we would encounter.” #writing …
2023-07-14: There are no projects, only tasks. Projects are just ways of organizing related tasks. Focus on the …
2023-07-14: Children should read. Children should read as much as they want. Children should read whenever they …
2023-07-14: All the pet rocks died.
2023-07-14: Back home.
2023-07-14: Turn acquaintances into friends, not enemies. #life #success
2023-07-14: Life is just at a bad habit.
2023-07-14: Happy Pandemonium Day
2023-07-14: In case you’re still confused, 2020 was three years ago.
2023-07-14: Your following count should be somewhere between 1/10-1/4 your follower count.
2023-07-14: “are you a good person?” “I think I have all the parts.” #wriiting #throwawayline
2023-07-14: Observed: A young guy wearing slippers with socks, black. #character #writing
2023-07-14: Don’t forget that the best part of your day is waking up.
2023-07-14: More personal errands, then head for home today.
2023-07-14: None of us is sane if one of us is crazy.
2023-07-14: Hello. Be optimistic without being blind. Time for the ceremoniall coffee.
2023-07-13: Good deed done. A server was asking about my book and I discovered it was their birthday. I gave …
2023-07-13: I hope I can have a bagel tomorrow.
2023-07-13: I’m surprised humans fall for the “get 60% off your first order” scam—not.
2023-07-13: Time to eat somethingg today. Also time to free-write
2023-07-13: Taking care of personal stuff this afternoon.
2023-07-13: No task is too small. l
2023-07-13: Today’s XCode nonsense. I really hate XCode. I say again, they must not use physical devices …
2023-07-13: Thanks to @havhingstor@mstdn.social and @ctietze@mastodon.social for the hint I needed to solve my …
2023-07-13: OK. I’m stuck. This is something I’ve never had/tried to do, and it seems simple enough. …
2023-07-13: The Gathering has now discovered they can watch in shifts. I call the one on the left, Caramel; the …
2023-07-13: Hello. Keep calm. Tomorrow is Friday. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-12: Well, hopefully tomorrow won’t be worse than today
2023-07-12: Manage all the things.
2023-07-12: Sigh. Apple really doesn’t test on physical devices, do they? This is what the new .inspector in …
2023-07-12: Always assume you are the easiest person to fool. #life #success
2023-07-12: Do some good today. #life #success
2023-07-12: Shifting Gears auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing #mdc3con
2023-07-12: Good morning, all. Life is a journey. Do you know where you’re going? Time for the ceremonial …
2023-07-11: I guess this is for gardeners, or undertakers.
2023-07-11: Hm. Bear 2 should be out in the next few days.
2023-07-11: Happy Cow Appreciation Day
2023-07-11: PSA: Prime Day is not a holiday. It’s a way for Amazon to dump overstock and get your money.
2023-07-11: Photo up: photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-07-11: “The Cult of the Jelly Doughnut Eaters”
2023-07-11: 1st draft done. A fun short story to write. I don’t know how many words since it’s all handwritten. …
2023-07-11: Whose expectations do you try to live up to, someone else’s or your own? If you aren’t trying to …
2023-07-11: “You go on ahead. I’ll just stay here and hide behind this troll.” #writing #throwawayliine
2023-07-11: It’s time to finish this short story for Creatures, Crime, and Creativity. #writing #mdc3con
2023-07-11: Early look at my writing app’s UI. I can now generate SwiftUIs dynamically—that’s one in …
2023-07-11: Good morning, all. Make room for compassion in your life. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-10: Plan for tomorrow: — more XCode — more writing — more editing — more food
2023-07-10: “The thing is, humans misunderstand me. I didn’t set out to create the Universe. I was trying to …
2023-07-10: “Do you make people laugh?” “Only when I’m dead.”
2023-07-10: Here are thirty ways to plan for the end of the universe:
2023-07-10: The Apeocalypse is coming.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-10: Observation: Some people tap at a smart phone’s keyboard as if it were an old-school calculator—one …
2023-07-10: What if the Fediverse included streams in addition to social? Local weather? stock watchlists? …
2023-07-10: Tagging something as important doesn’t make it important. Also, just because something is important …
2023-07-10: Just because a programming language has a feature, it doesn’t mean you have to use it. #programming
2023-07-10: Time to eat. Writing done, for now. I just need to put a ribbon on it. That’s for tomorrow. Then the …
2023-07-10: “He had a peanut butter and jelly scar down his chin.” #writing
2023-07-10: “He loved his job. He made and sold things that made people happy, and tasted good. He was a …
2023-07-10: Time to work on the short story and eat things again.
2023-07-10: Shifting Gears visualnewt.com/blog/ #Swift #SwiftUI
2023-07-10: I’m finagling with the new inspectors in SwiftUI. Seems they are inconsistent/still broken …
2023-07-10: Good morning. It’s Monday again. You’re probably bustling. Remember to breathe and …
2023-07-09: Good morning. Learn to say and accept “No”. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-08: The obvious things are obvious because no one talks about them. They can still kill you.
2023-07-08: Just because someone is leading, it doesn’t mean they know where they are going—or are going where …
2023-07-08: If you are loud, you are trying to be heard, but don’t have much to say.
2023-07-08: If you don’t enjoy who you are and what you do, be someone else and do something else. Stop …
2023-07-08: “Even God lies. That doesn’t mean you should.” #writing
2023-07-08: Apparently, you have to sing Jimmy Buffet songs and Tom Petty songs at an outdoorr restaurant. r
2023-07-08: Gratuitous fish taco pic. #food
2023-07-08: I’m justt hanging out, people watching, listening, enjoying the heat and humidity, planning—not …
2023-07-08: I haven’t met most of you. I know who I would like to meet.
2023-07-08: Back on my day people walked around listening to their AM radio. No, that doesn’t stand for morning …
2023-07-08: Someone asked me about the SuperNote. They’d tried the Remarkable and sent It back. I let him try …
2023-07-08: Argh the new Xcode doesn’t fix the issues with .inspector on the ipadmini or predictive autocorrect. …
2023-07-08: What habit would youu like to have? What do you have to offer in n exchange?
2023-07-08: Remember when people were daft? They still are.
2023-07-08: I want fish tacos. Fish tacos I will have.
2023-07-08: You know you’re the problemm whenm you annoy yourself.
2023-07-08: There is a great difference between won’t and wont. Punctuation matters. #writing
2023-07-08: Buy one of my books. If you can’t afford a book, use your local library. Most libraries have copies …
2023-07-08: “Sharp implements are not allowed. I must bludgeon them.” #writing
2023-07-08: “When you’re young, you put up with your parents dressing you funny. Then you grow up and decide to …
2023-07-08: PSA: if someone tells you something that makes you want to offer advice, ask if they are looking for …
2023-07-08: Be generous with your time and knowledge. #life #success
2023-07-08: I’m sitting outside in the heat and stupidity. Time to free-write and eat stuff.
2023-07-08: It’s another hot and brutally humid day. I’ll venture out into the heat and stupidty …
2023-07-08: Good morning. Be a witness to the day. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #default
2023-07-07: Just relaxing and listening to one of my favorite artists, on old school CDs. …
2023-07-07: I plan on venturing outdoors tomorrow.
2023-07-07: Never seen/heard this version. youtu.be/LZlLP4ZgH… #music
2023-07-07: It’s Friday eve. Time for a small glass of my cyser. (Apple mead) #mead
2023-07-07: Caramel, another of The Gathering, watching the house under the trees in the rain. #cat
2023-07-07: First wild black raspberries of the season.
2023-07-07: If your app or email asks me whether I’m enjoying your app, or to fill out your survey, I’m going to …
2023-07-07: It’s rumbling thunder. I’m sitting outside with Oreo, one of The Gathering. Oreo, for a feral, seems …
2023-07-07: happy Comic Sans Day
2023-07-07: Yes, I’m in a “mood” .~
2023-07-07: Buy a white lab coat. Embroider your name on it. Hold a test tube and stare intently at it. Anyone …
2023-07-07: Who is the “We”? And what makes “you” think I am like you? AI and stats doesn’t count as “we”. …
2023-07-07: I know things others don’t. I don’t know things others do. I can solve problems others can’t. I know …
2023-07-07: I haven’t made gravlax in a while. I need to find some fresh salmon somewhere. All the grocery …
2023-07-07: I win a dollar every time I don’t play the lottery.
2023-07-07: Ring the doorbell. That’s a euphemism, right?
2023-07-07: When you feel like you are the world’s fodder, call your modder. Modders are good at changing …
2023-07-07: Crickey! A kangaroo and koala both start with K, but not crikey! Australian is weird.~
2023-07-07: “He was hostage to his feelings, and she held his feelings.” #writing
2023-07-07: Just discovered long-pressing allows you to move items between columns in Column View, within Apple …
2023-07-07: I just added four more handwritten pages to this story. I know how to finish it. I just need to get …
2023-07-07: This short story is becoming an excuse to write a fight-scene. #writing #shortstory #mdc3con
2023-07-07: What is the proper/offical name of the huge humanoid-shaped balloons that wiggle and gyrate as …
2023-07-07: So, I see a lot of women wearing wool sweaters. It’s 83º and brutally humid today. I hope they work …
2023-07-07: No, I won’t be joining Threads, or BlueSky. I don’t feel the need to contribute to megalomaniacs …
2023-07-07: I was actually able to use XCode today without it regurgitating a cryptic error message. Of course, …
2023-07-07: Be the hero in your life. #life #success
2023-07-07: I should blog something today.
2023-07-07: Just because you’ve paid for something doesn’t mean you’ve created or invented …
2023-07-07: Hail! It’s Friday. Get to it, so you can get to the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-06: Played a bit of Overatch2 this evening. Made POTG 3 times. #gme
2023-07-06: Plan for tomorrow: — verify it’s Friday — fight XCode — maybe do some Python — write — read — play
2023-07-06: I wish restaurants, here in the US, would stop serving food on brioche buns. Structurally, they are …
2023-07-06: It’s that time. Thank you all for following, interacting, putting up with me, and supporting me. I …
2023-07-06: “The brave are often foolish. They do what others often won’t.” #writing
2023-07-06: “If you can’t dance to the music, dance to the screams.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-06: Hm. The new inspector in SwiftUI works weird on the iPad mini. Wonder if it’s me. It looks ok on a …
2023-07-06: I should look into Swift charts and outline views. #swiftui
2023-07-06: I always wonder when a server asks me, “Do you want fries on the side?” I think the correct response …
2023-07-06: It’s interesting that Bluesky was a thing a few weeks ago and now it’s Threads. What will it be next …
2023-07-06: I added a few more pages to my C3 short story. I really like this one. It has a fun/strong female …
2023-07-06: “He was thick-headed, which was interesting given there was nothing in his head.” #writing
2023-07-06: It’s brutally humid and very warm. Summer is in full bloom.
2023-07-06: Just because you have followers doesn’t mean you’re important.
2023-07-06: I wish Apple would stop displaying internal debug messages as user error messages in their products. …
2023-07-06: I hate XCode. Today’s mysterious message that is keeping me from using a device. #xcode …
2023-07-06: Hello. Experience the day. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-05: I want Activision/Blizzard to re-release the Infocom games. #gamedev
2023-07-05: This applies to every club, organization, business, and government.
2023-07-05: What’s better than ice cream? More ice cream.
2023-07-05: The new Snoopy™ watch face is cute. It’s like watching a little cartoon every time you check the …
2023-07-05: YouTube is not a source of research #life Overheard: a woman tells another that she gets all her medical advice from a YouTube “doctor” and …
2023-07-05: “He slid to a stop near the stoop. His knees, bloody and bruised looked like the site of a …
2023-07-05: I’m writing a fight scene for this short story. I think I’ve gotten good at them. I always struggled …
2023-07-05: I know the difference between “that” and “which”, but I find I don’t care when I’m working on a …
2023-07-05: Happy National Graham Cracker Day No, it wasn’t named after Alexander Graham Bell, but it was …
2023-07-05: Writing fast. Writing well. #writing #fountaonpen
2023-07-05: Errand done. Time to eat and write. It’s a steamy day, the kind of day that can clean and press your …
2023-07-05: Time to switch it up. Parker button filler, I restored, (F) with Monteverde Blue Black. #fountainpen
2023-07-05: I went out on the deck to see how bad the weather is today (it’s brutally humid and hot). One …
2023-07-05: Good morning, all. Acceptance is not agreement. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-04: As the old saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its hair.” Time to find something better to read from …
2023-07-04: Just because something has a price doesn’t make it valuable. #life #success
2023-07-04: My desert rose is blooming again. #plant
2023-07-04: Sometimes the one that promises is more important than the promise. Sometimes the promise is more …
2023-07-04: Lunch done. Writing done for now. Coding done. Time to relax. It’s a holiday here. Happy Sidewalk …
2023-07-04: Hello. Slow down. It’s a holiday here. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-07-03: Happy National Compliment Your Mirror Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-07-03: Death funneled from the clouds. #weather
2023-07-03: What is your vengeance quest?
2023-07-03: Things you might want to know: — it’s still smoky — I still write and code. — The Gathering still …
2023-07-03: As the smoke rises, so should your water intake. Stay hydrated.
2023-07-03: PSA: Run-time error messages/dialogs are meant for the user and not the developer. The stack trace …
2023-07-03: One of these years, I’ll write the book I want to write, not the one that writes me. #writing
2023-07-03: Think I’ll go with the tuna burger. #food
2023-07-03: “Run for your life!” “I’m boring. I don’t have one.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-07-03: Hm. I wonder if watermelon mead is possible. #mead #brewing
2023-07-03: I should make a trip to BrimmingHorn Meadery sometime. I haven’t been up there in over a year. I …
2023-07-03: “His was a jelly of a face that would have flowed onto the table were it not for his skin.” #writing …
2023-07-03: Enjoy what you do even if no one else does. #life #success
2023-07-03: The Hoya I’ve had a few years and that hasn’t done anything, has finally sprung into bloom with some …
2023-07-03: OK. I’ve started fleshing out the short story I started over the weekend. Time for a break. #writing
2023-07-03: Today’s user-friendly error message from XCode. I hate XCode. #xcode #failure #ios
2023-07-03: Good morning. Find something good about you. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-07-02: Now that I’m home again, I guess I need to be productive this week.
2023-07-02: “As my dead mother used to say, … … …” #writing
2023-07-02: Success comes to those who either change their goals, or change their approach. #life #success
2023-07-02: Happy Build a Scarecrow Day
2023-07-02: 1+1=3 for sufficiently large values of 1.
2023-07-02: “In Anger Born, In Anger Sworn” a book title I should use. #writing
2023-07-02: Good morning. Back home. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-07-01: Happy blink-182 Day
2023-07-01: Apple beta software always drains batteries. #apple
2023-07-01: A couple of days of not doing much apart from writing has been relaxing.
2023-07-01: Gratuitous food pic. Gemmells with crab #food
2023-07-01: Time for some food.
2023-07-01: Playing Doom Machine #game #solo
2023-07-01: Oo. I somehow stumbled into the underlying Android settings on the SuperNote. Stuff here not exposed …
2023-07-01: Ok. I finished reading the two books I brought. Time to switch gears.
2023-07-01: The sun is trying to make an appearance through the smoke. The rain didn’t help
2023-07-01: Plan for today, since it’s raining — watch WWDC videos — read — write — play a game.
2023-07-01: Good morning, all. It’s a rainy morning here. I guess not much outside time for me. Oh well. Time …
2023-06-30: “The priest who worships a thousand gods, is bound to be right.” #writing
2023-06-30: I just started playing this. Nice low-stress “journaling” game. #gamedev #solo
2023-06-30: This is new. #applewatch #ios
2023-06-30: Someone actually talked to me. I may have sold a book.
2023-06-30: And not a single fountain pen in the bunch.
2023-06-30: Hm this idea is a good one. I may just make this my C3 story for the year insteadd of the one I’ve …
2023-06-30: I’m scribbling a short story about a hit team trying to take out a female assassin at a tiki bar. …
2023-06-30: Writing crappy words. But, it’s writing. #writing
2023-06-30: “You’ll promise anything when your life is on the line and promises mean nothing to you.” A small …
2023-06-30: The smoke is really bad now.
2023-06-30: Current view as I take a reading break.
2023-06-30: I need more characters that mutter. None of my characters ever mutter, I mutter. #writing
2023-06-30: I’d love to see what Apple could do with the SuperNote and its eink technology. Great writing …
2023-06-30: “Life is a Choose Your Own Advebture game. Most don’t realize this and hate playing the game.” -God …
2023-06-30: I never considered this. When you read, do you actually SEE the scene play out in your head? Having …
2023-06-30: I brought the iPad d mini and the superNote on vacation. The iPad got a better mini keyboard and I’m …
2023-06-30: Writing setup this morning. #writing
2023-06-30: The new autocorrect and a new mini-keyboard make me look like I’m drunk. Seriouslysly, I type better …
2023-06-30: The su is obsucred, and there is a stif breeze today. Another gorgeous day apart fro the smoke. Im …
2023-06-30: It’s another smoky day.
2023-06-30: I’ve noticed the new autocorrect sometimes doubles what I write. Ugh. Oh well, it’s a fixable bug.
2023-06-30: Breakfast consumed. Plan for today. Write, read, relax, play some games, and eat more seafood.
2023-06-30: I don’t understand stand the purpose of plastic fruit. If you want fruit, use real fruit.
2023-06-30: Good morning. Enjoy what you have, for you may not have it forever. Like clean air. Time for the …
2023-06-29: And I shall call him Steven.
2023-06-29: If it’s June, shouldn’t it be Junehem?
2023-06-29: This is how Ice Ages start…
2023-06-29: Kale is underrated. #food
2023-06-29: At what age do people begin to cackle?
2023-06-29: Food is here. #food
2023-06-29: Redundant error message message is redundant. #ios
2023-06-29: I should dig into SwiftData. I’m sure I’ll not use it for anything I’m doing, but I have thoughts. …
2023-06-29: “He sat staring at his phone, can of beer in his hand. Everyone assumed he was engrossed. He was …
2023-06-29: Making mistakes doesn’t take intelligence. -ancient proverb I just made up
2023-06-29: “There’s not a lot to do, but then, I don’t do a lot.” #writing
2023-06-29: It would be a gorgeous day if it weren’t for the smoke.
2023-06-29: I just set a deadline to get my next book out. I hate deadlines. #writing
2023-06-29: “I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. I’m more often wrong than not.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-29: Overheard: “does it come with something like a Carmel sauce?” I think he meant caramel, not the town …
2023-06-29: The air hung low and heavy, smelling of old burnt gym socks.
2023-06-29: Be comfortable with yourself. #life #success
2023-06-29: “All the angels have fallen, but I persist.” #writing
2023-06-29: Smoke on the water in Maryland. Canadian smoke. Guess no bike rides this vacation.
2023-06-29: Hm. I can’t seem to get .scrollTargetBehavior() to do anything. Oh well, I’ll try to …
2023-06-29: Have I told you, I hate XCode? This is today’s mysterioius error message. #xcode #failure
2023-06-29: Vacation time for me, later today. First up, code and writing.
2023-06-29: Hello. Stay hydrated. Stay healthy. The Canadian smoke is back in Delaware. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-06-28: “Leave anger to someone else. You have better things to experience.”
2023-06-28: Trying to decide what games to bring on vacation.
2023-06-28: Plan for tomorrow: — morning coding — morning editing — vacation
2023-06-28: “Hunting scavengers is like hunting the Wumpus, but scavengers are real.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-28: Happy Tau Day
2023-06-28: It’s time for me to wind down for the week.
2023-06-28: Why XCode? Why every connect to device on launch? How does anyone actually get any work done with …
2023-06-28: Plan for today: – code – write – pack
2023-06-28: Heh. The new autocorrect predictive text in iOS17 has a sense of humor. When I typed “Time for …
2023-06-28: Good morning, all. Simplify your life. You’ll have less to worry about. Time for the …
2023-06-27: “You’re not brave. You’re an idiot.” #writing
2023-06-27: Time for some Foreigner. youtu.be/36hdcn_3e… #music
2023-06-27: What do you do to be more purposeful?
2023-06-27: Goblins are always hungry for turkey. If you get it, you get it.
2023-06-27: Be kind to those around you, human and animal.
2023-06-27: Working on my MicroProjects idea. It’s using my TinyDB library, which I’m also working on at the …
2023-06-27: It’s another humid day with more rain coming.
2023-06-27: Today The Gathering got a visitor that we don’t see often, Spot. #cat
2023-06-27: OK. I’m back on Micro.blog. Thanks @manton. And the error message on the website is cleared.
2023-06-27: Let’s see if this works again…
2023-06-26: Well, Monday is winding down. I still can’t seem to post to Micro.blog. Oh well.
2023-06-26: I miss JIR.
2023-06-26: It’s time to eat lunch and free-write. I got a lot accomplished this morning.
2023-06-26: WARNING: Bartender app on Mac. What the? I got a dialog from Barttender and then it started sharing my screen. Why ? There …
2023-06-26: Good morning, all. I wonder if this will post. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-25: Micro.blog must hate me. None of my posts are hitting the stream.
2023-06-25: Well, it looks like my posts aren’t hitting the stream or crossposting again. Oh well. At some …
2023-06-24: The problem with endgames is they are meant to milk money. A game should have a story with an end. …
2023-06-24: Time for some munchies.
2023-06-24: I’m hoping the weather lightens up so I can escape the house for a bit. #micro_blog
2023-06-24: I hope you’re all doing something frivolous today. I’m doing nothing.
2023-06-24: Remember, someone somewhere always cares.
2023-06-24: I’m not doing much today. The rain is keeping me at bay. Or is that in bay? Near the bay? Anyway, …
2023-06-24: Today’s XCode hurdle. I try to launch an app on my iPhone. Instead, it launches on my iPhone. …
2023-06-24: It’s a dismal and dreary day here again. I should play some games today.
2023-06-24: Hello. Be the sunshine in the rain. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-23: Things accomplished today: – worked on TinyDB library – edited more of my time-travel …
2023-06-23: I hope everyone has a quiet, fun, and safe weekend.
2023-06-23: Yo, kids! It’s Friday! Start the weekend. Get on someone’s lawn!
2023-06-23: It looks like the weekend is more of the same rain and smug mugginess. I guess I’m not going …
2023-06-23: It’s 80ºF and extremely humid. Delaware feels like a jungle today.
2023-06-23: It’s Friday. Start shutting down.
2023-06-23: Imagine how rich you might be if you held the patent on twist-ties. #micro_blog
2023-06-23: Happy Typewriter Day Show us your typewriter.
2023-06-23: When people tell you to not be judgemental, they don’t want you to judge negatively or …
2023-06-23: Hello, all. Be the example your mother wanted you to be. TIme for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-22: Another non-productive day. Oh well, tomorrow’s Friday. #micro_blog
2023-06-22: Stick to nothing. #life
2023-06-22: Crickey! It’s still raining.
2023-06-22: It’s a rainy soup day. No, the soup isn’t rainy.
2023-06-22: Another morning wasted waiting for XCode to download and install. #xcode
2023-06-22: Good morning. Be certain. Don’t be arrogant. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-21: Clelebrate something tomorrow. You don’t need an excuse. #life #success
2023-06-21: Well today was a heads-down productive day. The rain helped. #micro_blog
2023-06-21: I guess new Nintendo stuff was announced.
2023-06-21: “The Cat WIth an Uzi” would make a killer title. #writing #prompt
2023-06-21: “Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you’ve ever been poor.” — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-06-21: Coding done for now. Time to switch gears and start editing. #micro_blog
2023-06-21: Good morning. Rain on Wednesday? Yup. We need it. TIme for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-20: Everyone, real and written characters, has a part of their backstory they don’t know, remember, or …
2023-06-20: Remember to free the villagers.
2023-06-20: “Everyone I know is already dead, or will die.” #writing
2023-06-20: Having a worthwhile goal is better than just having a goal. #life #success
2023-06-20: Happy National Hike With a Geek Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-06-20: Good morning. Take it easy. There’s no reason to kill yourself. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-19: “He threw himself into his work. Unfortunately, he was boiling oil.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-19: “Bad things don’t make things better. Good people do.” #writing
2023-06-19: “Don’t assume that righting a wrong makes for a better world. Sometimes, letting a wrong …
2023-06-19: I don’t hate many things. I really hate XCode. This is the latest hurdle. It took 10 whole …
2023-06-19: Hm. Markdown support only works with literal strings, not variables? #ios #text #swifui #markdown
2023-06-19: You are now what you have become. What will you become? #life
2023-06-18: Remember to show up tomorrow. #micro_blog
2023-06-18: I should re-listen to Chess. #music
2023-06-18: Haiku / BeOS. I miss BeOS. youtu.be/UByttyMHD… #os
2023-06-18: What is your “ultimate”?
2023-06-18: “Sometimes you have to die to prove a point.’ “It’s just a point.” #writing
2023-06-18: “Life is like a game. If you don’t disengage, you will die.” #writing
2023-06-18: “When aged people keep saying they want to go home, they don’t mean their old physical home.” …
2023-06-18: Remember when building a car from a kit was a thing?
2023-06-18: Overheard: “I’m going to sell pictures of my feet—no corns or nuthin” I can’t make this stuff up.
2023-06-18: Find the humor in all situations. #life #success
2023-06-18: Overheard: Person 1: “Your stomach is sunburnt.” Person 2: “I was in California, I laid out. Why …
2023-06-18: If you don’t believe sport(s) is political, just look at a sport(s) broadcast and note the national …
2023-06-18: “You know, the problem with good virtual reality is that someone will will create virtual reality …
2023-06-18: “Those who can’t do, teach. Those who can’t teach, learn, Those who can’t learn, sell, Those who …
2023-06-18: Plan for this week; — focus on deconstructing my time-travel novel in Plottr. — start editing my …
2023-06-18: “When your nightmares chase you into your waking time, you have nothing to fear.” #writing
2023-06-18: Plan for this afternoon: — errands — read — play Overwatch — play a physical game — house stuff — …
2023-06-18: PSA: Standby mode in the iPhone is great—when it works. I should learn to write widgets. #ios
2023-06-18: “When I look at the calendar, I see it’s no longer 1972. I realize it’s 2020. I may not make it to …
2023-06-18: “When you follow your passion, you tend to forget the important people and stuff.” #writing
2023-06-18: “Damn it!” My response: “Find a beaver.”
2023-06-18: What is the correct word which describes the .commonality between iOS and iPadOS? I don’t like to …
2023-06-18: Things I learned today: Holding the space bar in iOS lets you move the insertion cursor without …
2023-06-18: “Manspreading “ with one’s hands and arms is a thing apparently. #failure
2023-06-18: “Refresh” assumes you’ve been fresh. My mother taught me better.
2023-06-18: “He was sweaty the way only a man could be.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-18: SuperNote #writing #fountainpen The SuperNote is the closest thing I’ve found that feels like writing with a fountain pen on …
2023-06-18: “Do better, not more.” My new motto. I’m not sure I can live up to the second part. I already try …
2023-06-18: What if programmers produced documentation the way ikea did?
2023-06-18: I ran into a problem with @Observed this morning. I may have to dig into it to see whether it’s …
2023-06-18: Today’s writing instruments.
2023-06-18: I feel like some hot wings with my writing today. #micro_blog
2023-06-18: Happy National Panic Day.
2023-06-18: Good morning, all. Another smoky day with sunshine. Be grateful for the sunshine. Time for the …
2023-06-17: Today was a productive day. i even managed to eat lunch and write outside. With any luck, tomorrow …
2023-06-17: OK. It seems I’m “back on the air.” Thanks @help
2023-06-17: today went too fast
2023-06-17: Test test
2023-06-17: If anyone can see this, Micro.blog is broken.
2023-06-17: What drives you to be? #life #success
2023-06-17: My timeline is borked. And my posts are invisible.
2023-06-17: Bud Lite: the beer that comes out of everyone’s water taps.
2023-06-17: Test. Is this thing on?
2023-06-17: The skies are still smokey, but the sun is out.
2023-06-17: Good morning, all. Have an enjoyable, restful Saturday. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-16: Time for some music. I should really edit and publish the short story I wrote around this. Also, …
2023-06-16: If you’re too legit to quit, you’re working too hard. It’s Friday. Time to quit.
2023-06-16: What you do is always more important than what you say. #life
2023-06-16: It’s Friday. Begin the shutdown process.
2023-06-16: NASA is making Daleks #doctorwho #nasa
2023-06-16: @help @manton Just got this on the web.
2023-06-16: Swift TinyDB Library Progress and the New Xcode visualnewt.com/blog/ #programming #xcode #tinydb
2023-06-16: Free idea for someone: Take the SwiftDocC .docarchive and convert it into an ePub so we can have …
2023-06-16: Good morning. Do it so you have it when you need it. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-15: Added a book, Martin Gardner’s Table Magic, by Martin Gardner to my Tsundoku shelf. #books
2023-06-15: I think I’ll make pancakes with some of the blueberries from my bush.
2023-06-15: I wish there was a way to create dynamic plugins in Swift, iOS. Why does Apple love monolithic apps? …
2023-06-15: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-15: Yay! My lone blueberry bush has another bumper crop this year.
2023-06-15: I’m going to quit using the Micro.blog iPadOS app. The stream is always an hour or so behind the …
2023-06-15: Happy Justice for Janitors Day. It’s also Magna Carta Day. Janitors apparently had to clean up after …
2023-06-15: PSA: If your app requires a subscription without a free trial, what are you thinking? Oh, and a free …
2023-06-15: Overheard: “I was living with somebody.” Apparently, you don’t have to know who you are living with… …
2023-06-15: “Tony surveyed His domain, with godly smugness and satisfaction. He declared it good. But even if …
2023-06-15: “All the great Gods are busy. We’ve assigned Tony. He’s lazy, and pretty bad as gods go, but it’s …
2023-06-15: Added a book, Martin Gardner’s Table Magic, by Martin Gardner to my Tsundoku shelf. #books
2023-06-15: Good morning, all. Don’t assume the worst about others, even if they prove you wrong. Time for …
2023-06-14: It’s interesting how many “dead” podcasts exist. It seems there really aren’t a lot of still-ongoing …
2023-06-14: I feel I should be accomplishing more.
2023-06-14: Be purposeful. Without purpose, you’re just winging it. #life #success
2023-06-14: Anyone going to try some newness tomorrow? #micro_blog
2023-06-14: PSA: Drink some water.
2023-06-14: Happy Pop Goes the Weasel Day …which reminds me of… Weird Al’s “Weasel Stomping Day” …
2023-06-14: Rice and black beans for lunch with a few veggies thrown in for good measure. #food
2023-06-14: Comcast says it’s to hard to list all of its fees. That means it has way too many. …
2023-06-14: Ok. i’ve rebult the Micro.blog bookshelves so they don’t show the wrong bookcovers. …
2023-06-14: @Manton I’m passing an ID in the ISBN field, and the URL of a generic free clipart book image. …
2023-06-14: In case you’re still curious, Oreo, one of The Gathering, has adopted me. It now follows me …
2023-06-14: Hello. Be helpful to those who ask for it. Don’t force help on those that don’t need or …
2023-06-13: If you do something without (a) reason, you have no way or right to judge what you do. #life …
2023-06-13: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-13: I was born boring.
2023-06-13: Ok. Registered for Philcon.
2023-06-13: It’s not work or a job if you like what you’re doing. #life #success
2023-06-13: I should register for Philcon. I’m sure I’ll be disappointed by most of it.
2023-06-13: I should play soem Overwatch later. Maybe some Diablo even later.
2023-06-13: Misrread the menu item as “bruised short ribs”. Makes sense. #food #writing
2023-06-13: My senseof humore is, motly, back after The Dark Times. I’ve lost a bit of my snark, however.~
2023-06-13: I really want to see what the Apple journaling app is about. Weird idea. What if everyapp had a …
2023-06-13: When you’re in debt and going to school, you have intuition. There is no such thing as outuition. …
2023-06-13: Today is one of the days I’d love to know how to sketch dot dot dot
2023-06-13: “We all want for nothing—nothing to want, that is.” #writing
2023-06-13: Anyone getting things done today? I’m really trying. Or so some people have said about me.
2023-06-13: I’m using the API to add some books. A lot are Kindle and have no ISBN. I think that’s causing the …
2023-06-13: I spent the morning setting up the new MBA. Time to eat and free-write.
2023-06-13: I hope everyone is having a non-stressful day
2023-06-13: Good morning. Find time for your mental well-being. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-12: Nice. The new MBA adapter has two ports. #apple
2023-06-12: Create something timeless. If you can’t do that, make something that will last a lifetime. And then …
2023-06-12: The skies have opened up here. With any luck it will scrub the smoke away.
2023-06-12: I’m editing my time travel novel. Time for a time-critical lunch break. #writing
2023-06-12: Happy Ghost in the Machine Day
2023-06-12: TinyDB - visualnewt.com/blog/ #blog #programming
2023-06-12: Time to switch it up. My backup pen ran out of ink. Jinhao 159 Orange (F) with Noodlers North …
2023-06-12: Habits are just reactions to either internal or external stimuli. #life
2023-06-12: Good morning. It’s another week, another chance to mess up. Time for the ceremonial coffee. …
2023-06-11: Hm Safari has user profiles now. Wish other Apple apps did. Good way to split work from play. #wwdc …
2023-06-11: You can do this with any reminders list now. I just wanted to see if I could do Kanban. #wwdc …
2023-06-11: Reminders now has a save as template functionality. So you can create a Kanban template and have a …
2023-06-11: Re the previous post. Sorry. That’s the Reminders app, not the Notes app ;) I guess I edited the …
2023-06-11: This is cool! I just played around with Reminders app in iOS 17. Look what I was able to make. …
2023-06-11: Time to switch it up. 3D printed 1.1mm with Colorverse Stars and Stripes #fountainpen
2023-06-11: Have meaningful adventures.
2023-06-11: Got a great review of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches” from a reader on …
2023-06-11: “It’s a tool only if it doesn’t do your thinking for you.” — future proverb I just made up
2023-06-11: It’s interesting, in a horrifying way, that most articles and blogs on writing are now pushing the …
2023-06-10: I was thinking of smoking some ribs tomorrow, but I don’t think the planet could take it.
2023-06-10: Seems there are a lot of YouTube videos based on ”Put this stuff in this other junk and you won’t be …
2023-06-10: “Stick an arm down your own throat and pull out all your flaws.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-10: The new predictive text / autocorrect seems to throw an extra s at the end of words. #wwdc
2023-06-10: Another example of Shakespaerean era words. “Boarding” comes from the wooden plank, or board on …
2023-06-10: Lol. A guy decided to tell me his life story. He wasn’t even drunk. And he claimed he was an …
2023-06-10: Gratuitouss fish taco pic.
2023-06-10: If you can’t have fun, someone else will at your expense.
2023-06-10: Back up your work. I always take a photo of each page of writing from my notebooks. When i …
2023-06-10: Observed: “His wallet was phat. He asked if the restaurantant took US dollars. Accountants are never …
2023-06-10: Observed: “The three strode in like they were accountants. They wore suits. They ordered spring …
2023-06-10: Disclaimer: all future grammatical and spelling errors are Apple’s predictive text. All those in …
2023-06-10: I need to learn something new. What should I learn next?
2023-06-10: “He was life’s cockroach. He’d survived it all by living in the shadows.” #writing
2023-06-10: I want to get one of The Gathering to the vet next week. I wonder which it will be, and how I will …
2023-06-10: The new autocorrect/predictive text still makes a ton of mistakess. #wwdc #ios
2023-06-10: Do you see patterns, or that which breaks the pattern? I think your answer says a lot about you. …
2023-06-10: Observed: “he was a diet-conscious Colonel Sanders; with white hair, neatly trimmed beard, and …
2023-06-10: The band is decent today. Lots of CCR that sounds right. #music
2023-06-10: I have too much junk in my head and the garbage collection routine is broken. #life #writing
2023-06-10: I wonder if forks have instructions in other countries.
2023-06-10: A woman near to me has an iPhone he that looks like she Bedazzled(tm). If you know, you’re …
2023-06-10: I still haven’t found a good local writer’s retreat event. Maybe I’ll just book a week on KI and …
2023-06-10: I haven’t overheard anything interestingg or usable today. It’s still early. #writing
2023-06-10: I’m trying to decide between fish and chips, and tacos.
2023-06-10: “Live each moment as if it’s your first one-with childlike wonder and curiosity.” #life #success
2023-06-10: I hope everyone enjoys the lack of smoke here.
2023-06-10: The air is breathable so I’m outside for lunch and writing
2023-06-10: “May the power of JSON protect you.” #throwawayline
2023-06-10: Good morning, all. Enjoying the day is worth it. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-09: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-09: What’s everyone playing this weekend?
2023-06-09: It’s Friday eve. Time for a glass of mead.
2023-06-09: I want to have some fun this weekend but I’ll end up doing what I always do.
2023-06-09: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-09: Hm my lock screen on the iPad is complaining location services are off. Not sure what’s using it. …
2023-06-09: It’s time to thank all of you who read my posts, interact with me, and otherwise put up with …
2023-06-09: The best flavor soup is Honey Nut Chex.
2023-06-09: Be kind to yourself and others. It’s Friday.
2023-06-09: The Continuity - visualnewt.com/blog/ #programming
2023-06-09: The smoke is easing up here. Not much, but I can just about make out the sun. #micro_blog
2023-06-09: Happy Earl Day
2023-06-09: Good morning. Persevere through the day so you make it to the weekend. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-06-08: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-08: Hey everyone! Tomorrow’s Friday!
2023-06-08: Anyone planning skullduggery tomorrow?
2023-06-08: “Is anyone truly sane? I think not. The sanest person is still less sane than a stone. The stone at …
2023-06-08: Apple Watch beta drained the battery in about 8 hours, and I don’t’ think I got a warning. Beware. …
2023-06-08: Happy Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day. I wish I had some.
2023-06-08: Heh. Weather Channel headline: “Thick smoke swallows New York City”. Apparently, it just …
2023-06-08: On the other hand, meteorologists are probably having a field day being able to track airflows with …
2023-06-08: Somewhere, a conspiracy theorist is predicting the smoke from Canada will start a new Ice Age.
2023-06-08: if you plan on having a conniption, please do it in the privacy of your closet. #life
2023-06-08: So how many of you have/are going to order a VisionPro? #apple #wwdc #visionpro
2023-06-08: Back in my day, we had vagrants and loiterers. #micro_blog
2023-06-08: Apparently, make them out of rubber… …
2023-06-08: I’ve been erranding all morning. Time to eat and write stuff.
2023-06-08: Yeah, well. This isn’t good. #air
2023-06-08: Do great things. If you can’t do great things, do good things. If you can’t do good things, don’t …
2023-06-08: The cursor I hate. #wwdc
2023-06-08: I hate the new text cursor. #wwdc #ios #mac #apple
2023-06-08: Good morning. Wear your mask. It’s smokey out there. Time for the ceremonial coffee. …
2023-06-07: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-07: If you’re going to make mistakes, learn from the best. #life #success
2023-06-07: Well, today wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped it would be. i hope tomorrow will be less …
2023-06-07: Don’t forget to hydrate.
2023-06-07: I started playing a little Diablo IV after lunch. Blizzard has upped its story and cinematics, but …
2023-06-07: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Keep the bathwater. You can use it to water plants.
2023-06-07: Happy VCR Day
2023-06-07: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-07: “The Man With All The Cards” auteureist.com/page-3/bl… #writing #blog
2023-06-07: The new predictive typing model on the Mac is good. When you type there is a faded set of possible …
2023-06-07: I guess I won’t be sleepingg with the windows open for a while
2023-06-07: I woke up wondering why my throat felt rough and the air system was going full-blast. Then I looked …
2023-06-06: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-06: Had Books randomly start playing an audio book on the iPad. Car play also crashed. Beware! #wwdc
2023-06-06: “Stay in touch” is such a weird and uncomfortable colloquialism. There aren’t many people I’d want …
2023-06-06: “The universe isn’t all there is.” #writing
2023-06-06: Split-screen multi-apps in iPadOS still don’t’ let you shift the split arbitrarily. #wwdc #failure
2023-06-06: Assume you haven’t done it. Then do it. #life #success
2023-06-06: How do you plan on being annoying tomorrow?
2023-06-06: I should really play Diablo IV since I bought it. #diablo
2023-06-06: This still hasn’t been fixed. Raising the iPad over my head still doesn’t work. #wwdc
2023-06-06: Now that I’ve transcribed “The Man With All the Cards”, I can get back to editing “Out of Time”. …
2023-06-06: Question: I know some European countries/nationalities find smiling to be unnatural unless you’re …
2023-06-06: “Life isn’t meant to be lived. It is meant to be reveled in.” #writing #life
2023-06-06: Observed: “The three were a gang who wore black baseball caps, brims to the back. All except the …
2023-06-06: Don’t sour on life. Sour on beer and kraut. #life
2023-06-06: OK. I successfully scrubbed my AIr of all XCode fragments, leftovers, and droppings. I’ve …
2023-06-06: I should get order a book to read on my vacation.
2023-06-06: Just ordered a portobello burger for lunch.
2023-06-06: Is this new in Safari on iOS/iPadOS, or have I been blind? #wwdc
2023-06-06: What side-projects are you working on? I should keep track of mine so I don’t forget some of them. …
2023-06-06: Am I wrong? Weren’t we supposed to get an email overhaul? Nothing new in Mail. #wwdc #mail
2023-06-06: Nothing new in the camera app. #wwdc
2023-06-06: I miss programming in TAL. #programming
2023-06-06: I don’t see anything new in the Playgrounds app. Bummer. I was hoping Apple would make it more …
2023-06-06: Well, Swift now interops with C++ Really? I need Python. #wwdc
2023-06-06: Apple’s Airport Utility still works, but it needs to be updated to work with non-Apple routers now. …
2023-06-06: IPadOS is a bit buggy crashy, but that’s ok. Just dont install it if you aren’t a dev. #wwdc
2023-06-06: It’s a chilly, cloudy, and smokey day here. #micro_blog
2023-06-06: Hm. It seems like the new iPadOS goes to sleep/blanks much quicker. Wish there was a pref to turn it …
2023-06-06: I’m pleased by some of the “lifestyle” improvements in the OSes this year. Time to switch gears and …
2023-06-06: This is new in SwiftUI apps. At least in mine. #wwdc #ui
2023-06-06: Hm. Nice. The Grocery app can use a grocery reminder list. Apparently, the changes to Reminders …
2023-06-06: I don’t see any major improvements in any of the other Apple apps, just a few minor things like …
2023-06-06: I don’t see anything new in the Books app. Bummer. #wwdc #books
2023-06-06: Links in the Notes app are cool, and all, but Apple should have gone full Wiki with the Notes app. …
2023-06-06: Grocery lists in the Reminders app, is great. Auto categorizes food. #ios
2023-06-06: Not a productive morning here. Hope yours is going better.
2023-06-06: I’ll let it calm down and try later.
2023-06-06: I’m trying to get one of The Gathering, Caramel, into a carrier. It looks like someone took a …
2023-06-06: Good morning, all. Stay on target. Stay on target. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-05: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-05: The new iPad Health app looks great #iPados
2023-06-05: I seriously hate XCode. Even the new beta is still borked. How can people test on a device? Every …
2023-06-05: OK. Spatial personas are coming… It’s obvious, but still very cool. #wwdc #visionpro
2023-06-05: I like that Apple has integrated accessibility as a priority in VisionPro and RealityOS. #wwdc
2023-06-05: I love how they stress “it’s never been easier”. That doesn’t mean it’s ever easy. #wwdc
2023-06-05: SwiftData. Um. Let’s see… fingers crossed. #wwdc
2023-06-05: Yay! No more observable/publishers, unless you want them. #swiftui #swift
2023-06-05: I’m trying to remember. Didn’t the early iPhone (or maybe Android) have a touch/tap/handshake phones …
2023-06-05: I guess I’ll have to wait a bit longer for the developer goodies… as usual. #wwdc
2023-06-05: WWDC 2023 Thoughts: visualnewt.com/blog/ #wwdc
2023-06-05: Well that’s right out of my league, price-wise. #visionpro #wwdc
2023-06-05: Apple Vision Pro implies an Apple Vision (cheaper/less capable). #wwdc #visionpro
2023-06-05: Gah! Excel in VisionPro. Barf! #wwdc
2023-06-05: I hope they have a developer hefty discount to visionPro #visionpro #wwdc
2023-06-05: visionOS #wwdc
2023-06-05: Um. Vision Pro has a built-in 3D video camera too? Wow. #visionpro #wwdc
2023-06-05: Ok. This is a plus. Being able to type on a real keyboard. I hadn’t considered that as an option. …
2023-06-05: I’m impressed. #wwdc #visionpro
2023-06-05: VisionPro is definitely different. It’s not meant to be a game adjunct. Now I’m interested. #wwdc …
2023-06-05: “Spatial Computing.” #wwdc #visionpro
2023-06-05: Um. OK. this is good. Gesture controlled without the use of gauntlets and finger sensors. Watch out …
2023-06-05: Interesting. It’s being marketed as a “new kind of computer”. #visionpro
2023-06-05: “One more thing…” returns. #wwdc
2023-06-05: OK. New Health stuff is good. #wwdc
2023-06-05: I doubt more game devs are going to switch from PC or consoles. Not much has changed re Mac game …
2023-06-05: Face Time is something I have yet to use. I guess it requires people.
2023-06-05: OK. Health on the iPad is something I wanted. Now I can add health data to my journals without …
2023-06-05: NameDrop seems to be the big thing in iOS17 for me. #wwdc
2023-06-05: Heh, StandBy assumes you have a dock that charges horizontally in an upright mode. #fail #wwdc
2023-06-05: Hm. Journal doesn’t look as good or featured as I’d hoped it would. Unless it has a lot more, it’s …
2023-06-05: OK. Journal. Let’s see what you got.
2023-06-05: Stickers? Eh. I’ll never use them.
2023-06-05: State of current Apple voice mail transcipts. Got this at lunch.
2023-06-05: MacPro is pretty amazing, but I don’t need one. #wwdc
2023-06-05: If Apple announces a new iPad mini, I’m all on it. Doubt that will happen at WWDC.
2023-06-05: Time for lunch and writing. I wasted all morning fighting XCode trying to get it to work. Oh well. …
2023-06-05: If you’re thinking you’re not observing. #life
2023-06-05: Hello. Another week, is another chance. Make the most and best of it. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-06-04: Added a book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-06-04: Anyone planning to be here tomorrow?
2023-06-04: If tomorrow never comes, neither does the next hour, minute, nor the next instant. Live now. #life …
2023-06-04: Life, like business, should never be a competition. #life
2023-06-04: Hello. Make it better. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-06-03: Time for some music. youtu.be/dfK8t4j7I… #music
2023-06-03: Support good people. #life #success
2023-06-03: I think I’ll take it easy tomorrow.
2023-06-03: I am on the precipice of Sunday.
2023-06-03: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-03: You need not fill silence with your words and thoughts. Silence needs to breathe. #life #success
2023-06-03: Anyone having a dance battle today?
2023-06-03: Your life is forbidden to all but you. #life
2023-06-03: What is your daily quest?
2023-06-03: Fish tacos consumed.
2023-06-03: Is beforewards the antonym for afterwards? #writing
2023-06-03: “Life is difficult until you die.” #writing
2023-06-03: No one aspires to be a Neanderthal. Why is that? Seems prejudiced.
2023-06-03: You don’t need time or cost to manage a project. Flame on. #management #project
2023-06-03: “Absorb knowledge like Teflon. That’s what many do.” #writing
2023-06-03: “The endless night ends when the sun comes up.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-03: Tacos, desu.
2023-06-03: “I just discovers I have a mole.” “That’s nothing. I have three hamsters.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-03: Autocorrect is useless. It thongs wrotong is a word. #autocorrect #failure
2023-06-03: I think I’m torn, into shreds, between fish ‘n’ chips and fish tacos for lunch.
2023-06-03: Today’s writing tools. I got four pages done. #writing
2023-06-03: “There are no shortcuts except on iOS.” #wrotong #throwawayline.
2023-06-03: Apple really needs to work on what you could do with a touch surface on the back of an IPhone. You …
2023-06-03: “Your’re just another brick in the wall, and the wall is need of serious repair.” #writing …
2023-06-03: “You’re not the person I married ten years ago.” “No one is.” “I know that! I mean you’re my …
2023-06-03: A server just asked me how long I’ve been writing. “Before you were born. That doesn’t make me …
2023-06-03: “You know, you’re my chum, right?” “You mean fish bait?” “You got it” #writing
2023-06-03: If you’re a singer, don’t overdrive the amp, or hit the amp’s harmonic frequency.
2023-06-03: I need to figure out how to best display a project in my Tiny Projects app. Maybe railroad tracks. …
2023-06-03: Never wear a hospital gown out in public.
2023-06-03: “I’d like the frog legs, please.” “It looks like you already do.” #writing
2023-06-03: I’m out by the water, as planned. Today is supposed to be nicest day of the cloudy and rainy …
2023-06-03: I have seen the nothingness before birth and peered into the dark void of death and non-existence . …
2023-06-03: PSA: My username is pronounced: ARK-ih-MAGE, not Arch-Image. Just so you know. As in ARK-angel. ;)
2023-06-03: Time to switch it up. A button filler (F) I restored with Monteverde Blue-Black. I never took the …
2023-06-03: Good morning. Go outside today. You do know there’s an outside, don’t you? Time for the …
2023-06-02: Plan for tomorrow: — code — get outside and write — eat seafood? — play some games — read
2023-06-02: I’ve spent a couple of hours mindstorming a project I’m calling “Tiny Projects”. It’s going to be a …
2023-06-02: Does your life have a highlight reel? Why are you still using reels?
2023-06-02: It’s Friday evening. Time for a small glass of mead.
2023-06-02: I need to research Yakuza and the Triad for my next book… #writing
2023-06-02: “Sometimes, son, life is like sandpaper. It grates.” #writing
2023-06-02: Ok. Dr. Pepper’s Strawberries and Cream soda is actually passable for strawberries and cream. I’m …
2023-06-02: Your life has a deleted scene. Write it. #writing #life #prompt
2023-06-02: “What if you could capture your lover’s heart and nail it to the wall?” #writing
2023-06-02: I’m not an interesting person, but I like interesting people and things.
2023-06-02: It’s a hot day. 88ºF. Nice.
2023-06-02: What fun things do you have planned for this weekend? Me? I plan to sit by the water, enjoy the …
2023-06-02: Soliciting new band/music that has captured you in the last month or so. No “celebrity” or “top 100” …
2023-06-02: When was the last time you bought a family of socks?
2023-06-02: It’s time to start winding down toward the weekend. Be nice to those around you.
2023-06-02: Oh wow. I just got an idea for a new book. But it will have to wait. #writing
2023-06-02: Hold yourself accountable. #life #success
2023-06-02: If you’re going to shoot the ball, make sure it’s dead. #sport #throwawayline
2023-06-02: Anyone remember “efficiency experts”? I think we need some now.
2023-06-02: “You’re an amateur until you accept money. Then you are a pro, regardless of how bad you are.” #life …
2023-06-02: PSA: Cross-posting isn’t about posting when you are angry. When you are, don’t. #socialmedia
2023-06-02: If you wait too long, it will be too late. — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-06-02: What did you accomplish this week? Me? I made a lot of mistakes.
2023-06-02: “Hers was a life in stasis. It was cold, dark, and dead.” #writing
2023-06-02: “Life has a new lower price.” #writing
2023-06-02: One thing I don’t expect from #wwdc is a better game strategy. Apple seems content with Arcade. …
2023-06-02: I think I’ll play some BotW this eve. I dont’ feel it right to jump right into TotK. #nintendo
2023-06-02: I need to rethink how I implmented my tinyDB wrapper. I’m running into issues. #programming #db …
2023-06-02: “The tide comes in and the tilde goes out. That’s how the wash gets done.” #throwawayline
2023-06-02: When you do a cannonball into a water, why isn’t that called a slam dunk?
2023-06-02: PSA: Back up your work, whether it’s code, writing, or your mind. #life #success #writing
2023-06-02: “He drove an old car. It was rusted and pockmarked. So was he.” #writing
2023-06-02: “Enjoy the present, Enjoy the death that awaits, The future rests now.” #writing #haiku
2023-06-02: Orleans, the music group, and Stihl, the chainsaw company, missed a great chance to collaborate. If …
2023-06-02: Wait! It’s the day before the weekend. And we all know what that means! It’s Friday! Rejoice! Canter …
2023-06-02: “Death is the realization that you will never finish everything you want to.” #writing
2023-06-02: “It is the dark heart of the day, the time between lunch and dinner when you are supposed to work, …
2023-06-02: I would rather discover a new friend, than a new land. #life #success
2023-06-02: The weather has been gorgeous all week, despite the Canadian smoke. With my luck, it will rain again …
2023-06-02: Phew! I’m finally getting near the end of transcribing my set of linked short stories. …
2023-06-02: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-06-02: WWDC 2023 - What I Would Like to See visualnewt.com/blog/ #wwdc #ios #apple
2023-06-02: Hello. Still here? Good. Have a nice day. Time for the ceremonial coffee. #micro_blog
2023-06-01: Don’t save up your anger for a special occasion.
2023-06-01: There is this app, which shall remain unnamed that I like, but I pulled its data file apart only to …
2023-06-01: I should go to the local farm this weekend. It’s pea season. Fresh peas. Yum.
2023-06-01: Delaware is very smoky. Thanks Canada. Next time send some salmon with the smoke.
2023-06-01: What if social networks didn’t require you to hit the “Post” button, but would auto-send on …
2023-06-01: You only need to use an AI if you are missing the I. Also, I’m seeing a bunch of people touting AI …
2023-06-01: A fair price isn’t out of reach of the majority and doesn’t degrade your self-worth. — ancient …
2023-06-01: “Everything and everyone looks pretty much the same when they are run over.” #life #writing
2023-06-01: “He took a sip of the golden colored ale. ‘Son,’ he said, newer isn’t always better. New is just the …
2023-06-01: “He snuck into his neighbor’s yard late one night. The grass would be his.” #writing #prompt
2023-06-01: I still hope Apple announces a new modern NewtonScript at WWDC. I miss template programming. It made …
2023-06-01: Remember when Segways were big and were going to take over personal transport? Me either.
2023-06-01: Observed: “The wizened old man hummed a 3/3 pattern Occasionally, he slipped into a 4/3 beat just to …
2023-06-01: “You kids get off my lawn! The neighbor’s is nicer, greener, and fluffier.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-01: “I’m an optimistic curmudgeon.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-06-01: The wealthier you are, the more people will listen and believe what you say hoping you share the …
2023-06-01: Blogs I’m thinking of getting back into more longer-form blogging. I need to dump my thoughts and ideas in …
2023-06-01: What obstructs you and keeps you from attaining your goals? #life #success
2023-06-01: It’s time for lunch and free-writing. I got a decent amount accomplished this morning.
2023-06-01: Good morning. Get stuff done today. Make your day productive and worth it. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-05-31: I made some deviled eggs for lunch. I don’t make them enough. #food
2023-05-31: It’s time for a break. I’ve gotten enough stuff done.
2023-05-31: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-31: Happy Speak in Complete Sentences Day.
2023-05-30: Photo up photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-30: LiDAR never tells the truth. #throwawayline
2023-05-30: Cool. I figured out how to sync RaspberryPi files with Syncthing by going through the Mac. The key …
2023-05-30: Good morning. Play nice with others. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-30: Good morning. Play nice with others. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-29: Not everything is under your control. How you respond to everything, is. #life #success
2023-05-29: Tomorrow, I fall back into my rut. #micro_blog
2023-05-29: The world changes rapidly, so must you. When your goals change, so must your process. #Life
2023-05-29: Made it back home. Yay
2023-05-29: Good morning. Safe travels through life, time, and space today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-28: Hm. Rumors of a new MacBook Air have surfaced. Not sure why we’d get a new MBA so soon… It’s either …
2023-05-28: “We are all heroes. Some of us are just more heroic than others.” #writing
2023-05-28: “I don’t know. I think mold might grow on me after a while.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-28: I’m relaxing and free-writing in the lobby of the hotel as I sip a glass of Merlot. Can’t remember …
2023-05-28: Switched to my backup pen. Nibbage. #fountainpen
2023-05-28: This has been a do-nothing vacation, since there’s not much to do in Fredrick, apart from shop and …
2023-05-28: The way to break a bad habit is to create a good one which is stronger. #life #success
2023-05-28: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-28: Make memories, not problem. #life
2023-05-28: I think it’s time I retire 1Password 7 and just use the Apple Keychain. I wonder how hard it will be …
2023-05-28: Lunch consumed. +1 to contentment, -2 to health, -1 to energy.
2023-05-28: I’m looking forward to the new Apple journaling app. I’m sure they have some good ideas I can …
2023-05-28: The iPad version of the Mb app has update problems. Posts show up in the timeline multi-minutes …
2023-05-28: If you don’t remember the last time you laughed, you might want to check if you’re dead.
2023-05-28: This place needs a bowling alley. Heh
2023-05-28: “The Zombification of Maude”, would make a good title. #writing
2023-05-28: I’m listeningi in on a side-conversation between two guys. would make a good horror/stalker book. …
2023-05-28: Watching the discourse about “likes/reactions” on Micro.blog. My two pfennigs-worth: Likes/reactions …
2023-05-28: I’m at a sports bar right now. It’s pretty empty. I guess it’s the holiday. I can get some writing …
2023-05-28: What are you having for lunch? I need some ideas, but I’ll probably end up with a burger.
2023-05-28: I plan on having a lazy day today. That’s what vacation is for, right?
2023-05-28: Happy The Slugs Return from Capistrano Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-05-28: I wonder how much money Apple is going to get out of me this WWDC. #wwdc #apple
2023-05-28: I overslept again. I think I needed a break more than I thought, or the hotel bed is more …
2023-05-28: Good morning. It’s still the weekend. Check your inner dialogue at the door, please. Time for the …
2023-05-27: Tomorrow is supposed to be yucky. That’s a meteorological term.
2023-05-27: Live life with gratitude and joy. #llife
2023-05-27: Nibbage #fountainpen
2023-05-27: Hm There is a Kryspy Kreme doughnut shop nearby. Maybe I’ll buy a dozen when I go home.
2023-05-27: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-27: Why do podcast guests always claim they are “excited to be here”? Either they don’t get out much, …
2023-05-27: Hm. I should be able to sync iCloud files with RaspberryPi files. I think I’ll try that once I’m …
2023-05-27: Lunch. Chcken Sausage and
2023-05-27: Found a nice spot to eat outside in Fredrick. It’s lunch and free writing time
2023-05-27: Practice makes better, sometimes—perfect, never. #life #success
2023-05-27: All companies, products, and platforms that use AI, should be required to disclose that fact. Too …
2023-05-27: Hm. You can install Auto-GPT on a RaspberryPi, but it requires internet access and uses Open-AI …
2023-05-27: Remember when newsletters weren’t about selling or promoting stuff? #newsletter #spam
2023-05-27: “I didn’t like how the movie ended.” Me: “Really? Why?” “I don’t’ know. I didn’t watch it. Explain …
2023-05-27: The process, as well as the goal, will never be perfect; expect problems along the way. That’s part …
2023-05-27: Why do cafes/restaurants give you a cardboard sleeve for your hot beverages? Wouldn’t it be easier …
2023-05-27: Vicious Rumor: Apple in secret talks to acquire Nintendo to enter the game market. #apple #nintendo
2023-05-27: It’s a sunny, cool (temperature-wise) day. I’ll go explore later. For now, I’m nursing my coffee and …
2023-05-27: The guy next to me keeps saying, “Oh my God”., but I’m too sleepy, still, to go over and say, …
2023-05-27: Happy Sun Screen Protection Day Protect your tube.
2023-05-27: I overslept this morning. I must’ve needed it.
2023-05-27: Good morning. Play the hand you were dealt without bemoaning others’.However, make sure the deck and …
2023-05-26: Plan for tomorrow: — find breakfast. — relax. — explore Fredrick. — write. — eat lunch. — read. — …
2023-05-26: Remember when Disney made good animated movies?
2023-05-26: I need to find a good breakfast place in Fredrick MD tomorrow. I’m not a breakfast eater, but I eat …
2023-05-26: Jelly beans or gummy bears?
2023-05-26: I’ll have to make up tomorrow, for not writing as much as I wanted to, today.
2023-05-26: Got challenged into eating some “extreame heat” wings. Nothing was bet. I won. The wings were mildly …
2023-05-26: Not getting any writing done. This place is crowded and people are talking to me.
2023-05-26: Don’t write someone else’s story. Write your own novel. #writing #success
2023-05-26: Creativity doesn’t require perfection. #life #success
2023-05-26: Didn’t expect this from the International House of Pancakes. #food
2023-05-26: OK. I reworked the UI of MicroJournals yet again. I like this version.
2023-05-26: Happy World Dracula Day
2023-05-26: Short day for me. Heading to a weekend vacation later. Yay.
2023-05-26: Hello. Remember, it’s Friday. You’re allowed to slack off a bit. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-05-25: What mindless things are you doing today?
2023-05-25: I think I’ll do the laundry quest now.
2023-05-25: I’m looking forward to WWDC. I doubt Apple is going to make XCode (or Swift/SwiftUI) better or …
2023-05-25: I think I’ll start a dead-stream. Just show a picture of a coffin. #media
2023-05-25: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-25: Time to switch it up. Ohto Rook (M) w/Noodlers Polar Bear Brown. My backup for the weekend …
2023-05-25: Tell a story first. Then figure out what your message should be. #writing #success
2023-05-25: Everyone starts somewhere. Make sure you start and start at the right point. #life #success
2023-05-25: Happy Towel Day Know where it is.
2023-05-25: Good morning. Calm down. It’s not that important. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-24: “Life is easy until you have to live it.” #writing
2023-05-24: If you aren’t some you others trust, you probably only trust yourself. #life #failure
2023-05-24: 70+ year old guys can still rock. Peter Gabriel youtu.be/vQBfTUO4g… #music
2023-05-24: I forgot how much enjoy Mike Oldfield. youtu.be/Ejg3P3BDz… #music
2023-05-24: Caramel, one of The Gathering. #cat
2023-05-24: Sitting out on the deck and enjoying the weather. Two of The Gathering are keeping their distance.
2023-05-24: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-24: If you are more concerned about followers than creating, you are making content, not creating art. …
2023-05-24: I got Oreo, the friendliest and most adventurous member of The Gathering, into a cat carrier with …
2023-05-24: I’ve begun thinking about what to eat for lunch. I must be hungry.
2023-05-24: Anyone doing anything gnarly today?
2023-05-24: I want to ride the bike this weekend. The weather better comply.
2023-05-24: Hopefully, the weather will be nice. I want to ride the bike.
2023-05-24: I should start getting ready for the weekend.
2023-05-24: Just because you have invested a lot of time, it doesn’t mean your time was well invested. …
2023-05-24: Good morning. If you don’t enjoy what you do, are stressed, and aren’t having fun, you …
2023-05-23: The hops are doing well this year. #brewing
2023-05-23: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-23: I wonder if we’ll get a new iPad mini this year. #apple #ipad
2023-05-23: I always find it perturbing that Boston chose to pronounce it as “Sell-Tix” #sport #basketball
2023-05-23: “All my enemies want me to live.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-23: “Yesterday, I passed away. Now I wander the halls of the high-school, searching for the working …
2023-05-23: I’d still like to go to a writing retreat, but I can’t seem to find one within a reasonable distance …
2023-05-23: If you run in circles, make sure the radius increases. #life #success
2023-05-23: Some days, I am shocked that humans still hate other humans for the stupidest of things. #life …
2023-05-23: “A Distant Memory of a Future Long Gone” should be a title. #writing #prompt
2023-05-23: Stay optimistic, but within the bounds of reality and what is achievable. #life #success
2023-05-23: Got air into the bike and the bike is now charging. Time to eat and do some free-writing.
2023-05-23: It’s almost time for lunch and some free-writing. Getting stuff done this morning.
2023-05-23: @help this is what shows up when I add Kindle books to my bookshelves without a cover URL. It pulls …
2023-05-23: Happy Lucky Penny Day …if your name is Penny
2023-05-23: OK. I simplified and optimized the menu system. This is the new UI. This takes up a ton less space. …
2023-05-23: It’s Tuesday. You’re not allowed to go back to sleep. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-22: Hm. The new version of the Micro.blog iPad app doesn’t seem to update the timeline, unless I quit …
2023-05-22: “Eew! You’re ugly.” “That’s because I’m an eldritch …
2023-05-22: it’s a gorgeoys evening. im scribbling on the deck Oreo, one of tof The Gathering, is keeping …
2023-05-22: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-22: “The little girl grinned up at the old man. ‘Daddy, when I grow up, I want to be an executioner, …
2023-05-22: It’s a gorgeous day here in NetDE. I would like it to last through the weekend, but I am almost …
2023-05-22: Time to hook up the API. #programming #microjournal
2023-05-22: Sold a copy of Last Call. Nice to have wait-staff that helps promote by word of mouth, because they …
2023-05-22: OK. I got some decent pages written during lunch. Time to switch gears and get back to some code.
2023-05-22: “We… we will stone you. We… we will stone you” Queen, decided these weren’t the lyrics they wanted. …
2023-05-22: “I picked up an extra suitcase. It’s my husband, Fred.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-22: OK. The “landscape” duo is staring at me, in a glancing way. Maybe they are assassins. Or maybe they …
2023-05-22: What do the cool kids call hobos nowadays?
2023-05-22: Wild thought. Do we really need an app to tell us how to split a bill two ways? Maybe we just need …
2023-05-22: Observed: Two guys at the bar. One is thin Dwayne Johnson wannabe. The other is trying to pass for a …
2023-05-22: “You should take a vacation away from yourself.” #writing #insult
2023-05-22: People don’t understand that I never “argue”. I block and mute, and report when necessary. In order …
2023-05-22: There should be a campy movie about camping.
2023-05-22: What if someone injected an AI-generated video of a murder into your door-cam? #writing #prompt
2023-05-22: Slow progress is still progress. Just know what your goal is. Progress without a goal is #life …
2023-05-22: “Your life has a new status. Delayed in transit.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-22: “The reason they call it a lottery is because there are a lot of stupid people thinking they’ll …
2023-05-22: “You think time zones are a problem now? Wait until you have extraterrestrial colonies.” #writing
2023-05-22: A good tool should not cause friction. — ancient proverb I just made up. #XCode causes me a lot of …
2023-05-22: ‘You can’t all be right, if I’m wrong.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-22: “Every time I see you, you seem older, and the older you get, the older you seem.” #writing
2023-05-22: “The waves raced across the lake, trying to escape the obese woman who had disturbed their stillness …
2023-05-22: “When the chips are down, eat the fries.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-22: “I knew your father, when he was your mother.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-22: Update on The Gathering. 3 of the 4 will enter a carrier for food. The 4th one, Spot, only shows up …
2023-05-22: Anyone remember Omni magazine? I miss good glossy SF mags. #books #magazine.
2023-05-22: “Son, life comes at you fast, like a semi barreling down on you, or a T1000 sent from the …
2023-05-22: Happy Sherlock Holmes Day … and to celebrate you could buy my Watson adventure. #books
2023-05-22: Good morning. It’s a new week. It’s a new set of problems. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-05-21: Added a book, Suspense Thriller, by Paul Tomlinson to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-05-21: Well, the weekend is winding down. One may hope that this coming week will be decent for all, and …
2023-05-21: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-21: “A midnight full of cats and other horrors.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-21: Hawaiian pizza consumed for lunch. And before you complain consider if you eat ham with pineapple. …
2023-05-21: “He was a chameleon without a face.” #writing
2023-05-21: Ok. That’s much better. I’ve mapped various tags to abstract tags. The number of …
2023-05-21: This is how you wake up in the morning, or start a concert. www.youtube.com/watch #music
2023-05-21: I’m coding while listening to music and sipping my coffee.
2023-05-21: Good morning. Life is a gift, use it before you hit the expiration date. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-05-20: Hm. I’ve parsed the Micro.blog export and created a db for each tag in my posts. Guess I need …
2023-05-20: Plan for tomorrow: – get outside, weather permitting. – code. – edit. – …
2023-05-20: Wait! Sears is still in business?
2023-05-20: Tomorrow Hopefully, the weather will clear up tomorrow so that I may exit the house.
2023-05-20: I get too many ideas… I just got an idea to integrate the micro-journaling site I’m working on with …
2023-05-20: It’s time to thank everyone who interacts, follows, or puts up with me. Thank you all, very much. I …
2023-05-20: In the face of food, I eat.
2023-05-20: Interesting. Formula 1 drivers blink less and at predictable times/places. This implies that we too …
2023-05-20: It’s a day full of water torrentializing downward from the sky which cannot be seen.
2023-05-20: Hello. Despite what ever is happening in your life, be sure to be grateful for those around you. …
2023-05-19: Added a book, The New And Improved Flask Mega-Tutorial, by Miguel Grinberg to my Reading shelf. …
2023-05-19: It’s Friday. Time for a glass of mead.
2023-05-19: “What’s the worst thing that can happen? You could die. So what? We all die. So, go for it. Try. Do. …
2023-05-19: Group dance, like music, is a ritual. Even though there is joy, the real point is the shared …
2023-05-19: Some of the greatest accomplishments were achieved by the most ordinary of people. #life #success
2023-05-19: I’m entangled in this reality. #life
2023-05-19: Life isn’t a race. Faster isn’t better. Being the first to offer a solution or answer, even if it’s …
2023-05-19: Another rainy Saturday. :/ I guess I’ll be staying in again unless things change. #delaware
2023-05-19: Hm. Weird. The UI changes just vanished. Must have been an inadvertent test at micro.blog.
2023-05-19: Wow. Lots of nice UI changes in the iOS Micro.blog timestream UI just popped in.
2023-05-19: “God is just a being that can control the world with its thoughts, and he’s being pushed to the …
2023-05-19: “It’s never too late unless you’re late.”
2023-05-19: “You can afford to be nice. It doesn’t cost anything.” #writing #life
2023-05-19: If you judge others, expect to be judged. #life
2023-05-19: “He was born unable to see flesh. He didn’t understand race or gender. His world was skeletal and …
2023-05-19: Given today, remember: the shortest distance between two puns is a straight line.
2023-05-19: “His pate was covered in liver patè.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-19: The authors attending C3 list is growing. creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2023-auth… This is …
2023-05-19: I’ll be in Fredrick MD next weekend, if you want to meet up and have a drink and chat.
2023-05-19: What have you accomplished today? I reworked my weather code. I got a haircut. I’m bout to partake …
2023-05-19: “Any sufficiently advanced program is indistinguishable from intelligence. And just like there is no …
2023-05-19: “Your path will take you through great dangers and horrors that you will strive to avoid. Your …
2023-05-19: I just realized I get to go someplace next week. They let me out.
2023-05-19: The year is almost half over. Winter will be here before you know it. Unless you’re way down south, …
2023-05-19: Don’t forget. It’s Friday. You get to start winding down, decompressing, and slowly easing into the …
2023-05-19: Cuthbert - #writing #throwawayline ‘Cuthbert was a corpulent cat. As far as cats go, he was the fattest of the fat cats. His harem was …
2023-05-19: Time to eat. Time to write. No need to fight. Right? Spawning words at random.
2023-05-19: Be insightful. #life
2023-05-19: Happy O. Henry Pun-Off Day
2023-05-19: Good morning. Exhale. The week is over. Remember to inhale. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-18: “I may be old, but I’m still slow.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-18: Actually, they taste bland and all the same. I need to get a decent supplier of nuts and not resort …
2023-05-18: Sometimes I wonder about myself. A stranger next to me said, “Twelve out of thirteen people showed …
2023-05-18: I have eaten. I have written. I have overcome.
2023-05-18: Protecting your kids isn’t about supporting them, no matter what. Oftentimes, your kids are wrong. …
2023-05-18: “Hamilton on the Beach” - a musical rom-com set to 60s music. #prompt #screenplay #music #writing
2023-05-18: I think I’ll create a social site where you are only allowed to post ads. Then I’ll monetize it. Oh! …
2023-05-18: Listening isn’t about reacting or having an answer. Listening is about letting the other person …
2023-05-18: Why is it called the “weekend”? It’s just as much the “weekstart”.
2023-05-18: Overheard: “Unpaid bills are meant to be unpaid.” Otherwise, they would be bills? #writing …
2023-05-18: “Her one eye wasn’t lazy. It was just resting, waiting for the end of time.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-18: Congress is about to raise the sleep debt.
2023-05-18: Dummy me! I inked up the Laban, but forgot to bring it. Oh well. #writing #fountainpen
2023-05-18: My mind works in dark and mysterious ways and means to an end is only the beginning.
2023-05-18: A meal you wouldn’t want to eat: iPad Thai.
2023-05-18: “My parents would banish me from the house for not doing my chores. I would wander the tundra in …
2023-05-18: I think my iPad is telling me it’s time for an upgrade. The battery seems to be draining faster. I …
2023-05-18: “Back in my day we called the white bouncing ball, singing. We didn’t call it golf.” #writing …
2023-05-18: The more people do a certain thing, the more you can rely on them doing it again. And if you know …
2023-05-18: Spokane: the lost past future perfect tense of “spoken”. #writing
2023-05-18: Been listening to Nintendo podcasts. I want to play TotK, but I should try BotW yet again. I doubt …
2023-05-18: Time for a late lunch. I feel like (eating) wings.
2023-05-18: Time to switch it up. Laban Expression Jade Green (M) w/ Robert Oster Peppermint. #fountainpen
2023-05-18: OK. A productive morning of code and writing. It’s time for a break. Lunch will have to wait until …
2023-05-18: Happy No Dirty Dishes Day
2023-05-17: Added a book, First Time Killer, by Zak Allen to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-05-17: Maybe I should get back to screenwriting.
2023-05-17: Hm. They want to pitch “Last Call” for a movie? I get a lot of these spam calls. This one actually …
2023-05-17: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-17: “This is my Boom Stick. And this is my Boom Box. Let’s party.” #writing #throwawayline …
2023-05-17: Why is doing a backflip a sign of happiness/joy/elation, and not training? And why isn’t doing a …
2023-05-17: May the TriForce be with you.
2023-05-17: I learned a long long (long) time ago, that if you are fired, it isn’t about your capability, or …
2023-05-17: Interesting thought I just had. In our world fame outlived the death of a person. Now. some video …
2023-05-17: “Why don’t you come hang with me.” “I don’t think so. I’m not into racism.” Sincere apologies. …
2023-05-17: BTW, BotW is a close second. #gamedev #game
2023-05-17: With which game were you most disappointed? Me? Spore. #gamedev #game
2023-05-17: The latest member of The Gathering, whom I shall call Spot, for obvious reasons.’ They must’ve put …
2023-05-17: When life hits you in the eye, With a big pizza pie, It hurts like a sty, But you won’t die, So …
2023-05-17: “Death always knocks politely when it arrives. Many ignore it and then Death is forced to barge in …
2023-05-17: “You may ask wha tI do for a living, isn’t living enough?” #writing
2023-05-17: “You know things are really bad when you literally jump the shark only to be caught by it.” #writing …
2023-05-17: “My parents told me there was candy in the holes of an electrical socket.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-17: “My parents would taunt me until I pitched them the mouse.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-17: Writer’s block: n. where non-writers live. #writing
2023-05-17: I feel like playing some OW2 later.
2023-05-17: I’m surprised that when you search for “puzzle”, most of the stuff that comes up is jigsaw puzzles, …
2023-05-17: “Sam isn’t someone you want to mess with. That is, unless you like your insides on the outside and …
2023-05-17: “His mouth was full of food as he spoke. Most of it was unchewed, but the bits that were, dribbled …
2023-05-17: I hope everyone is having at least a somewhat enjoyable day.
2023-05-17: I’ve been doing house stuff all morning. Time to switch gears and do some writing.
2023-05-17: When you name something, you are really saying what it isn’t. #tao #life
2023-05-17: Hello. Bring some peace to the world. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-17: Hello. Bring some peace to the world. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-16: Time for some popcorn.
2023-05-16: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-16: Happy Love a Tree Day
2023-05-16: Hello. Remember to breathe. Drink lots of water. Take care of yourself. Take life seriously only …
2023-05-15: Added a book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: The question of whether we do or don’t live in a simulation is stupid. We are the simulation. #life
2023-05-15: Just found a Kaweco I lost 3 years ago. Needless to say it has no ink. #fountainpen
2023-05-15: Added a book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: Added a book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: Bird! Tufted titmouse #bird
2023-05-15: “Life is a waste of time.” #writing
2023-05-15: Added a book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: Added a book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: Added a new book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Read shelf. #books
2023-05-15: The Gathering is sleepy this morning, but on time. I’m trying to figure out how to get them to a …
2023-05-15: Greetings, Earthlings. Make this the best day up to now. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-14: Many people aren’t aware of what they are thinking and don’t understand the difference between …
2023-05-14: Anyone remember flash cubes?
2023-05-14: Hello. You can never run from who and what you are. You can only change. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-05-13: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-13: I guess I’m not going anywhere today. Storm moving in and the pressure headache along with it.
2023-05-13: I ordered free ground shipping and they sent me dirt.
2023-05-13: Seems micro.blog is down for me since last nite.
2023-05-12: “Sometimes you need a hit in the face with a wet dish rag.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-12: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-12: Time to switch it up. Hero (EF) with Monteverde Ocean Noir. #fountainpen
2023-05-12: Anyone doing anything fun or worthwhile this weekend?
2023-05-12: Bummer. It’s supposed to be a rainy weekend. I was hoping to get outside.
2023-05-12: Hm. Just got a notification that Exposure Notifications have been turned off by Maryland. I guess …
2023-05-12: Good morning. It’s Friday. Find some closure to the week. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-11: “Mommy, what happens after you die?” “You have to give a PowerPoint presentation to God.” #writing …
2023-05-11: So, who’s bored? Go outside and map out a square foot of grass. Then go through it inch by inch and …
2023-05-11: This is what The Gathering does, even when the door is open. This is Creamsicle. He seems friendly …
2023-05-11: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-11: I think it’s time for a lunch break. I spent the morning doing errands and working on the …
2023-05-11: A noisy mind is a noisy world. #life #tao
2023-05-11: Good morning. Dive into the day, Swim to your goals. TIme for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-05-10: So, are we on for tomorrow?
2023-05-10: Obstacles show us the way forward. #life #zen #tao
2023-05-10: History has many pages left intentionally blank.
2023-05-10: Defy expectations. #life #success
2023-05-10: Added a new book, No Good Deed, by Jerry Boyd to my Reading shelf. #books
2023-05-10: We live in a world where permanence becomes impermanent, and the impermanent permanent. #life
2023-05-09: “Remember to wake the dog.”
2023-05-09: If you’re going to be messy, at least be consistent.
2023-05-09: Back in my day, recipes used drams. #cooking
2023-05-09: It’s a chilly day, so I’m having chili.
2023-05-09: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-09: And… another fountain pen runs dry. #writing #fountainpen
2023-05-09: I just sold another copy of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches” while eating lunch. #book …
2023-05-09: “When your hands are covered in blood, use a red towel.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-08: I can now add micro-journals to my site. Yay. Tomorrow, I’ll start working on an iOS version …
2023-05-08: Dinner consume-ed.
2023-05-08: I don’t feel like making dinner. I think I’ll order something.
2023-05-08: It’s ok to fail if you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s not ok to do something when you don’t know …
2023-05-08: I miss live conferences. The only one I go to nowadays is C3. Wish there were more. I hate virtual …
2023-05-08: Tell someone you appreciate them. #life #success
2023-05-08: Spent the morning with Xfinity support. To say that it is sub-par would be doing it a service. …
2023-05-08: Photo up: photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-08: OK. My old photosaday.weebly (now Square) site is off line. If you were following me there, you can …
2023-05-08: Spent the morning bringing up a PoC of a Mac app for my micro-journals. Got it to read tinyDB files …
2023-05-08: The most import challenges are at the point where you’re about to break. #life
2023-05-07: Well, another weekend draws to a close. I hope you had fun and accomplished something.
2023-05-07: “No one will miss me when I’m gone. No one misses me when I’m here.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-07: Do most sport(s) fans watch a sport to: make money betting root for their “home” team, but the …
2023-05-07: If Walt Disney taught authors anything, it was that to make your reader feel something, kill the …
2023-05-07: Micro.blog’s timeline is slow today.
2023-05-07: Whenever someone gets drafted onto a sport(s) team and I see the joy on their face, I envision a …
2023-05-07: “Aren’t you supposed to be dead?” “I am, but I keep beating the odds.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-07: No matter how bad it may be, you’re better with your sense of humor than an empty whiskey barrel …
2023-05-07: Your job for this evening: Write a country-western song that includes: • a dead dog • a murdered …
2023-05-07: “His breath was as fetid as a festering fetus in a garbage dump.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-07: “I shall pull down the sun and bring the endless night.” “How—how will you do that, Master?” “I …
2023-05-07: “He stared intently. He stared with intentions most foul. He was The One.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-07: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-07: I spent the morning working on a micro-journaling site. The core of it works, although it needs some …
2023-05-06: I got a decent amount accomplished today. It’s time to fall over and rest.
2023-05-06: I am moving too quickly through time.
2023-05-06: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-06: I see Bryan has a new business. If you get it, you get it.
2023-05-06: “I want to fall into the sky, Without learning to fly.” #writing #poetry
2023-05-06: Authors are often asked, “is this book about me?” The correct answer is,”Yes. Yes it is.” #writing
2023-05-06: Some days were meant to be enjoyed. All days, actually. #life
2023-05-06: Sold a couple more copies to random people because they asked about the book I had. #book
2023-05-06: “Sometimes you have to scream into a room and not expect a response.” #writing
2023-05-06: Lunch. Crabby patty. #food
2023-05-06: “Nobody likes the blues. That is, no one who is already dead.” #writing
2023-05-06: “Some days you’re better off dead.” #writing
2023-05-06: “I used to live. Now I’m dead. Now I know what it means to be alive.” #writing
2023-05-06: If you’re too old to jam, you’re too old to live. — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-05-06: Mint juleps are overrated. No, I’m not having one. Just a PSA.
2023-05-06: Actually, this guy is really good #blues #music
2023-05-06: I need to check into differences between Chinese and Japanese martial arts for this sequel. #writing …
2023-05-06: It turns out the guy with the beard top-knot is the musical entertainment here. Good blues singer.
2023-05-06: There must be a sport thing today.
2023-05-06: “They were duck hunters. They always yelled, ‘Duck!’ before they shot you.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-06: One of The Gathering brought an offering today. Oreo dropped off a bird. #cat
2023-05-06: Observed. His long gray beard had a top-knot. #writing #character
2023-05-06: Spent the morning coding a wrapper for TinyDB. Now I’m outside by the water and free-writing.
2023-05-06: Happy National See Monarchs Day They mean Monarch butterflies, but I find it appropriate it lands, …
2023-05-05: It’s Friday eve. Time to eat a bucket of ice cream.
2023-05-05: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-05: “Good things happen to good people. Bad things happen to good people. It all balances out.” #writing
2023-05-05: So, are all the tech layoffs due to AI replacing people, or the result of a ‘bubble’ or …
2023-05-05: “The clouds gather like the cats on my deck.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-05: Good deed for the day, done.
2023-05-05: Humans are strange. At birth, most countries issue a birth certificate to attest that you are alive, …
2023-05-05: Lunch #food
2023-05-05: How many friends do you have? How many enemies? How many people want to see you dead? Draw a graph. …
2023-05-05: “Life is easy, if you are.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-05: You’re only as productive as your results. The process of being productive is just the process. An …
2023-05-05: I went out on the deck, and this happened again. Oreo, one of The Gathering, found the sofa. I think …
2023-05-05: A ‘check’ is something you pay with. You pay a “bill”. At a restaurant, you ask for your check; …
2023-05-05: When you feel you need to eat, write instead. Or do both. That’s what I do. #writing
2023-05-04: Don’t forget: tomorrow is Friday. You can start to goof off.
2023-05-04: #cats
2023-05-04: I spent most of the day redesigning the photosaday.visualnewt.com site. It’s a bit more …
2023-05-04: Lunch and free-writing concluded. Time to get back to attempting to be productive.
2023-05-04: After today’s “May the Force Be With You”. Tomorrow should be, “Have a Fifth (of bourbon), Why Don’t …
2023-05-04: “When I sweat, I drip.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-04: Welcome to the savannah, we got plain and bland. We got everything you want, we even got a band. We …
2023-05-04: When did physical books stop having a bookmark ribbon? It can’t cost that much or be that difficult …
2023-05-04: It’s that time again. Thank you for putting up with my random thoughts and other ramblings. If you …
2023-05-04: Serious question: are there any good hot drinks? Apart from: — coffee — tea. — hot chocolate — water …
2023-05-04: Time to switch it up. Unbranded pen (F) w/ Akkerman Hofkwartier Groen. #fountainpen
2023-05-04: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-04: May The Farce Be With You
2023-05-03: I wonder what the next MacOS will be named and I’m expecting more “candy” rather than anything …
2023-05-03: Someone on Mastodon needed a utility to search activitypub archives. Here is a quick and dirty …
2023-05-03: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-03: Literary Spam #publishing #agent #failure #spam I love literary spam. Not. I’ve blanked out their personal info. I don’t want to give …
2023-05-03: Today’s Affirmation: Your personal journey will take you place you didn’t want to go, and you will …
2023-05-03: Do people actually say, “Open your camera and take a picture”? How does one open a camera? Unless …
2023-05-03: “What if you looked into the mirror, and one day you didn’t see your father, but instead you saw …
2023-05-03: “Send me your first-born male child, an I will make him an idiot.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-03: I don’t think I’ll get to activitypub today. Too much other stuff to focus on.
2023-05-02: I think tomorrow I want to dive into activitypub and see if I can get it working. #activitypub …
2023-05-02: Be compassionate in your confidence. #life #success
2023-05-02: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography
2023-05-02: Quest the quiet Seek the silence Enjoy the emptiness #meditation
2023-05-02: Hello. You are The Chowen One. It’s never an honor, and always a curse. Just live your life the best …
2023-05-01: How do you plan on surviving tomorrow?
2023-05-01: Just went into a grocery store in PA. Delaware stores are like going into a store in a, excuse the …
2023-05-01: I have decided on a name for the new member of The Gathering. His name is, The One That Shall Not Be …
2023-05-01: Observed: Public affection. Woman wipes the guy’s mouth with a napkin. He brushes the same napkin …
2023-05-01: Children should be taught, as soon as they are able to understand, that most of the people are …
2023-05-01: Gratuitous food pic. Triple chocolate cake which is mostly whipped cream which is probably hiding …
2023-05-01: “You are the most beautiful woman here.” Pause. “But I’m the only one here.” “That’s my point.” …
2023-05-01: Creativity comes from deep inside. If you can’t let it out, it will consume you or burst out of your …
2023-05-01: Remember to breathe safe.
2023-05-01: Decisions
2023-05-01: “So what have you been up to these past years? It’s been what–five?” “I’ve been dead, mostly.” …
2023-05-01: Misheard: “I don’t want to go to the hospital. I’m not dead yet.” #writing #character #montypython
2023-05-01: I like this restaurant. They don’t assume you are a child who doesnt know how to “twirl” pasta and …
2023-05-01: “It’s ok to be different. It’s ok to be strange. It’s ok to be mysterious.Just don’t be dead while …
2023-05-01: Gratuitous food pic. Blackened chicken and linguini (which is plural) #food
2023-05-01: What one skill/ability would you like? No, I’m not talking super-powers. Me? I’d like to have some …
2023-05-01: You know AI confuses things critically if you see what ChatGTP, and even Siri, and it’s ilk come up …
2023-05-01: I should really sit down and get activitypub working with my site. I hate reading docs that aren’t …
2023-05-01: Yes, I have a weird sense of humor. I’m hummus. It’s in my bones.
2023-05-01: Another hint: When a server asks you what you would like to eat, the correct answer is “a dead …
2023-05-01: When someone gives you advice, it is their opinion of what they would or wouldn’t do. The question …
2023-05-01: Sometimes you have to be clever to figure out what you’re doing. #life #success
2023-05-01: This place has 5 menus. Gordon Ramsey would turn over in his grave. #food
2023-05-01: What did you learn today? Learning implies you acquired new knowledge. I learned that CarPlay/tvOS …
2023-05-01: I would really like to figure out how to get FFXIV running on a Sony PS, but Square ENIX make things …
2023-05-01: The 9s seem to be the hardest years: Your 29th, 39th, etc.
2023-05-01: “I don’t know everything, but then, I know enough to make stuff up. After all, that’s what God did.”
2023-05-01: Plans are not blueprints. My goal for the near future: — get my Drunken Werewolves story polished enough to submit to …
2023-05-01: When I visit a “Happy Hour”, which isn’t often, I find everyone is putting on an act because they …
2023-05-01: You can’t get something unless you reach. #life #success
2023-05-01: Ever wonder how good 001 was compared to 007? #bond #writing
2023-05-01: “Beaumont, Jennifer Beaumont. Double-Oh-Three.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-05-01: I broke down and pre-ordered the new Zelda. It’s a present to myself. I’ll probably hate/not like it …
2023-05-01: “If you dont know why you are crying, you cry. If you know why you are crying, you stop.” #writing
2023-05-01: Just because something is strange, doesn’t mean it’s mysterious. #life
2023-05-01: I would trade Swift/SwiftUI for NewtonScript any day of the week. (My opinion). Swift/SwiftUI syntax …
2023-05-01: First draft done. It’s not as polished as my typical frst drafts, but it has Doctor McCoy–“good …
2023-05-01: “You should be like a river. It doesn’t know where it’s going. It just does.” #writing
2023-05-01: The floaty thing I was bemoaning. #ipados #failure
2023-05-01: “You can’t know everything. Not even God knew what would happen when he went on vacation” #writing …
2023-05-01: This is the worst #ipadOS UI design decision. This floaty thing just gets in the way. It should just …
2023-05-01: I forgot how much I like Leuchtrum journals. Great paper for fountain pens. #fountainpen #writing
2023-05-01: I’m still working on this Drunken Werewolves story. It’s just taken another turn—this time to …
2023-05-01: It’s time to wind down, eat and write some more. #food #writing
2023-05-01: Time to hunt some food
2023-05-01: Personal stuff taken care of. Just checked into the hotel. Here’s how to freak out the staff: when …
2023-05-01: “Finishing is always harder than starting because you don’t know how hard something will be. …
2023-05-01: Everything, no matter how mundane, has a story to tell. You just have to be open to seeing it. #life …
2023-05-01: A lot of online programming courses that are more advanced, ML, graphics, etc. go over how to …
2023-05-01: Low self-esteem is the opposite of snobbery, and most often caused by it. #life #failure
2023-05-01: Happy CSS Reboot Day Yes, it’s a thing.
2023-05-01: The newest member of The Gathering showed up again. I haven’t named it yet. But this is the typical …
2023-05-01: Bird! Chipping sparrow. #bird
2023-05-01: “You are a milk jug looking for water.” ancient insult I just made up.
2023-05-01: Good morning. Enjoy Monday. Many people who enjoyed Sunday, can’t. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-30: Life gets in the way of living. #life
2023-04-30: “Protect the gremlins.”
2023-04-30: “Your destiny is in what you carry—the acorn. In it, you can discover all the secrets of the …
2023-04-30: If you don’t have a plan or you aren’t executing it, you’re just making things up as you go. #life
2023-04-30: Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com Please note the new website. I’m moving off of Square. …
2023-04-30: Hello. Do the unexpected. Be compassionate. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-29: “I have this free bag of stress I could give you. It’s full of things you haven’t even thought of …
2023-04-29: Time for some history and Sabaton. youtu.be/1snEYPg8T… #music
2023-04-29: I and my data store will be moved to an undisclosed location. Compressing store prior to shutdown.
2023-04-29: I think I’ll migrate my photos site off of weebly. They seem to be pushing Square stuff too …
2023-04-29: Don’t fight with people who want to fight with you. #life #success
2023-04-29: If you’re focused on what you want, you dont see what you need. #life #success
2023-04-29: I’m already looking forward to lunch tomorrow. I won’t have to eat leftovers. I hate leftovers. …
2023-04-29: Well, Elon wants to let marketers charge per click on Twitter (so that he can get his cut). Some …
2023-04-29: Always be a learner. #life #success
2023-04-29: Happy Save the Frogs Day
2023-04-29: Good morning. Don’t be overwhelmed by your thoughts. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-28: Oh no! It’s NASCAR weekend here in Dover. Glad it’s raining torrentially.
2023-04-28: Yes, I know it’s supposed to be pouring rain all weekend. I will hide inside as a result—no …
2023-04-28: Added a new book, Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, by Al Sweigart to my Tsundoku shelf. #books
2023-04-28: Threw together a chicken and sausage with wild rice soup for lunch. Good for a chilly rainy day.
2023-04-28: I hope everyone is enjoying a rainy day, like I am.
2023-04-28: “When you’re old, you tend to wear old things, and have old thoughts.” #writing
2023-04-28: Added a new book, The Kaiju Preservation Society, to my Tsundoku shelf. #books
2023-04-28: Happy National Hairball Awareness Day Celebrate as you will, if you must.
2023-04-28: Back home again. Yay.
2023-04-28: Good morning, all. Have a positive impact on the world. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-27: Well that was fun. Dinner with old co-workers was fun until I chipped my tooth.
2023-04-27: It’s not weakness to ask for help. It takes strength and courage. #life #success
2023-04-27: Plan for today: — write — hang around the hotel — go to NJ for dinner with an ex-co-worker tonight. …
2023-04-27: Good morning. I’m not awake. That’s ok. I can still muddle through the day. Time for the ceremonial …
2023-04-26: Observed: book jacket blurb- “… is the world’s leading authority on UFOs” I know I am the world’s …
2023-04-26: I apologize. I’m definitely in a snarky mood. I haven’t had one in a while.
2023-04-26: Time to hit the absences and Noble. Why? Because Delaware has no bookstores.
2023-04-26: PSA: if you fly a drone through a restaurant filming an ad, I will swat it down.
2023-04-26: Things I learned over the umpteen years I’ve occupied this space-time: If a restaurant serves a bag …
2023-04-26: Given a set of choices, one you haven’t had before, do you: — ask a friend, relative,coworker, dog — …
2023-04-26: Gratuitous food pic. P
2023-04-26: If you can’t be snarky, who will?
2023-04-26: “Roadmaps tell you how to get somewhere, they don’t tell you that you will. But then, that’s why …
2023-04-26: “Things are only dark if you only want the light.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-26: Ok. I just wrote a bit of dialog that took the story to a different point. Something dark and …
2023-04-26: In the US, companies try to sell you something called a “leaf filter” for your house gutters. They …
2023-04-26: This Drunken Werewoves story is all dialog. Not even dialog tags. I didn’t start writing it this …
2023-04-26: Personal stuff done. Time to find some food and do some writing/editing.
2023-04-26: Personal stuff done. Time to find some food and do some writing/editing.
2023-04-26: Twitter has become a place to sell things. The problem is, there is no one there who is willing to …
2023-04-26: Time to take care of some personal stuff.
2023-04-26: Happy Hug a Friend Day. If you don’t have a friend, it’s also Hug an Australian Day. I …
2023-04-26: Feed yourself facts and information, not thoughts and beliefs. #life #success
2023-04-25: Another cat has joined The Gathering today. I wonder why cats like staring into my house. #cat
2023-04-25: Hello. Life isn’t easy. Don’t make it harder for others just to make yours look better …
2023-04-24: Let’s see if this works: One. It worked. That’s my Eiger Counter.
2023-04-24: “Even evil lives in the light.” #writing
2023-04-24: Photo up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-24: “You only need a leader if you yourself cannot decide.” #life #failure
2023-04-24: Online support is a failure: “I have problem x. I did problem y to resolve it.” “What is your …
2023-04-24: “Your AI is stupid.” “My AI can beat up your AI.” #writing
2023-04-24: So. People can tell you what the “wi” in wi-fi stands for, but have no clue what the “fi” stands …
2023-04-24: “He was a slow Monday kind of guy. He enjoyed Tuesday’s more, but Mondays were when his beard …
2023-04-24: “Summer is the perfect time to kill your friends.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-24: I just discovered Jonathon Mayberry is PS at Philcon this year. I guess I’m going. I hope he has …
2023-04-24: I still need to find a tech and/or writing conference to go to this year. #conference
2023-04-24: Please evacuate the Earth in a timely and orderly manner.
2023-04-24: I knew humanity was doomed when I started seeing “The Best fill in the blank” on the internet. #life …
2023-04-24: It’s time to switch gears and edit/rewrite. Oh, and eat.
2023-04-24: Happy Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day I think anyone would be happy in a blanket.
2023-04-24: Interesting. This looks like a nice standalone DB unqlite.org #db #nosql #unqlite
2023-04-23: I’m hoping we get a declarative db system from #WWDC. A JSON solution similar to MongoDB or CouchDB …
2023-04-23: T’s talketh liketh shakepeare day Which he always did…
2023-04-23: Good morning. Be open to failure. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-22: I’ve been programming with Python for years, and I just discovered “any”. Bonking self on head. …
2023-04-22: Now I remember why I never eat “summer sausage”. It’s basically bologna of the sausage world. …yes, …
2023-04-22: Oh no! The Gathering are attacking.
2023-04-22: If you were forced to choose, which would you drink? a quart of corn syrup a quart of molasses a …
2023-04-22: I should bake a shoo-fly pie. Not today, however. #baking
2023-04-22: Photo up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-22: Someone really likes to sleep.
2023-04-22: You don’t need to take chances if you know what you’re doing. #life #success
2023-04-22: Tacos. #food
2023-04-22: If you had a boat, who would you drown?
2023-04-22: Observed: 6 people sitting on the same side of a table. I guess no one wants to talk to anyone, or …
2023-04-22: The band is doing a decent cover of Peter Gabriel.
2023-04-22: Sold another copy of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches”. Always carry a copy of your book. It …
2023-04-22: I’m not feeling creative today. Sometimes, you just have to do something else.
2023-04-22: It’s a fish tacos kind of day
2023-04-22: Listening to the band doing a sound check. “Check one. Check two.” Does that mean two microphones? …
2023-04-22: Observed: a guy just pored hot sauce over a sushi roll. #writing #character
2023-04-22: “She ruminated as she chewed the sushi roll. Swallowing, she spoke. ‘You’re an asshole, aren’t …
2023-04-22: Observation: hearing loss increases the more you drink. People are getting loud. #writing #character
2023-04-22: Nibbage #fountainpen
2023-04-22: Things are always easier than they seem. #life
2023-04-22: Hard problems I can solve it’s the easy ones that stump me.
2023-04-22: “Sometimes, the juices don’t flow.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-22: You’ll never get to the second sentence until you’ve written the first. Likewise, you’ll never write …
2023-04-22: Tomorrow, I start a read of my time travel draft, “Out of Time”. It’s been sitting a couple of …
2023-04-22: Current view. I think I’ll call it Bryan.
2023-04-22: Hanging out outside by the water. Lunch and mind-dump time.
2023-04-22: Time to get outside. I’ve been spending the morning diving into activitypub, trying to get it …
2023-04-22: Thank someone for something you’ve taken for granted all this time. #life #success
2023-04-22: Cool. Certain bees brew food. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/… #brewing #science
2023-04-22: Hello. Breathe. Drink water. Relax. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-21: Oh cool. Apple is going to release a journaling app soon. I hope I can stop fiddling with working on …
2023-04-21: Happy Big Word Day. Note: none of those words are big except for “Big”.
2023-04-21: I’ll probably break down and get a copy of the new Zelda game.
2023-04-21: I think I’ll get outside tomorrow. Unless it’s pouring rain.
2023-04-21: Ok I’ve begun migrating my candlesticks app over to CouchDB from SQLite. It’s less painful than I …
2023-04-21: Hey. It’s Friday eve. Have something with some ice in it.
2023-04-21: I am the hunger that feeds on your soul because I have no doughnuts.
2023-04-21: Is it me or do all customer service reps think I’m an idiot. It must be me. I can’t imagine them …
2023-04-21: I’m out on the deck. The Gathering is eyeing me with suspicion and forethought evil.
2023-04-21: “The key to success is lost.” #writing
2023-04-21: “Easter eggs” in books and film are just another form of fan-service. You’re more concerned about …
2023-04-21: It’s a gorgeous summer-in-spring day here in Delaware.
2023-04-21: Overheard: “Put a dog collar on the kids. If the parents don’t get them the electric fence will.” I …
2023-04-21: “It was 50 caliber hot dog that killed him.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-21: “‘Live and learn.’ But people are lazy. They don’t learn.” #writing
2023-04-21: The reason MickeyD’s “Happy Meals” failed is that although the kids were happy, the parent’s were …
2023-04-21: Huge Lorry:: A) a large truck B) comedian C) an excessive part of the anatomy
2023-04-21: “All we do is live. Some people are luckier and better at it than others. That doesn’t make them a …
2023-04-21: Life is hard enough without people taking credit. — ancient proverb I just made up.
2023-04-21: Did my good deed for the day. No, I’m not going to explain it. I’m not bragging, just documenting.
2023-04-21: All Apple apps should have a REST API. I wonder if I can create a generic wrapper to the Apple APIs …
2023-04-21: I should get my GoCycle ready for the season. #bike
2023-04-21: Unless it’s pouring rain, I expect and plan on getting out by the water tomorrow.
2023-04-21: “He looked like a tarantula coming in through the door, all legs.” #writing
2023-04-21: If you don’t have a sense of humor, you don’t have a life. — ancient proverb I just made up.
2023-04-21: “You are a small person with a big ego on a small planet.” #writing
2023-04-21: “When you go into space, it’s not that you lose your ego, you learn that there are even bigger …
2023-04-21: “His personality was as caustic as napalm and as sleezy as a used car salesman. Virgin ones are hard …
2023-04-21: Kill!
2023-04-21: “You need to worry when your Miss Potato Head starts talking to you. Especially when it keeps …
2023-04-21: I should really do some work on my stock candlestick code. I need to rethink how I’m storing data, …
2023-04-21: “You are the Thought Police. Your jurisdiction is you.” #writing
2023-04-21: “He was from Delaware. He didn’t care.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-21: “It’s easy enough to predict human behavior. You just need a large enough sample set.” Harry …
2023-04-21: Don’t look for answers to questions you haven’t asked. #life
2023-04-21: OK. Conjecture: Apple will have some fairly tight integration between their A/VR headset, Apple …
2023-04-21: “It was a dark day in the middle of the night.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-21: Creamsicle, the other part of The Gathering, is back to stare today. #cat
2023-04-21: If you’re not eating, you must be working.
2023-04-20: Plan for tomorrow: — catch up on everything I didn’t get around to today.
2023-04-20: One of The Gathering, Oreo, seems content on the deck today. Not sure what happened to Creamsicle. …
2023-04-20: Interesting. #apple #home
2023-04-20: Anyone ready for Friday?
2023-04-20: That’s interesting. Some smart-home devices assume a fixed-IP internally when they should be …
2023-04-20: Photo up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-20: Gorgeous day outside. I decided to go sit on the grass. Can’t remember the last time I did that.
2023-04-20: Time to do some house stuff.
2023-04-20: Added a new book, Beginning CouchDB, to my Tsundoku shelf. #books
2023-04-20: #books #reading #kids
2023-04-20: “Where there is change, there is hope.” #life #writing
2023-04-19: We should bring back hurdy gurdies. #music
2023-04-19: PSA: a podcast is not “radio”.
2023-04-19: Even though inspiration may be instantaneous, what caused it, rarely is. #life #success
2023-04-19: Several more pages added to my short story. Burger consumed.
2023-04-19: It’s not a gift if they want you to use it the way they want. #life #failure #gift
2023-04-19: “He was so dumb, he thought he could get drunk on cocktail sauce.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-19: Current “AI” is just like music sampling with words. It’s artificial without the intelligence. #ai …
2023-04-19: “My momma cut me when I was young.” “That’s horrible. Why did she do that?” “I showed her …
2023-04-19: “Singing is more than cadence and rhyme. That’s why so many are bad at it.” #writing
2023-04-19: “He stood knee-deep in tapioca, or so he thought. In fact, he stood up to his neck in oatmeal. His …
2023-04-19: “When you wake up screaming, and realize you have no reason to stop once you’re awake. That’s when …
2023-04-19: Trying another test. > Let see if this works.
2023-04-19: Happy National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. I guess it’s easier now that many work at home.
2023-04-18: The purpose of life is to be. Many people are too busy doing to be being. #life
2023-04-18: Plan for tomorrow: — Coding. — Writing. — Not much else.
2023-04-18: Today’s Affirmation: I will not kill someone in a fit of pique, but I may Jill someone in a clown …
2023-04-18: My bucket list: — metal. — ice. — plastic.
2023-04-18: I feel like sleeping all day tomorrow. It’s Wednesday.
2023-04-18: When was the last time you started, or were involved in, a bar room brawl?
2023-04-18: “We need a new Mac with the old Apple ][+ form factor, and an MBP with that of the Apple//c” #mac …
2023-04-18: Hm I wonder how if I’ll be able to get rid of my MBP this year after #wwdc once iPadOS takes over. …
2023-04-18: The impossible is possible when it is. Not all things are. #life
2023-04-18: Google could regain a ton of trust back by eliminating ads from search. I see that happening—never. …
2023-04-18: Time,again, to try to figure out how to post MD to micro.blog. I’m running out of keys to try.
2023-04-18: Each human is the primary key to humans on Earth.
2023-04-18: “You are a dynasty of one.” #writing
2023-04-18: Darth Vader voice: “If there’s a Minecraft, where is the Yourcraft?”
2023-04-18: OK. I have a transition. It’s not perfect, but it’s a 1st draft. I can make it work. #writing
2023-04-18: “Cabbages. That’s the answer.” “Uh?” “Cabbages. If you ain’t got ‘em, you’re a failure.” “I don’t …
2023-04-18: “The world is a tank you either swim in or drown in. It’s never one you should destroy in.” #writing
2023-04-18: I’m trying to figure out how to transition from the middle to the climax in this Drunken Werewolves …
2023-04-18: Most of the morning has been spent doing house stuff. It’s almost time to eat and do some writing.
2023-04-18: Time to switch it up. TWSBI Eco Jelly Green 1.1mm w/Monteverde Yosemite Green. #fountainpen
2023-04-18: "The Singular Case of the Three Witches" Review - #books #watson That was unexpected. Got a great review of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches” from …
2023-04-18: Happy National Transfer Money Into Your Daughter’s Account Day Yes, it’s a thing. No, I …
2023-04-18: Life is an opportunity. #life
2023-04-18: Hello. Stay focused. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-17: Plan for tomorrow: — write. — transcribe. — eat. — Python. — play
2023-04-17: I left the door to the deck open. Then this happened. #cat
2023-04-17: Kiwi are coming in early this year. Hope they survive the birds and animals. #plants
2023-04-17: Figured out how to display Markdown in The Continuity. #Programming
2023-04-17: No XCode use Jan-WWDC. Full on XCode: WWDC-Jan #xcode #ios I haven’t done much iOS/XCode stuff this year. I’ve learned my mistake trying to code before WWDC. …
2023-04-17: Wasted some more time trying to figure out how to post Markdown… oh well. Time to relax.
2023-04-17: So, did anyone accomplish anything today? I accomplished not destroying the world.
2023-04-17: Hm a new member of The Gathering showed up. #cat
2023-04-17: Photo up: photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-17: This is funny. This is what Elon is pushing.
2023-04-17: No matter how much you wanted something, once you’ve had it for a while, you’ll grow bored and want …
2023-04-17: Nice spring day out. I ran errands all morning.
2023-04-17: Happy Blah Blah Blah Day
2023-04-17: I hope everyone has a great week. Stay cheerful.
2023-04-17: OK. I need to build this. I could use it for timing other stuff as well. Use MQTT to send it a time …
2023-04-17: Good morning. Enjoy the time you have. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-16: I forgot how great these lyrics are: “22,000 days, 22,000 days It’s not a lot, it’s all …
2023-04-16: Back when music was fun, and had weird videos youtu.be/UtvmTu4zA… #music
2023-04-16: There’s no time like the future.
2023-04-16: Time for some Philly music, no it’s not Hall & Oates. youtu.be/zB1Q-PfUv… #music
2023-04-16: Is Rice-A-Roni, still the San Francisco treat? Was it ever?
2023-04-16: Geese
2023-04-16: “Many fear those who think before speaking.” #writing
2023-04-16: Goals are useless, unless you know how to achieve them. That requires a process. #life #success
2023-04-16: Be the solution to the problem. #life #success
2023-04-16: What does this even mean? #apple #music #failure #marketing
2023-04-16: “She kept a bullet journal. It’s an assassin thing .” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-16: Overheard: “I want to go on the sloppy rotation with you.” “I wish you would.” Not gonna ask. …
2023-04-16: “You’re exceptional.” “Try to catch me.” If you get it, you’re a nerd. #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-16: I’m still thinking about a real vacation somewhere. #travel
2023-04-16: Last time I checked, I had to pay a bill.
2023-04-16: I’m sure there will be anotherJedi after The Last Jedi.
2023-04-16: Any place that plays the Blues is full of soul, even if the food is just ok.
2023-04-16: Some people want you to fail. Either you will or won’t. The choice is mostly yours. #life
2023-04-16: Almost out of ink again. #fountainpen
2023-04-16: Observed: “We make our own brisket.” “Nothin’ wrong with that.” Everything is wrong with brisket, …
2023-04-16: Food time.
2023-04-16: I think I need several major lists: – Not To Do. — To Do. — Need To Do. — Want To Do. — …
2023-04-16: Must not reinvent my writing app… must not… #writing
2023-04-16: Happy Easter to those who celebrate.
2023-04-16: Where I am for lunch.
2023-04-16: The sun comes up The sun goes down Turn that frown Into a mask of rage. #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-16: I spent the morning fighting code and APIs.
2023-04-16: Time for some fun and food
2023-04-16: Happy World Semicolon Day; it’s a good thing.
2023-04-15: OK. Pretty cool. appinventor.mit.edu #programming #mobile #education
2023-04-15: After the storm
2023-04-15: Photo up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-15: Be accountable to yourself. #life #success
2023-04-15: Make it obvious. #life #success
2023-04-15: Why is it when you buy a cardboard tin of planters mixed nuts most of them are peanuts? Rhetorical.
2023-04-15: What do you collect? Not horde. I collect fountain pens. I use all of them. #collecting #fountainpen
2023-04-15: Your life has been bricked.
2023-04-15: This has been a test. Had this been an actually emergency, you would have been given a cookie.
2023-04-15: Just testing. **Please ignore** - 1 - 2
2023-04-15: Maybe **this** will work?
2023-04-15: Testing posting… no markdown.
2023-04-15: Markdown editor implemented in The Continuity #web
2023-04-15: I’ve been having fun learning/playing/doing things with Flask. Today I figured out how to use …
2023-04-15: Hm. Isn’t this #SwiftUI’s 5th anniversary? I wonder if we’re going to get a major upgrade. #wwdc …
2023-04-15: OK. I’ve done everything (mostly) on my list and not done everything on my Not To Do list for the …
2023-04-15: Guacamole deviled eggs. #food
2023-04-15: Good morning. Just because the weather is bad, it doesn't mean you should be. Time for the …
2023-04-14: PSA: It’s Friday. Quit working. Play a game. Relax.
2023-04-14: Five this year. That seems average. I’m calling the little one closest to the camera, Ryan.
2023-04-14: So much simple brilliance in this: youtu.be/vRlBgFF3N… #music #sabaton
2023-04-14: I want to get outside tomorrow. It seems questionable, given that it is supposed to rain. #netde
2023-04-14: I hate autocorrect. When it gets something close, it makes me sound like I’m a foreigner.
2023-04-14: Have you ever learned a foreign language for the fun of it? Not a programming language. #polyglot …
2023-04-14: I should really do some work on these functions. #web **
2023-04-14: Life is complex. Many part of it are imaginary. #life
2023-04-14: Plan for this afternoon: — study CouchDB. — play some games.
2023-04-14: “He sat staring at the dry slice of bread, awaiting the advent of the mold which would bring him …
2023-04-14: Radioli: ravioli stuffed with radishes.
2023-04-14: I’m thinking about moving my recipe collection out of my wiki, and into The Continuity. That would …
2023-04-14: Found a guacamole deviled egg recipe I want to try. It just needs bacon. #food
2023-04-14: “His life was a backwater full of slimy creatures, dank places, and sludge.” #writing
2023-04-14: It’s time for a lunch and writing break.
2023-04-14: Well, this is a new take on publisher spam. This is from GamboaPress, which looks like a one-person …
2023-04-13: Pineapple flavored popcorn should be a thing. Buttered popcorn already has a hint of pineapple …
2023-04-13: Are deviled eggs still a thing? When was the last time you had any or made them? It’s been years for …
2023-04-13: Time to switch it up. Sailor with a MF Fude nib. Colorverse Dust Storm. Fude nibs are hard to …
2023-04-13: Happy Peach Cobbler Day. I wish I had some…
2023-04-13: Lots done today. Tomorrow is Friday. I get to do less. How ‘bout you?
2023-04-13: Buying a bottle of water is like buying a can of air or a bag of dirt.
2023-04-13: Testing refactored code…
2023-04-13: Photos up. photosaday.weebly.com #photography
2023-04-13: “Life is like playing D&D with a troll.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-13: Hm. The final Zelda trailer looks good, but I’m sure I’ll hate the game. I could never get into BotW …
2023-04-13: Trying to make friends with one of The Gathering. #cat
2023-04-13: WWDC 2023 Ramblings #ios #mac #ipad #watchos I have no idea what Apple will bring forth; these are random thoughts. We’ll get the usual flashy …
2023-04-13: Do you allow your mother read your writing/books? Is she still alive? #writing #books
2023-04-13: The weather has been gorgeous these past several days. The upcoming weekend is, likewise, supposed …
2023-04-13: If you take things personally, you will lose. #life
2023-04-13: If you work hard today, you can play tomorrow. If you play hard today, you will work harder …
2023-04-13: Marie Marionette Lost her head To a blade As dull as her mind. #writing #poetry
2023-04-13: “I fear the end. It will come as as a swarm of anteaters.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-13: Observed: Man groans over not knowing which beer to order from the multitude of taps at the …
2023-04-13: “He coughed, sputum spraying sideways. ‘My life may not be excitin’, but it shor’ is interestin’.’ …
2023-04-13: I think food is on order, or will be as soon as I order it. #food
2023-04-13: OK. The first part of this short story is done. It’s time for a break. #writing
2023-04-13: Good morning. Don’t be sad today. Tomorrow is Friday. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-12: Someday, like tomorrow, never comes. Do what you would like to today. Our tomorrows are never …
2023-04-12: Boredom is often caused not by not having anything to do, but by having too much to do and being …
2023-04-12: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich with coffee for dinner, because I’m an adult and am allowed to have …
2023-04-12: Remember when cereal had cool toys inside?
2023-04-12: AI reset. Memory cache cleared.
2023-04-12: Wintercress out in spring. #plant
2023-04-12: Greening of the leaves.
2023-04-12: It’s a nice day to get outside and sit. That’s what I’m doing.
2023-04-12: Artemis is a diversion, being touted as progress. The problem is, we accept progress as a good thing …
2023-04-12: One way to know a bot was involved
2023-04-12: “You need more friend.” “Why?” “They have money you don’t.” “I don’t want friends with money.” “You …
2023-04-12: “The Royal Ligatures” should be a title. #writing #prompt
2023-04-12: If you work for a company, and you like my book enough to spam me, send me money. Then we might …
2023-04-12: Discretion is the better part of velour. That’s a fuzzy thing to understand.
2023-04-12: VmWere. It only works when the moon is full.
2023-04-12: You don’t need goals. You need accomplishments. #life #success
2023-04-12: Practice what you don’t know. Preach what you do. Until the pitchforks and torches come out. Then go …
2023-04-12: Obsidian. Drafts. Bear. Hibernate. Java. Coffee. Mmm. Homer. Ulysses. If you get it, you get it. …
2023-04-12: “He stood ramrod stiff. It had been difficult the first year or two. He tended to fidget and sway …
2023-04-12: Do colors exist? Or do we just interpret data into segments based on our senses? #science …
2023-04-12: “Shallow water is as dangerous as deep. You can just as easily be shot in the head.” #writing
2023-04-12: Lately, I’ve been getting cold-calls from companies telling me “It’s your lucky day.” Book …
2023-04-12: Someone needs to explain to me what “book acquisitions” is beyond buying the rights to books and …
2023-04-12: Tomorrow, I begin editing my time-travel book, “Out of Time”. That’s going to be a bear. I know most …
2023-04-12: Never feed a troll. They always want more. — ancient proverb I just made up
2023-04-12: Questions to ask about your characters: — What are they willing to lose? — What are they not willing …
2023-04-12: “The warm sun is out. The water appears to move across the blue-gray lake against the green backdrop …
2023-04-12: Bleu cheese isn’t for kids. If you get it, you get it.
2023-04-12: Self-goal: ensure every scene or chapter has humor, whether it is obvious to the reader, or not. …
2023-04-12: Lowering your expectations doesn’t involve lowering your standards. #life
2023-04-12: “Some choose what they want to promote, over what is. To them, life is a game of winners and …
2023-04-12: Hm. My iPad Smart Keyboard’s return key is failing. It’s probably because it’s not an Enter key. …
2023-04-12: “Coins of Destiny 2” - Yakuza vs. Triad vs. tech vs “Big Trouble in Little China” vs lots of …
2023-04-12: I hate writing antagonists/villiains of any ilk. I guess I’m too nice a guy. #writing
2023-04-12: Time to eat and work out my antagonist for “Coins of Destiny 2”. #writing #planning
2023-04-12: Yo! It’s Wednesday. Get working. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
2023-04-11: “Never curse the darkness when you are in it.” #writing
2023-04-11: I’m not selling a lot. That’s fine. I’m still satisfied that I’ve accomplished what I have. But if …
2023-04-11: “I have friends. I keep them in the root cellar. But you’re too young to know about that.” #writing …
2023-04-11: Gratuitous food pic. #food #photography
2023-04-11: I miss working on FT/NS systems. Then I remember the stress, politics, and unending travel. But …
2023-04-11: Being a success doesn’t make you better than anyone else. It just means you have achieved enough to …
2023-04-11: “Snark runs fast and furious during the spring months. It leapfrogs over the currents of thought as …
2023-04-11: Your job: Author Your deadline: 40 days. Your task. Write a non-epic fantasy that breaks the top …
2023-04-11: “He got a job at McDonalds™ only long enough to get a uniform. With that, he ran off so that he …
2023-04-11: “When Batman Sang the Blues” should be a title #writing #comics #prompt #batman
2023-04-11: “Everybody freeze! This is a stickup! Everybody on your feet—except you. You, you get on your …
2023-04-11: “The world needs more you. Not in number, but in quality—unless that is if you go around killing, …
2023-04-11: “He jumped for joy. Joy was not amused.” #writing #throwawayline
2023-04-11: “Push the button. Blow up the world. You know you want to.” #writing
2023-04-11: “Laughter comes when Death arrives.” #writing