Observed: woman staring at a Starbucks poster that has literally 9 words on it. For several minutes. I have no idea. #life

I wonder if people fear playing a specific board game and why. #life #game

“Amazon: Your life was delivered. Here is a photo. Too bad the neighbor’s dog got it.” #writing #life

If you can’t be calmest between you and the antagonist, you have lost. It won’t make for a good story, but that’s not what matters in the moment. #life #writing ‘

A competition isn’t a game, if one player isn’t having fun. #life #sport #failure

“He was always 4th and goal, and never saw it.” #usfootball #life

What’s next? We already have “social media”. Social-AI. Where you argue with social media AI trolls. #life #ai #social #failure

Math is fun, if you understand it and you don’t need to understand a lot of it to have fun. #life #math

“I’ll be honest with you…” “For how long?” #life #failure

When you bring your problems with you, you have excess luggage. #life #failure

Do you believer the world/planet is better than it was? Is your country better than it was? Are you better than you were? You only have yourself to blame. #life #failure

“I read a book on Audible…” Is the most inane thing I’ve heard. It’s like, “I read a podcast”, or “I watched the newspaper.” #life #failure #education #language #failure

Motivation is never generalized. To be useful, it must be specifically targeted. #life

I miss developing physical photographic film. We have lost a lot of hands-on personal accomplishment and involvement with the rise of technology. We are handing over our achievements to a digital non-entity. #life #failure #photography

Observed: restaurant staff singing “Happy Birthday”. 1 - They look like they have been forced to participate. 2 - I doubt the restaurant has/will pay the royalty 3 - No one can sing. That makes me feel better, because I can’t. #life #birthday

The problem with a “single source of truth” is no one can agree on what truth is. We need a single source of fact and accuracy. #life #programming #failure

Back in my day we had the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Funk & Wagnell’s. Now what? #life

If perfection doesn’t exist And god is perfect, Then there is no god or perfection. If perfection exists, And god is perfect, And if it is attainable, You can be god. If perfection is an illusion, And god is an illusion, Then you are deluded. If perfection is unattainable, Why do you try? #life …

When someone near you exclaims, “Thank God!” be sure to acknowledge it. #life

It’s easy comprehending the incomprehensible. That’s a meta-belief we fall back on when we don’t understand something. #life #failure

Freedom, for many, means being able to force them to their will and behaviour. #life #failure

Life is a long-term investment. Treat it as such. #life

What was the most significant thing that you’ve learned? I’ve learned to live among humans, hard as it is~. #life

Just because something sparkles and is shiny doesn’t mean it’s a squirrel. #life #failure

The reason dystopian fiction works is to remind everyone that things can always be worse than they are. This applies to all of us living in our dystopia–personal or otherwise. #life #writing