If your government is centered around the military, you will tend to use it. If your government is centered around money, you will tend to use it. If your governement is centered around religion, you will tend to use it. If your government is centered around love… oh… wait!

I don’t try to prove anything to anyone, or to myself. I just try to improve. #life #success

OK. Official spring cleaning initiated. I spent all morning doing it. Now I get to reward myself and go outside and run errands (and maybe eat and write).

I’m sleepy today, so I’m just rereading programming books…

Happy National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day Yes, it’s a thing.

Good morning all. If you can’t be kind, you can always be civil. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Consensus has nothing to do with truth or what is factual. #life #failure

Plan for tomorrow: play it by ear.

It’s Friday. Time for a glass of #mead.

OK. The grocery store had “goldenberries” or ground cherries. I just tried one. Very tasty. Sweet, tart, with tomatillo undertones. Might be good on/in a cheesecake. Otherwise, a bit weird for me on its own. I think I’ll try to plant some of these and see what comes up. #food

Well, folks. (Do people still use “folks”?). The weekend is nigh. What celebratory events do you have scheduled to mark this weekly rite of passage?

How can you improve yourself without acknowledging your potential? And in order to do so, you must first acknowledge your weaknesses. #life #success

I didn’t get as much writing done, as I had hoped. Goals are targets, not destinations. #writing

“Back in my day… we had night, not a sky full of artificial stars and electric glow.” #writing #throwawayline

Yo! It’s Friday, y’all. Break out of the work and into the weekend.

Vicious Rumor: Paramount+ to launch new Star Trek series next year, simply called, “The Doctor”. It will star Robert Picardo as an EMH coming to grips with a Federation whose only intent is to test the first time ship. #startrek @robertpicardo

March “Madness” doesn’t live up to festival in Star Trek. #basketball #startrek #archons

“The shadow moved across the shaft of light which snuck into the closet under the door. His heart raced. He froze, holding his breath wondering if the rumors were true. Death had come back from holiday and begun to take a more active role.” #writing

Don’t kill someone’s joy. If you do, it just means you are either jealous or have more than they do. In either case, you are just making yourself smaller. #life #failure

It’s not enough to look up to someone for what they do. You must emulate them, or you will forever remain below them. #life

Hero’s aren’t the only ones who are virtuous. They are merely the ones who have extraordinarily good virtues. Everyone has virtues, both good and bad. #life #success

I can’t write on this paper. I wrote 3 pages, then it was too painful to watch. I know now how this short story is going to end. The nib, however, is glorious. It’s wet (obviously) and really REALLY soft. Pneider makes great nibs. #writing #fountainpen #shortstory @gouletpens

Cheap. Absorbent paper. Yuck. This is the reverse side of a page. When using a fountainpen, paper makes a difference. I chose to ignore what I know. #fountainpen #paper

Wow this nib is a gusher. I should have brought a decent notebook. This US generic is awful. #fountainpen #paper

It’s time to eat and write again. Errands completed.