“You’re as clever as a mousetrap.” #insult

Kindness doesn’t mean you are giving up something. It means you are becoming stronger. #life #success

Just a Tattoo - #wriing

“He thought a tattoo would make him happy and unique, so he got one. He still wasn’t happy because others he envied had a tattoo, so he got another to be better than they were. Then another. And another. He had entered the war of escalation, trying to win. But, he didn’t realize, in war there are no …

A quiet life is a boring life. Boring is good, but only if you live in the moment. #zen #tao #life

I’m living up to my promise not to accomplish much today. Unfortunately, that means I’ve accomplished something. [Aside: some days you just need an insanity break. I haven’t had a chance to do a real brain-dump in a long time.]

Wasn’t there a restaurant in Cupertino called “Peppercorn”? I think that was the first restaurant I went to for a business meeting. I miss traveling to CA. (And Canada).

I question the sanity/priorities of people who insist on wearing suits during the pandemic, even if they are “important”. Continuity is ok, but there are more important things than wearing a suit and tie to meeting. #life #failure #business #government

Pitch - “A Brief History of the Unicorns of Time” A rollicking romp through history and how unicorns have traveled through time by means of their magical alicorns to influence human history. #writing #pitch

Observation: Just because you’re drunk and loud doesn’t mean you are happy. Seriously, it’s 1PM here and there are “good-old boys” being “good-old boys.” #life #failure #netde

What will you regret most when you die? And you will.

Ugh. This weekend is @NASCAR at Dover. Just stay home. #netde

“No one does life like you do.’ “I’ll take that as a compliment.” “Don’t. You’re a failure that happened when you were born.” #writing

I’ve had too many life distractions to get my noir edited and out. I should focus and get it done before #mdc3con. #writing

“She like spooning him. Too bad the kettle wasn’t big enough.” #writing #throwawayline @ascamacho

Every birthday card is a gift. Not every gift is a card. Not every card is a gift card. It is logical.

“He was a staunch supporter. He didn’t like blood all over the carpet.” #writing #throwawayline @ascamacho

Next big thing on my schedule is #wwdc I’m expecting my life to become an order of magnitude simpler and more complicated at the same time. #ios #mac #apple

I like how this #SwiftUI rewrite of my app is coming along. It’s by no means “model code”, but it’s way better/efficient than the code base that has evolved over the past 13 years since the 1st iPhone when I wrote Auteureist. I’ve learned a ton since then… #ioS #writing

“He sauntered up to her, full of confidence, and as he did, retched a pink and white dappled and lumpy mess. She looked away in disgust, preferring the color green. #writing #throwawayline

Nibbage. #fountainpen @gouletpens

I got a decent amount of #ios coding done. It’s time to eat and run an errand.

“What I Learned - 05/12/2021” visualnewt.com/learned/

Happy Frog Jumping Day

I don’t feel like doing anything today. That said, oh well.

Good morning. If you’ve panicked, you’ve already lost. Time for the ceremonial coffee.