“She was old–not ancient old, but bone creaking old. The wrinkles on her face could have subbed for the ancient dry riverbeds on an alien planet. Death didn’t have to stalk her. She sat and welcomed it with milk and cookies.” #writing #throwawayline

“He was bamboozled among the tall vegetation. His conniving and trickery, were for nil.” #writing #throwawayline

Some people are blatantly wrong and need to be called on it. #life

PSA: This is the last Friday of the winter of 2025.

Don’t do something just because of fear. #life

Happy National Save a Spider Day

“His snark was so thinly veiled it could be called sarcasm.” #writing

Hello. This is a reminder that it’s Friday before a holiday. That means you get to goof off. Just don’t release any software today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Vicious Rumor: Nintendo Switch 2 will be available on April 2 after the Direct. #nintendo #switch2

“He was dope in the original sense of the word.” #writing #throwawayline

Happy National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day

To Wield Power - Coins of Destiny 2, Preliminary blurb #books #publishing

“Rachael Pesci, a single mother, must work to save her daughter and a friend from a gang war between the Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triad, who both want her coin. Rachael discovers an additional threat when her Coin of Health’s A.I. wakes and tries to link to the Coin of Power. Wanting to …

I hate writing book blurbs. You have to make them interesting without being wordy or give too much away. #writing #publishing

Hello. Overcast day. It feels like a need another 8 hours of sleep. Maybe tomorrow. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Winning doesn’t make you better or different. It just makes you selfish at the cost to others. #life #failure

Another day of editing complete. I see the end of the tunnel. #writing #editing

“Life isn’t all squash blossoms and kumquats.” #writing #throwawayline

IOS 18.4 has serious touch detection problems especially in mail. Tapping is often undetected making mail unusable. Now it’s a problem in other apps. Seems iPhone only. #ios18.4 #apple #iphone

It’s interesting that most author agents believe you work for them and have to acquiesce to their schedule, demands, etc. #writing #editing #publishing #failure

Your parents never told you to be an idiot. #life

The phrase “jerk rub” probably shouldn’t be used in public.~

Heh. I’m being overly snarky to author agents trying to represent me via a form letter this morning. And no, I don’t have an agent. But I doubt real agents have time to look for more clients. #writing #publishing

Hm. This looks cool. But do I really need it? www.clockworkpi.com/picocalc #programming #raspberrypi

I need some day trip vacations. Once tax time is done, I’ll book something or other.

I decided to make a bagel-cheese-egg sandwich.Just because.