Back in my day sports broadcasts didn’t post odds on individual plays in baseball as part of the telecast. #sport #failure

I think everyone here is out for the Phillies home opener. That’s what I get for trying to get dinner.

Learning isn’t the same as recognizing or retaining something. Learning is that plus understanding and reusing what you learned. #learning #success

You owe yourself one good idea and a smile each and every day. #life #success

Start today. #success

Today is full of errands and wonder, such as I wonder why I have to do all these errands.

Good morning. The sun is out. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Slow down. You don’t have to go as fast as everyone else. Relax. Enjoy the world. Enjoy your life. Don’t rush through it. #life #success

Time for some tea.

The Gathering: Well, it’s been a while, but we got a new visitor. It’s an adult all-white female cat. I doubt it’s feral, given her coloring. She ran when I tried getting near. #feral #cat

Not sure why this is allowed in a public place.

“He never celebrated his birthday because he never asked to be born.” #writing

Media loves arcs of uplifting change and redemption. Sometimes, they like arcs of failure against odds. Readers/viewers hate flat arcs,, but that is how life works most of the time. Lessons are learned from flat arcs, not the obvious ones that just reinforce behavior #writing #media #bookk

Apparently, Apple won’t let you take a screenshot of the voice message UI in the phone app. It does so silently. They would rather you get spam voice messages. Also, they would rather pester you with calls with no message than just filter them out. #apple #voicemail #failure #money

“How many have you forgotten that you knew?” #writing

“Which would you like? The Pickachu or the Bulbosaur Poke bowl?” #writing #throwawayline #pokemon

Gratuitous food pic. Chicken parm sandwich. Pl #food

“Old masters die.” #writing

“Goldilocks and the Three Beers” #writing #throwawayline #prompt

The more you do something, the more of a habit it becomes and the better you get doing it. The more of a habit it becomes, the more addictive it becomes and the less you are willing to do something else. Do something else. #life #habit #success

“Humans love the small kind things they receive. Too bad so few love the grand kind things they could freely give.” #life #writing ac

Those who are hostile to science and research, would rather live in the world of their own imagnining and beliefs than live in the world of truth and reality. #life

“Just because a god is all-knowing, doesn’t mean he does much. On the contrary, the more a god knows, the less energy he has to do. That’s why the active gods are all about killing and destruction. They don’t waste energy thinking.” #writing

Suerperhero movies have not caused an increase in people acting like superheroes, apart from those under age 12. #life

Given the recent plethora of “superhero” movies, which comic book superhero is highly underrated and is NOT in a movie/series/etc. #comic #superhero