“Humans enjoy confusing their senses: hot and sweet foods, optical illusions, confusing scent with taste, etc. This extends to beliefs, religion, fact and fiction, politics and truth, and amusement rides.” #writing

If you have to promote your own book, you may as well do it yourself. You don’t need to pay an agent to tell you to do it. Having an agent provides a certain caché, but only if they do all the work. Remember, you are supposed to be an author, not a celebrity. #writing #agent #publishing #book

The reason people are the way they are is fear, greed, and laziness. #life

I still find it fascinating, in a horrific way, that Apple believes we all want AI everywhere. It seems they just want to compete with the rest of the bandwagon rather than providing value.. Letting something or someone think for you has lead us to where we are as a country.~ #ai #failure

Happy National Glazed Doughnut Day. It’s not something I’m good at baking/frying

‘It’s the season for Norton, LifeLock, and GeekSquad spam… #mail #spam

If you learn an old lesson, you should’ve learned it by now. #life

Observed: woman points to an Xfinity store and asks, “what’s that?” Get out much? No, not someone from another country

Good morning. Hello. Another week? Yes, please. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

History waits for someone to do something good.

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 ‘

“Cronies are easy to come by. Servants need to be paid. Slaves are frowned upon. Now, a cult. That just needs belief. That’s where you get your bang-for-the-buck ” #writing

Vicious Rumor: “Die Hard: Dead at Last” is completing primary filming.

Overheard: “We’ll do the All-American Burger with cheese, mayo, and meat ONLY.” Do you need to specify “meat” in a burger, given there are no veggie burger options?

“Plan your holidays before you take them. Plan your projects before you make them. Plan your enemies before they take you. Plan your friends before they betray you.” #writing

Since when do books have soundtracks? #book #reading

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

“When your ego requires someone else’s help, you should give up. If your ego is larger than your opposition, you should give up. If you want all the power and control, regardless of your ego, you should give up. If you don’t give up, you can be stopped.” #writing

Squares pack. Circles don’t.

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

The most underrated fruit is_____, because _____. If you don’t know what a “fruit” is, do not reply. #botany #fruit