“You aren’t who you were. Your values aren’t what they were. Change finds a way to prove you wrong. Accept change Accept being different. Accept being wrong. Growth is change. Change without growth is just becoming more entrenched. Sometimes you have to fight the war outside the trenches.” #writing

Beware of price changes between the time you pick up an object and bring it to the checkout/cash register. AI and sensors are involved. Beware of kiosks that have marketing directed at you by name. #marketing #failure

“Have you ever eaten roadkill? How about human roadkill?” #writing

“It ain’t hot if you ain’t cool.” #writing

The older you get, the more reason there is for not wearing a muscle T-shirt. #life

A mystery not worth solving, is a mystry not worth writing or living.

Enjoy life. Have fun. Don’t take it seriously. Don’t demean any life. Don’t make fun of others before you make fun of yourself. Take the serious stuff seriously. #life #success

Who/what are you going to dress up as for Halloween? Do you? Do you care? My guess is most will go for Taylor Swift and Beetlejuice. All will fail. #halloween

Weird iOS bug? I can’t seem to filter out France-originating email spam based on keyword. I seem to get a lot of spam with “ avec “ in the content, title, etc. that I can’t get rid of. Trying to filter our domains ending in “fr” doesn’t work either. #apple #ios #failure #email

Thank you for following, interacting with me, and now hiring a hit man. I appreciate you.

What books do you read as popcorn/chewing gum for the mind? #books #reading

Murphy has a way of proving you wrong. It’s the law.

I should compile an anthology. I should do a lot of things.

What is the worst thing you’ve done, short of killing someone?

“Ideas are what drive people to madness.” #writing

I should build a glass with a sensor in its base and market a game where you try to get the glass as close to a table as you can without touching the table. Would be a great bar game. Go for it, if you want. But credit me and I’ll settle for 5% royalty on every glass you sell. #creativity #gamedev

“If you can’t laugh at the absurdity that is life, you don’t deserve to have a good time.” — Joaquin Gerrold, Primus of the Plenum

I quit FB, LI decades ago. I’ve never been to Utah.

Do you play the lottery? Do you enter contests? Do you hoard coupons and gift cards? Do you collect restaurant condiment packets? When was the last time you cleaned out that drawer?

“‘We all know a gargoyle or two,’ he said. ‘Most of us are one.’” #writing

Nausea and Fear #writing

“He staggered out into the street, the sunlight blinding him. Swaying, he groped along the glass and metal building, seeking purchase, stability, and a horizon that kept shifting. His arm ached, his body tingled, and his vision swam in and out of focus. He struggled to focus his mind, but had as …

Happy International Read an ebook Day. In case you’re hunting, all of my books (apart from Puffin and Griswold) are available as ebooks. #books #reading

What was the last compliment you were given? What was the last compliment you gave?

We call it “travel” and “traveling”. It’s about the journey; not about getting there. It’s all of the starts and stops, ups and downs, delays and frustration, and failures and successes. It’s why it’s called life—it’s easier to wrap your mind around, but misses the point. #life

“Some days you have to wake up to smell the roses.” #writing