I think I need to eat something. It feels like a nachos kind of day.

I guess people nowadays don’t know what an apple cart is.

Sometimes you have to upset the cart in order to find the rotten apple.

Slapping words, almost randomly, in hopes of inspiration. #writing

Happy Invite an Alien to Live With You Day Yes, it’s a thing

Crowdstrike proves companies will go with a solution that provides reasonable success given the limitations of budgets/choices, over common sense, believing them to be more expert than internal resources. We used to call this vendor-lock-in. Yes, there are other definitions. #corporate #failure

Good morning. Enjoy the last Sunday you’ll have this week. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“If you don’t search for the truth, any old lie will do.” #life

Deep announcer voice: “He was a gentle man until they killed his cockatoo. Now he carries a gun and walks the night seeking revenge.”

“If you’re wondering, you are splashing to stay afloat.” #life #writing

End rant. End 2 yen.

Context: I have no CompSci or Math degree. However, I’m an expert on FT mainframe systems and various databases. I’ve also created and implemented some programming languages of my own.I’ve been in the “industry” before there was one. Swift is painful to learn. ObjC had …

Swift is centered on perfectionism, not pragmatism. I worry about race conditions and “macros” that are slapped on with SillyPutty™. Swift may be fine for grad post-docs. For someone who wants to get something to run, its’s painful now Flame on! #swift #swifui #apple #programming …

“Markdown is the YAML for people who can’t code.” .~

When your name is the marquee, you better be a marquis.

“How do you know your best friend is your best friend? Is it because you’re still alive? That means most people are your best friend.” #writing #throwawayline

It’s the middle of the heatwave-summer. I feel like baking. What’s wrong with me? #baking

Still getting spam acquisition emails about this book. Wish they were real. Not that I’d sell cheap. Would make a great movie ;) #books

I hope the Canadian wildfires of last year have subsided. I haven’t heard anything on the news or social feeds about it. It was nasty down here. I can just imagine what it was like up there. #canada #fire

“People go to live events to blend in with the crowd, to belong, to feel the energy that is missing from their lives. Others go to kill.” #writing

I guess everyone in Delaware is at the State Fair. The roads are empty. Must be some “celebrity” drawing the crowd, or lots of cows eating corn.

“Life is a public beta, and you signed up.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m debating whether I need a very short scene or not. It’s from the POV of the antagonist and gives a bit of characterization and aclicking-tock update along with a minor complication. #editing #editing

Time for food and more editing.

Happy National Flitch Day Had to look up flitch.