I miss Shep. I’ll never be as good a story teller. #writing

Wait! It’s almost August?

Plan for tomorrow: — be tedious

Watching/reading/listening to news outlets leads you to doomscrolling.

Celebrating each of your small victories makes you arrogant and self-centered. It is better to celebrate other’s uncelebrated victories. #life

“Pride and Prejudice” “Arrogance and Racism” #writing #title

“Angels spoke to him, as did the demons. He preferred the demons.” #writing #character

“His life was a flame that could not be put out, but died on its own.” #writing #character

Observed: He was a survivalist. He wore a camo cap and had an analog watch. His meal was all protein including a beer. His sunglasses weren’t Meta. His flip phone, well … #writing #character

Writing done for today. A couple of nice scenes derived from middle-of-the-night-trying-to-get-back-to-sleep time. #writing

Apple Glass UI is a step toward monochrome. Is Apple working toward eInk displays? Probably not, but I wish they would experiment more. #apple #glass #eink

I’m intrigued by the Apple Fold, the same way I was intrigued by the Apple Cube. Yes, I’ll get it. It would be 200% better if it were an eInk device. Otherwise, it’s just another iPhone/iPad. I’d love to see what Apple could do with eInk tech for those of us who don’t need color or blinding lights. …

“Facial hair recognition” should be a thing”.~ #ai

You can’t solve your problems by complaining about them. #life

The Gathering: snow was back this evening. #feral #cat

Plan for tomorrow: — Usher in the day with coffee (not Usher) — Write — Bring a smile to someone, even if at my own expense. — Eat something non-poisonous. — Run errands (over with my car).

Crickey! Today was boring. (That’s a good thing.)

Lots of articles, sites, podcasts, media tell you to learn AI to get ahead of the curve and keep your job. AI is the curve and you can’t get ahead of it. #ai #life #failure #business #marketing

Notifications that remind you of something but don’t explicitly tell you what you’re are being reminded of, are a waste of resources. That, and ads as notifications. #programming #failure

Breathe. So you don’t have to worry about the alternative. #life

“Let me die with my boots on.” “You cant take them with you.” “But at least you wont have them.” #writing #throwwawayline

One player on each sports team should be allowed to wear the opposing team’s colors in order to throw off the players. Governments do it all the time. #sport

Remember Tom Swift? Adverbs exist for a reason, and that’s not to be maligned. Not using adverbs assumes the reader is intelligent enough to deduce how something is said. Think about why and how good people are at not using emoji? Adverbs are the emoji no one wants to use. #writing #failure

PSA: Your opinion matters only to you and those who agree with you. That’s not a point in your favor. #life

Seriously. An “Arnold Palmer” is just lemon iced tea. It’s like naming coffee with sugar after me. #food #failure #sport #celebrity