“How many martinis would it take to prove you wrong?” #writing #throwawayline

Observed: “He walked into the bar smelling of a urinal cake.” #writing #character

I should really get back into WoW and OW(2). It’s been a year… #game

There are teachers who teach what people want to hear. That’s not really teaching. #life #failure

“There are no dumb questions, just yours.”

What is the best insult you’ve been given?

“The cold permeated the second layer of skin.” Wait! What? Second layer of skin? You’re making that up! Anatomy, son. I could’ve said third, but it wasn’t that cold. #writing #throwawayline

Plan for this afternoon: bake stollen. Assuming, I have some dried fruit somewhere. #baking

“Remember when Charlie Brown was funny? Neither do I.”

“There was frost on his nose. There was frost on his toes. The frostbite was settling in and gangrene was at the door knocking to come in out of the cold.” #writing

Apple Mail needs to support extensions… for filtering and eliminating spam. Never mind. All of Apple’s apps are deficiant in a lot of ways that wouldn’t make money. .~ #apple #mail #failure

“It’s easy being perfect. Just don’t make mistakes. Anyone can do that, but no one is willing to pay the cost.” #writing

“He trudged up the steps. He was old. He was tired. He hadn’t noticed that the steps moved under him.” #writing #flashfiction

Grr. Apple Mail (on iPadOS) defaults to “All” when launched. Why doesn’t it remember the mailbox I chose? Unread would even be preferable. #apple #mail #failure

My snark filter has been working at full power lately. I feel almost human.

You don’t need a holiday to be nice, or to do something nice for someone. #life #success

Why (in English) is it called “hot chocolate”? It’s not hot chocolate. It’s hot milk with chocolate (etc). The Mayans were closer to the truth re hot chocolate. #language #food

“What are you wearing to the funeral?” “Whatever they put on me.” #writing #throwawayline

Stupid question/assumption: Apple (iOS) apps don’t support dynamic runtime libraries, so they? I get they are a security risk, but they would make things less monolithic and flexible. Side question: Anyone remember OpenDoc? #apple #programming

A good writing day, today.

Good deed done.

Sourdough fed, and happy.

Ice and Frost.

Good morning. Spend some money on a stranger this season. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Time for some olde-timer music youtu.be/VGTKc87Yd… #music