Happy National Cheesesteak Day

Greetings. It’s named after Tiw, the Norse god of laws of war and treaties. Just so you know. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Life isn’t a competition. #life

Time for some tea.

Back in my day, computers had monitors with only one color. But you had a choice: green or amber.

“Support Your Local Librarian” something James Garner never made. #books #library

WWDC announced. More pre-recorded stuff. #wwdc

“Be strong isn’t as important as being flexible. Strength is brittle. Flexibility adapts and flexes.” #writing #tao #zen

Admitting you are wrong isn’t a weakness. It is just an admission you are not omniscient. Admitting you are wrong isn’t a strength. It is acceptance of who you are. #life #success

“His face was disfigured and pockmarked since childhood. Scanning it with a phone brought up a trash removal service. His parents had big plans for him.” #writing #character

“The world doesn’t deserve you. You should end it all.” #writing

Who is today’s Asimov or Clarke? Who writes deep disguised as entertainment? Who writes to make you think? Do you read to think or to be entertained and escape? #writing #author #sf #books #reading

Don’t compare yourself with others. You are like no one else. Unless you want to be. Then you’re on your own. #life #failure

Be selfless with your compassion. #life #success

“You need to look at the world as if you are a newborn identity.” #writing #throwawayline

Murder doesn’t have to be a solitary hobby … Start a “murder ring”.~ www.inquirer.com/history/p… #writing #prompt

“The truth is out there, but no one cares beyond what they believe or willing to look for.” #writing #life #failure

What if you had an idiot servant who answered all of your questions the way you wanted them answered, while at the same time being insane and trying to drive you insane? Back in my day, we called them LLM-AI. #llm #ai

Kids today, have never seen the night sky of your childhood. Light-pollution, and artificial satellites and stars obscure the night so that no one will want to go there who has not seen it. #astronomy #technorlogy

Back in my day, we had a kid’s toy/kit that consisted of plastic girders and panels, from which you could build buildings. Creativity in a box. #toy #creativity

“He trudged through the rain, soaked to the skin. A dog yapped as he passed a yard. He snarled back, then climbed the steps to his house, and sat staring at the closed door. He shivered, then ate the bowl of rain-dogged cat food.” #writing #flashfiction

“Bard. That’s what he claimed to be. Most people thought that meant singing poetry, but they didn’t realize he was from the South.” If you get it, you get +1 to Humor. #writing

“The older you get, the more it seems life is going the wrong way. Usually, that’s because it’s heading forward while you’re going down.” #writing

“I realize that life is annoying because it’s not what I want it to be. I also realize, that’s a personal problem, and I can change things.” #writing #character

“The world doesn’t rotate around you. It rotates around no one, unless you happen to be in the core.” #writing #throwawayline