“Money isn’t power, but it can convince those with less of either that it is.” #writing

“He was The King. He never died, but he had Left The Building.” #writing #throwawayline

“‘I’m a rakish fop.’ He winked at her. ‘Add this to your fop,” she said as she formed the letter ‘L’ with her fingers and placed them on her forehead.” #writing #throwawayline

“Every few minutes, he’d pray to the God of Order, yelling out for all to hear in the church of the god. He was an underpaid waiter, by trade, praying for a better job.” #writing

“The rich are just poor people with more money than brains, but they’ve learned to game the system.” #writing

Phew! I’m done the editing/rewrite pass of “Coins of Destiny”. I did find some things I want to address along the way. Tense consistency check next after taking care of the things I found. Then, a final grammar spell-check pass. #writing #editing

It is better to bend than break. Even a wall eventually crumbles and falls. #life

Happy National Flip a Coin Day

So, do you spell it tyre, or tire? Do you tyre or tire? Retire or retyre? Personally, I spell it IInformation Technology.

It’s a gorgeous day. And I forgot it’s Saturday. Bummer. Spent all morning indoors.

“The older you are, the more about which you have to complain and celebrate.” – ancient proverb I just made up

Thank you all for putting up with me. I know you have a choice of idiots to follow.

“Drama is just comedy without a sense of humor.” #writing

Happy Speak in Complete Sentences Day

Hello. It’s Friday. You know what you have to do. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

WWDC: I’d like to see, but won’t. Upgrades to iLife apps and Journal app. Rework of Calendar/Notes/Reminders UIs,APIs, and functionality. Given up hoping for meaningful changes to XCode and Books. What I’m expecting; VisionOS, rudimentary so-called AI. Stuff no one needs (more emoji). #wwdc #apple

Happy Loomis Day Look it up…

“How would you like that cooked?” “Medium-well.” “You don’t want it perfect? I think we can manage.” #writing #throwawayline

Bring Back the Red Pandas!

When you isolate a function that causes problems and can’t deduce the problem, rewrite the function differently. At least you’ll have different problems. #programming #swift

“We tried delivering your life, but no one was home.” #writing #throwawayline

“I part my hair in the middle.” “You seem to have overdone it.” #writing #throwawayline

Anyone doing anything absurd today?

“Sometimes you have to struggle to appreciate the air.” #writing