In case you haven’t been paying attention. May is next week. Next thing you know, it will be winter.

What characteristic have you seen in a person that has astonished you—something unusual? #writing #character #personality

“When your hair is bigger than your head, you’re compensating for something.” #writing #throwawayline

Being human is strange and isolating. It’s almost like being an animal, but you refuse to relate to the world and nature around you. #life #failure

Server: “Do you want a beer?” Man : “No. I need to drive.” Server : “What do you do?” Man: “I drive a beer truck.” #writing #throwaway

“No, son. Cannubial doesn’t have anything to do with cannibals.” #writing #throwawayline

I think I’ll spend this afternoon working on FORTH and playing with PICO-8 a bit. I’d really like to have Picotron on a Raspberry Pi, however. Hm. Maybe I should write an OS… #programming #forth #pi #picotron

The implicit assumption is that AI, such as it is, is better than humans. Humans have given up. #ai #failure #life

“It’s not fun if you don’t know you’re having it.” #life #writing

“Everyone thinks they can do better. That’s why things are so much worse.” #writing

“What if life had a bonus round and this is it?”

My bucket list: — go to the store and buy a new bucket. #life

OK. I deserve to eat something today. I got a lot of editing done this morning.

Happy National Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day Make sure your pigs are warm.

Here’s a question: Why do you have a blog? – it’s fun – it’s what I do – I was bored and it felt like a good idea – everyone else has one – it’s a good way to start a cult – it makes me feel important – to make money #blogging

Good morning. Be grateful you have social media. Your ancestors had to bang rocks together. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Back in my day, a suit and tie were required at work, every day. I refused to ever wear a tie. I guess I won.

It’s a highly pleasant weather day. Go outside and bask. I went out and sat on the grass.

Spam Emails #publishing #failure

I love spam emails that impose privacy restrictions without my consent: “This email communication is intended as a private communication for the sole use of the primary addressee and those individuals listed for copies in the original message. The information contained in this email is private and …

I love the smell of agent-publisher spam in the morning. Especially when the email is full of hype, large dollar figures and uses every font except Comic Sans. I like Comic Sans. This from, a supposedly, reputable company. #publishing #agent #writing #failure

Do you know what we haven’t had in ages? New iOS chrome. #apple #wwdc #ios

Hm. Apple Event May 7 #apple

Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography

Happy German Beer Day Go out and celebrate.