Good morning, everyone. It’s wind-down Friday. Don’t just shut off Friday eve. Ease into the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Country/western music might be tolerable without twangy guitars and nasal/whiney singers and lame lyrics. #music

Love how 26 often goes into half screen mode as if it thinks it’s on a flip phone. This has persisted for a couple of versions. #ios #apple

“If you’re upselling, you either are desperate or greedy.” #writing #marketing

“Will you milk what you’ve produced, or move on to another cow?” #writing

Life is easy if you expect it to be hard.

“The slime wasn’t worth hunting.” If you get it, you play games. #writing #throwawayline #character

Hello. Find a reason to smile today. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

What do you do with your ideas once you get them? #life #productivity

I miss working on/teaching HP/Tandem NonStop® systems. There’s something about working on a system that you don’t have to reboot every day. #programming #it #education

Plan for tomorrow: — work on “To Gain Knowledge” — program a bit — read — errands — eat (a priority)

“Greed and Syntax” - An out of work programmer, concocts a scheme to hold all of the world’s development teams hostage using an AI to extort a ransom from their governments. #writing #prompt #throwawayline #ai

Good to see Spiderweb Software is still in business and producing new games. I used to love these on the old Macs. www.spiderwebsoftware.com/avernum/a… #game #mac

“You’re worrisome.” “No. I worry a lot.” #writing #throwawayline

People should use “dast” more often in conversations and in writing. @grammargirl #writing #raymondchandler

“It’s OK to show emotion. The problem is humans expect context-sensitive emotions.” #writing #throwawayline

That’s the problem with summer. Shorter days. #summer

“A leader leads, he does not dictate or determine.”

“On the plus side, we had him. He not only tipped the scales, he flattened them.” #writing #humor #throwawayline

When things are serious, that is the time for some hilarity. For example, if at a funeral, say the loss of a loved one is a grave situation. You may be stoned, but that’s also your excuse. #humor

Anyone else think that drinking wine out of plastic/paper cups is gouache (sic)?

Decisions decisions #food

I think I’ll play with the Raspberry Pi’s today. I haven’t done that in a while. #programming

Cool! One of the servers just asked for my card when he saw the book. He said he wanted a copy. #book

Lots of authors signed up to attend Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity. I’ll be there wrecking havoc, as usual. If you go, let me know, and I’ll buy you a drink/coffee. And yes, they have events open to the public. creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/2025-auth… #mdc3con #book #author