Today, I learned you can use a Cheerio to view the eclipse and not go blind. I also have a bridge someone can sell you

“The Darkness comes. It will consume great swaths of the Earth. Animals will cower and cry in fear. Many will go blind at its sight. Where is your god now?” #eclipse #writing

Smile. Laugh. Play. Enjoy. You used to do that when you were a child. What happened? #life

Before adding something to your to do list, make sure you complete an item first. Otherwise, put the item on a maybe/future/wish list. Your to-do list should have no more than 1.5 items on average (queue theory). #life #productivity #success

Swift and SwiftUI are great, but they stink at being prototyping languages. #swift #programming #ios

Anyone want an US $850 puzzle? Or want to buy me one? www.lazels.com #puzzle

Hm. It just hit me I could now easily convert my FORTH from being implemented in Python to Swift. I won’t do either until it’s done. Normally, I’d just jump right in and do it, but I’m trying to teach myself to be more patient. #programming #forth #python #swift

Time to switch gears and get some lunch and free-write. That’s enough work on my FORTH. Im slowly getting there. #programming #forth

Hm. Earthquake in Phila? Nothing felt in Dover, DE.

I’ve got some basic (virtual) memory management words working. Right now, I’m limiting it to 1K. #programming #forth

Hello. It’s Friday. What are you gonna do about it? Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“Life is a once in a lifetime event.” #writing #throwawayline

What game are you playing and don’t want to stop? #game

There is a canyon between an April Fool’s joke and an April Fool’s Decption for Supposed Humor. #life

Well, Murphy showed up and taught me a lesson today. Time to move on.

Just because place ‘X’ (New York) gives you a decent price/connections, doesn’t mean you should hold your conference there. Many will avoid place ‘X’ regardless of what you offer. #conference

The truth. Is a red herring. Don’t’ seek reality. Seek Reality. #life #philosophy #writing

Be nice. Not because you want to. Not because you have to. Be nice because you can be. #life

Science has a way of proving some people wrong. —ancient proverb I just made up

“His soul singed. Not because he was in hell, but because he was enraged. He neither wanted justice nor vengeance. He knew those didn’t exist. What he wanted, more than anything, was to wipe the smugness from God’s face.” #writing

“Many believe that what they do doesn’t matter because their god will forgive them. What they forget is they will be held to account once they die.” #writing

“Professional writing is like professional wrestling. It’s all theatre. That doesn’t mean you don’t have skills.” #writing #wrestling

If you didn’t have to care about money, what one place in the world would you want to spend a month? #travel

Sometimes, the hero is because they die. #writing #hero

Books weren’t meant to gather dust. Read a dusty book. #books #reading #libraries