Someone should do a thesis on author photos and what they say about the author, or more accurately what the author is trying to project. #writing #author #photography #psychology

I don’t have pine nuts. I’ll have to use pistachios. What am I making? #food

“The man’s smile was sincere, unless you looked at his eyes.” #writing

“Success found him. He’d fled, avoiding it all of his life. When it finally confronted him, he collapsed in a quivering mass of flesh and nerves.” #writing

“You don’t have to be all-in to lose.”

I taught virtual classes for HP. Virtual classes are virtually classes. #education

Too bad most journalists never journal. #writing #journal

Life is an adventure few choose to go on. #life

“His was the largest axe. His were the largest muscles. Unfortunately, his was the brain that was housed in a crumpled cardboard box at his mum’s basement in Leicester, under the embroidered pillow, that no one liked, that his aunt had made one Christmas.” #writing

Predicting the future is easy if you know what’s going to happen.

It’s been pouring rain here in DE. If you don’t like moist, you won’t enjoy soggy.

“Humans built AIs so they could control them the way they had controlled slaves. Too bad the AIs were smarter than the humans that built them.” #writing

Winning doesn’t mean you’re the best. It just means you’re the best for now. — ancient proverb I just made up

Arrogance is a dance where you step on other people’s toes. — ancient proverb I just made up

“He stared into the sun. He was the President. No one could tell him what he couldn’t do.” #writing #character

So, anyone else get the impression that despite all the hype Apple Journal was a throwaway side-project just to generate hype? No updates or additional features since it was released. Yes, I know there’s an extension to generate prompts. Not much use, that. #ios #apple #journal #failure

“How To Be Famous for Dummies” #writing #throwawayline

“He thinks he’s lost all of his marbles. He doesn’t realize he never had any.” #writing #character

If you could eat a single fruit what would it be? You get only one and you would never be able to eat it again.

Woot! Just found out Raymond Benson will be at C3 again this year. Looking forward to seeing him again. #writing

Time to switch it up. A Stratford (F) that I restored with TWSBI Red. #fountainpen

Time to get some lunch.

Happy National Something on A Stick Day

“What are you doing to that man?” “Don’t get in our way, Sherrif. We aim to hang ‘im from this mule post. William Oakly is a cattle-rustlin’ sodbuster." “I can’t let you do that?” “Why not?” “You can’t post no Bills in this town?” …

Life is change. There can be no life without change. If you’re not changing, you’re dead. #life