Plan for tomorrow: — Python stuff — editing/rewriting — make guacamole — read

And no, a thesauraus is not a kind of dinosaur.

Happy Thesaurus Day

Photo up. photosaday.visualnewt.com #photography

The darkness comes.

Excruciating decisions often lead to insignificant consequences. #life

Lunch consumed. Ideas and conversations accumulated. Time to run errands.

Be happy you aren’t the guy next to you who is losing money while playing blackjack on his smart phone and cursing. First world problems… #writing #character

This is why I go out to eat. There is a lot of fodder. I can’t make this stuff up. #writing #character #conversation

Overheard: “I want a salad. What kind of salads do you have?” Obviously, someone who can’t be bothered to read a menu, or doesn’t know how to read or look at pictures… #character #writing

Overheard: “I didn’t drink until I retired.” #character #writing

Are you a good person writing mostly about good people, or a bad person writing about bad people? #writing

If you don’t get a VisionPro in 2024, are you like a DOS developer working on old tech in 2001? #apple

Misheard? “You don’t have to be rich to drink Margeritas. #character #writing

There are a lot of lonely people in the world. AI can be the friend they need to comfort while exploring them. #ai #marketing

Is it too early for WWDC predictions/rumors? I think not. — mostly VisionPro focused. — new VisionPro APIs for iPhone/iPadOS/Mac — LOTS of bug fixes. — VisionPro-sharing between devices for collaboration — lots of 3rd party game and app Vision Pro demos. — useless emojis #wwdc

What have you learned this year (2024)? I learned I can draw a straight line. #win

I think I’ve got the hang of drawing/sketching a straight line. For me, that’s an accomplishment. I need to resort to guide points, but it works. On to basic shapes! #sketching #aphantasia

“Your new life is out of delivery, but is expected to arrive late due to snow.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m leaning toward bypassing #phillyete this year, for the first time. The rebranding/new venue is off-putting. I guess 2020/COVID has changed things… #phillyete

Empty your mind. I take that as literally as possible. An empty mind is a set of freshly laundered sheets for thoughts and feels just as comfortable.

“The phlegm was a rainbow of viscosity. It flew, projectile-like, to splatter across the small, round restaurant table, and in the process knocked over a glass of Merlot that crashed to the birch-wood floor, staining it as if someone had just been murdered.” Don’t write like this. #throwawayline

“Sometimes, I wonder about humans and what they must be suffering through to be so stupid.” #writing

“Back in my day we had dumb terminals. They terminated things and people. Now we have smart phones that subvert things and people.” #writing #throwawayline

Would you rather book a room or have a room of books?