“Most people’s lives are a set of endless cycles. These people worry about being in a rut. But the rut grows deeper with an exit condition of death. Heroes break the cycle so others’ continue at the cost of their own.” #writing

I’ve read “Starting FORTH” by Leo Brodie multiple times. He dropped implementation throughout the text, if you are willing to look for it. It’s approachable and understandable. He wrote on multiple levels at the same time. Beginner and implementor. Brilliant. #writing #programming #forth #education

“Reality isn’t about what you think or believe is real. Reality is.” #reality

“In an alternate universe, you were never born. Parallel universes don’t care. Everyone talks about how they are different, but there are an infinite number of universes identical to this one. No one has, yet, proven that the number holds any significance.” #writing #physics #philosophy

“Your nightmares say a lot about you. They are all recorded.” #writing

“Be grateful for all of the oranges that have sacrificed their lives in the name of juice.” #writing

“His humor was darkness itself. No one saw it” #writing

What would you like for your last meal? We all get one, after all. #life

Sometimes, you have to discover your own limits, before you can set them. Those that don’t usually pay a painful price. #life #success

How to Develop a Character in Three Steps 1 - Character through action. 2 - Character through dialog about action. 3 - Character through description. Never mind. There are only two steps. #writing #character

Celebrate the birthdays you will never have. #life

Sometimes you have to simplify to understand how things work. That doesn’t mean that’s how they work. #life

Just because you’re famous, doesn’t mean you’re good. #life

“I have a lot to learn. I should start learning it.” #writing

I keep forgetting the curses library exists. #programming

“Life is simple as long as you aren’t simpler than life.” #writing

I guess I should spend some time learning Phoenix. #docstring #python

“Gods are like cupcakes. You love them, but they are never around when you really need them.” #writing

“You look happy. Have you solved the murder?” “Not yet, but now that I have a new calculator, things are beginning to add up.” #writing #throwawayline

Time for some lunch and free-writing. I spent the morning cleaning up and refactoring the FORTH implementation. I even figured out how to talk to the GPIO pins on the RaspberryPi. Of course, I’m cheating a bit since I’m not using assembler, but it works. #forth #raspberrypi

Today feels like a nachos-for-lunch kind of day.

What do you call geese on the water? A wedge. What do you call baby geese? Ryans. If you get it, you get it. #geese

Be more patient. #life #success

I should get stuff in order to make chili this weekend. #food