“Slow your metabolism. Hold your breath for 8 minutes.” #writing #throwawayline

What was the last idea that you followed through to completion? Don’t respond with anything trivial, such as “I woke up”, or “I decided to eat tacos”, #life #idea #accomplishment

“Rosicrucianism” just popped into my mind along with “fantasy novel”. Not sure why, but I can accept the potential for the premise. I’ll have to put that idea onto my Someday/Maybe list My mind is usually correct. #writing #rosicrucianism #fiction

Benefits of AI: — good at looking stuff up and make you lazy. — good at interacting and make you anti-social. — good at selling you things and make you spend money — good at selling you ideas and indoctrinating and controlling you — smarter than you are and lower your self-worth #ai #life

Be like a tree. Branch out.

“If you break the law and you get away with it, it doesn’t mean you’re not a criminal.”

“Yours is a second-hand life, passed down from generation to generation. You have to wear what you’re bequeathed.” #writing

I saw two goslings jostling each other. I guess they were goosebumps.

Sometimes the only motivation you need is yourself. — ancient proverb I just made up

“He was a textbook genius. He had read up on it.” #writing #throwawayline

“He launched himself, unsure where he would land, but knowing he would be somewhere he had never been.” #writing

“Your comfort zone is where you huddle in fear of failure, cursing that the world isn’t what you thought it would be and too afraid to go out and enjoy the sun.” #writing

Observed: a party of about 20 older women in red hats. Conspiracy theories? #writing

It’s spring allergy season, I guess.

Editing moving along. It’s lunch time.

Last night, I got my memory dump working with the new memory structure. Now, I can focus on rebuilding the FORTH to use the new memory. #programming #forth

Good morning. Remember that you are the only one who can say what you can be. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Today went way too fast and it’s still not even Tuesday.

“His hand shook uncontrollably as he drew the outline of the summoning circle with a stub of chalk. Moments later, a disgruntled looking hedgehog popped into existence.”

Aiming high takes as much effort as staying where you are, so you may as well aim high. #life #success

One of The Gathering enjoying the weather. Oreo is having a good day. #feral #cat

“If you don’t think life is absurd, you take it too seriously.” #writing

In Delaware, most of the restaurants have TVs tuned to something that advertises itself as pmslive with a hashtag. I guess men in DE are into PMS.

I keep getting spam calls from “publishers” wanting to republish my books. Most read a script (badly). Many don’t even mention the book, and mispronounce their company name. Most real publishers are too busy to cold-call. #publishing #scam #writing

Just because you don’t know their name, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t appreciate them. #life #success