Just because you don’t know or don’t understand something, it doesn’t make it amazing, unbelievable, or impossible. It just makes your world small and insignificant. #human #life #education #failure

Cool. Someone in Delaware just decided to use my turn lane as a center lane. #human #failure

Writing isn’t about selling copies. Yes, I know it’s blasphemy to many. Most write in the hope they make money, make a list, become famous. Choose your goals wisely. Success is not limited. #writing #publishing #success

I need to order some new business cards. #writing

Do people/teams still “take a dive”? #sports

“He sat prim and proper, an 1800s monochrome photograph pf a demure maiden in a dress larger than her life. He didn’t cause problems, until everyone laughed and pointed. That’s what the gun was for. It didn’t matter they weren’t laughing and pointing at him.” #writing #character

Stretch your limits. How else will you know how far you can go? #life

“Bck in my day, we had TVs. We didn’t have monitors that watched us. The TVs were fatter than our girlfriends and wives. Now…?” #writing #throwawayline

“He had a sticky Wicket. Blood does that.” #writing #throwawayline #starwars

I guess it’s time to thank you all for following me, putting up with my mind-dumps, reading my books, and most of all, interacting with me. I hope you find what I do either entertaining, or thought/anger-provoking. Thank you.

“When Hell freezes over, isn’t just a saying. It’s an invitation.” #writing

Humans are weird. They value money more than themselves. #life #failure

“Slow and steady doesn’t win the race. Molasses never did.” #writing #throwawayline

“Be the wild card. Just don’t be trump.” #writing

Any job that requires you to wear a suit and tie isn’t a job, it’s servitude. Too bad government employees don’t see it as such.~

A story is more than technique or a slavish following of an arc or beatsheet. Those are things that help support a weak story. A good story needs no structure. It only needs to affect the reader/listener. #writing #story

WWDC : I wish for a lot. I expect nothing this year. More of the same, with little new innovation. No, AI doesn’t count as innovation (especially if AI is created using AI).~ I do hope skeumorphism comes back given the rumors of a “transparent/lucent” UI redesign. #wwdc #apple #ios #ipados #mac

Observed: “He was the kind of person who lived a quiet life until he decided to go to Vegas and got lucky in more ways than he’d ever been. Then, he had to go to a loan shark.” #writing #character

Observed: “He looked like an accountant in an age where accountants were a dime a dozen. Still, he doomscrolled.” #writing #character

The weird human expressions one sees on YouTube thumbnails is a form of click-bait and spam. Too bad that most haven’t realized that, and still do it. Everyone bows to the algorithm. No one has anything creative to say. #youtube #failure #spam #marketing

When all the AI around you are dumber than the one you are…

We are expecting hail tonight. When I told someone, they asked, “What hail?” I replied, that the news was bad. If you get it, you watch old movies.

Observed: “The innocuous man at the bar, who bordered somewhere between pudgy and obese, and wearing a knit sport shirt with an undefinable pattern in vomit green, adjusted his glasses as he scanned the menu, only to doomscroll on his phone.” #writing #character

“Think before you pester me again about killing you. I might just do it.” #writing #throwawayline

“His swagger had nothing to do with his attitude, which mostly held pain due to a spinal injury.” #writing