“Do not become married to your pride and arrogance.” #writing

Happy Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts Yes, it’s a thing.

Hello. Frost on the ground this morning. Sun trying to heat it into submission. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Maybe I should learn how to cross-stitch next year.

I have a bucket list. I should go to Home Depot.

Best arcade game in an actual game arcade? Centipede #game

Plan for tomorrow: — iOS stuff — cooking — eating — house stuff — reading

What if, the more money you had, the less it was worth?

Hire good people. Let them do their job. Allow them to learn, both formally and through side projects. Let them make decisions. Make certain they are neither overworked nor bored. Pay them a fair salary. #business #life #success

The Gathering: Spot’s four kittens are growing fast. Speck, the adventurous and rambunctious one, let me pet it and decided to come inside and explore. Spot now runs up to me when I open the deck door. I know I’m asking for trouble. #feral #cat

“Many smile by baring their teeth. Some smile inwardly, secure in themselves. Not all predators smile.” #writing

“His middle name was “Jimmy the Hatchet”, both because of his looks and his weapon of choice. That, and he wasn’t very smart.” #writing #throwawayline

You don’t need to be religious to be a good person. Good is only defined by all religions in order to control behavior. You can be independently good. That’s what so-called free will is really about. Happy holidays. #life #success

We all wish for peace and joy during th holidays. Few actually do anything about it. #life #failure

Keep things simple. That way you will better understand them. #life

Sometimes, the flow goes with you.

Humor is subjective. It has been the subject of much writing and debate. #humor

“Bring out your dead!” “Why?” “II’m hungry.” #writing #montypython #throwawayline

Happy National Have a Bagel Day. That could be any day, if bagels were to be had.

I want Apple to do a full rethink of their Books app. It works, but it’s so limiting. Don’t get me started on the new Journal app. Yes, it has a truly useless “Suggestings API”, but that’s about it. It’s like the Journal app was a someone’s side project Apple decided to release. #apple #failure

Having taken November off from coding to focus on writing, I find I’m now thinking more clearly about my code. If all you do is focus on one thing to the exclusion of all others, you grow numb to the thing you are focused on. Switch it up! Get a new perspective. #life #success #coding #writing

Well, it looks like “Out of Time” will be out in January. I was hoping it would be out in time for the holidays this year. Oh well. I’ll take the blame. #writing

Yes, fuddle is a proper word, as is draggle. Use them. #writing #words