“Life without air, water, food, shelter, and humor is not worth living. Oh—and free medical care. And corn dogs—definitely corn dogs.” #writing #throwawayline

Vicious Rumor: Apple was going to simply call the VisionPro Vision, but Marvel owns the character. #apple #marvel #visionpro

Vicious Rumor: Apple looking into transmitted wireless energy to create a battery-less Visiion Pro. #apple #visionpro

Every single day adds up. — ancient proverb I just made up

When you go in to get bloodwork done, inform them that you will charge them for use of your blood and time, since without blood they would be out of business.

“Life is weird, son. Never understand the misunderstood. If you do, they will cease to be misunderstood and lose any meaning they may have had in life.” #writing #throwawayline

Watching an ad for something called a “Refillable Wand”. I was disappointed to hear that it had nothing to do with magic. Instead, it helps you snake out gunk from your sink pipes. #marketing #failure

“When the well runs dry, it’s time to turn to the sewers.” #writing

“A sliver of hope is worse than no hope. At least, with no hope, you know where you stand.” #writing

Happy National Garage Sale Day That’s like a Boot Sale for you Brits. ;) Weird thing is, they never sell garages and rarely boots when you get there.

“It was quiet—too quiet. It was so quiet I could hear the fish gathering their troops on the mountain.” #writing #throwawayline

I just juiced a bunch of peahces. Then Murphy struck and I knocked the juice over—all but one cup. Oh well. It’s time for lunch and free-writing.

Challenge yourself so ofhers won’t. #life #success

Sometimes you forget the obvious stuff. I just tracked down a niggly bug that was a result of me forgetting that dictionaries don’t maintain a sort order. Murphy strikes. #programming

Hello. Huzzah! It’s Saturday. Enjoy the weekend. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: — read — play some games — free-write — hang out — other stuff

Time for a small glass of cranberry mead.

It’s Friday eve! Stop trying to get stuff done. The weekend looms.

Many want an advantage, instead of wanting to improve. #life

Old Bay™ Seasoning is the ketchup of Maryland. Restaurants are, pretty much, required to put it on the table. Old Bay on crab. Yes. Old Bay on eggs? Old Bay fudge? Old Bay ice cream? Old Bay vodka? Etc. Absolutely not.

Country/western music is all ego-driven. It’s all about “my truck”, “my girl”, “my jeans”, “my goddamn dog”. That’s why so many like it around here. #music #failure

Disdain is the opposite of datdain.

Vicious Rumor: Elon to abandon the subscription model in favor of pay-per-word with multiple word tiers. A break will be given to advertisers.

“He wasn’t a killer, but he enjoyed killing. He wasn’t human, but he enjoyed pretending.” #writing

I will be at C3 and Philcon this year, if anyone wants to meet up. #mdc3con #philcon