The ancients wondered if life was a dream. The modern man wonders if life is a simulation. Soon man will wonder if life is an AI’s dream. The wise man doesn’t wonder. #life

What do you call a spiral where the lines intersect? There must be a topological/math term for it. #math $topology

“Are you The One?” “Why? Do you want to get married?” #writing #throwawayline

“Everyone has a price. Hers was a Coors Lite.” #writing

“Sometimes a diversion is the best way to get people to look somewhere else. Sometimes it’s enough to focus on the thing you are trying to avoid to get people to ignore it.” #writing

You can always cross a line that isn’t there. ancient proverb I just made up.

Sometimes, you have to let Murphy win.

It’s interesting that people cheer on a sports team because of their “home” town or nationality. Sports seems to be more about local/national pride than the accomplishments of the individual. Especially since individuals are “traded” between locations. #sport #failure

Memories are the bookmarks of our life. — ancient proverb I just made up

“I’m pleased with the way I turned out. I’m upset I didn’t discover that when I was younger.” #writing

You know humanity is on the downslope when the majority of people get their news from TikTok and Reddit. Apparently, that where most people now get their “news”. #humanity #failure

“Do you want to get married?” “Um—I don’t know you.” “That’s OK. I don’t’ know you either. But I have a kid I wasn’t expecting and I need to get married.” #writing #throwawayline

My creativity is at an ebb this week. Next week it will be in a drucker.

“The locked metal case wore the crest of an ancient and forgotten God. Too bad it was forgotten, for it would have averted the disaster when the case was opened. It seems even Gods don’t enjoy being replaced by technology.” #writing #throwawayline

I’m betting the beaches are going to be crammed-packed with bodies this weekend.

Murphy is out to get me today. I can’t even VPN into my dev Pi. Oh well. Time to quit trying.

PSA: It’s Friday. You don’t have to kill yourself. Drink lots of water.

It’s been such a non-productive morning that I think I’ll eat and free-write now.

OK. Time to switch gears. I couldn’t get the NAS software or the RAID software to run on the Pi/Eon. It just hangs. Oh well. #raspberrypi #nas

It’s a hot day. I think it’s also a good hot wings day, later. Heat indeces around 110ºF today. #netde

It’s already not a productive day, and it’s still only 8:30AM

It’s going to be nasty today. Stay hydrated. Take it easy. It’s Friday.

I’m looking into creating a RAID array on my Raspberry Pi so I can use it as my own cloud. #raspberrypi #nas #cloud

When was the last time you ate an egg salad sandwich?

“You really shouldn’t stab people who are already dead.” “Why? They don’t’ care.” “Um. Because they’re already dead.” #writing #throwawayline