It’s lunch time. It’s Friday. I think I’ll forage a burger.

Happy National Felt Hat Day …and if you’ve never felt a hat…

It’s in the 50sºF today. The geese are back. It’s autumnal.

Good morning. Inspire. Remember to exhale. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Tomorrow. Friday. Be there!

I was so busy today that I forgot there was a Nintendo Direct today. Snap! #nintendo

Anyone feeling tepid about tomorrow?

Time to switch it up. Pelikan M205 Petrol Blue Marble (M) with Nemosine Blue Snowball Nebula #fountainpen

Remember when Zoom was Skype?

“Anything more than 10 years old needs to be thrown out.” #writing

Back to rewriting bits of “Out of Time”. #writing #editing

Observed: “He buttered the bread with the precision and concentration of a Zen mechanical engineer. It took him an entire two minutes. He then proceeded to stuff the entire thing into his mouth.” #writing #character

“We live in 4/4 time, otherwise known as the dull times.” #writing #music

Humor is for people who have nothing else. #humor #life

If you don’t acknowledge and accept your own insignificance, you take yourself way too seriously. #life #failure

I’ve accomplished much this morning. But much is not the same as enough.

“The last time they met was the first time they danced; he the tango, she the flamenco They were soon married in an ostentatiously simple ceremony. They raised no children, but did adopt several dogs and cats of various breeds. Their life was a happy one—or two.” #writing

“Her name was Joy and that’s what she brought into life. There was no joy when she took out life.” #writing

“She knew all the great poisons. She used the most well-known and obvious one. She also knew they would look for someone more clever.” #writing #character

Do you track the books you lend to people? Do you allow them to write in them? Or do you not lend your books? Which of your books would you never lend? Are you a library? #books

Anyone remember “One on One WIth Larry Bird and Doctor J?” Electronic Arts. And all the cool Bill Budge titles? #apple #gamedev

“‘If you plan for yourself, you ignore the rest of humanity and your children and theirs. To me, it seems you’re planning your own death. I can help.’ He shook his head, sorrow in his eyes. then shot him.” #writing

“What are you good at?” “I can’t say.” “Because you don’t know? Or you can’t say because it’s embarrassing?” “Yes.” #writing #throwawayline

“They were old. They still knew how to party. But they always left to take a nap when the party started.” #writing #character

Let your mind roam free. Let it graze on ideas. If you restrict it, you limit your options. A person with a single option doesn’t have to think, but rarely accomplishes anything. #life