It’s time for a break. I’m trying to wind down work on “The Cat and the Warlock”. #writing #editing

Happy International Tea Day Relax. Have a cup of tea.

Hello. Be patient. Be kind. Be generous. Breathe.

Time for some tea.

Hm George Wendt died.

I’m not sure why but all Apple Macs here in the US seem to ignore filtering spam by French keywords. If I try to filter by ‘avec’ in the subject, the email still come through—even when it’s the only filter. #apple #spam #email #failure #french

Mind-dump complete. Thank you for putting up with me.

Everyone and his dead uncle are releasing an AI, not realizing few want the touted capabilities and ‘insanity’. #marketing #ai #failure

“He frequented bars to run away from his problems, but alcohol was his biggest.” #writing

I must be age-ed. I just checked the Philcon 2025 schedule and there is no one there worth going to see. It’s a hard pass again. #philcon #convention #sf

Pennsylvania is implementing a new law where use of cellphones while driving illegal. So is driving above the speed limit.~ #life #failure

“Revenge is a way of seeking justice. It may make you feel better, but it is irrational and just causes a cycle of vengeance at best, and wars at other times.” #writing

Who was the first bard to adopt the new-fangled writing system? #writing

“Follow me to the Promised Land. I have some swamp land I want to sell you.” #writing

“Those who bet lose.Those who market betting win.” #writing

PSA: News sources, please stop reporting “Trump admin (does x)”. Do you mean the administration, or a specific administrator (admin)? And start reporting who in the administration, rather than generalizing (either way). Lazy/A( reporting isn’t reporting. #news #failure

Just because you do your own thing, that doesn’t mean you are doing it correctly or the right thing. #life

Find time in your day to do something absurd, silly, or fun. That’s the path to sanity. #life

“The sun rose where it usually did. But due to local politics, it rose in the north, and everyone believed.” #writing

The snark is high today.

I haven’t checked lately. Has X been taken over by bots yet? Are there any humans left in the social wasteland who struggle to survive? Do they still fight to the death for scraps of power and feed on each others’ dollars? #x #twitter

“Age never provides wisdom to the arrogant or stupid. Trusting an old person to do the right thing is akin to trusting a one year old not to soil itself. Actually, you can’t trust anyone to do the right thing. You need to leave that to fate. Even you still can make a mistake.” #writing

“His fingers ran over the keyboard and never came back.” #writing

“Even God made a mistake. He created humans.” #writing