Hm. It’s a holiday weekend here in the US.

Greetings. Make the best of every day. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Weird. Micro.blog’s iOS app changed the timeline layout again. That’s 2x in one day. Not sure what’s going on.

Wow! Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity is next week already!? If you’re going, I’ll be there if you want to meet up and chat. #mdc3con #writing

I have an urge to visit a bookstore. I guess I’m taking a day trip tomorrow to the nearest one here in DE. #bookstore

“Most of us want to be famous. Some of us even pay for the privilege.” #writing

Why do we say we “made” a meal, instead of saying we cooked, or even prepared a meal? #weird #english #grammar

…filing as spam. I don’t do compliments to me well.

I’m questioning the veracity of the email given its overly-effusive as-if AI generated compliments. I’m leaning toward spam. #writing #production #toddpeters #adelsteinproductions #lastcall

This reads as a form letter, but supposedly from an actual actor/producer and an actual production company. Not sure what to think. Anyone gotten something similar? Usually spam reads like spam, this is questionable. #writing #producing

What part of your current life do you find difficult/problematic? I don’t mean aspect/action, but what part of YOU do you find difficult/problematic? #life

How/what did you play last?

I just got an idea for writing a parody. Somday. #writing

Life - #life

It still amazes me that I’ve published 8 books with good reviess. I started as a BioMed major, became an expert in fault—tolerant computing and relational databases, and now I’m an author. Life’s journey is like a meandering young river searching for its path. I hope I never become the old river, …

“I don’t enjoy seasonal transitions. I enjoy seasons. It’s not the change that I hate, it’s the reminder that I’ve wasted time.” #writing

“Sometimes you search for an answer without even knowing the question—or even if there is one.” #writing

I don’t know everything, but I can make stuff up when no one has an answer. ;) .~

I’m reading a well-written book where none of the characters are likeable—not even the protagonist. Is it a bad book? No. Would I recommend it? It depends.Is it a good book. Yes—but not for me. How would I rate it? 4/5. #books #reading

Are there any good alternatives to CodeServer? self-hosted on a RaspberryPi open-source programming IDE ? #codeserver #alternatives

Grr! MS just aged VS on Mac. I’m glad CodeServer is still open source, buggy and slow as it is. #vscde #codeserver #mac

“Never grow up! Never surrender!” #writing #throwawayline #galaxyquest

“He was a fool. Which isn’t to say he was foolish. His mistakes were deliberate and well-planned. But to everyone he was accident prone—or worse, an idiot. But his plan was to bring Murphy to task.” #writing #throwawayline

“The shackles of suffering bind everyone.” #writing

“What if an AI is more intelligent than you—which is/will be likely. Are you more intelligent than your dog? Or the fly you just smashed? Why do you consider intelligence a differentiator when you deem yourself the most intelligent species?” #writing #ai