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

Observed: man in restaurant belches loudly than whispers “‘s use me” to himself.

“When the majority don’t care, it’s often that they do care, but what they care about is at odds with civilization.” — Harry Sheldon

“When the majority don’t care, it’s often that they do care, but what they care about is at odds with civilization.” — Harry Seldon

Plausibility is the stepson of conspiracy. ancient proverb I just made up

Technology pushes you faster to keep up, but success lies in slowing technology so you can understand and control it. #life #technology #success #failure

“The world is being remade to allow the aliens to survive on our planet. Why else would the government not want to solve the climate crisis?” #writing #throwawayline

I should book the hotel for Philcon. #philcon