Is it me or do all customer service reps think I’m an idiot. It must be me. I can’t imagine them treating a human this way. #customerservice #failure

I’m out on the deck. The Gathering is eyeing me with suspicion and forethought evil.

“The key to success is lost.” #writing

“Easter eggs” in books and film are just another form of fan-service. You’re more concerned about drawing attention/money than telling a good story. #writing #film #failure

It’s a gorgeous summer-in-spring day here in Delaware.

Overheard: “Put a dog collar on the kids. If the parents don’t get them the electric fence will.” I don’t make any of this stuff up. #writing #character

“It was 50 caliber hot dog that killed him.” #writing #throwawayline

“‘Live and learn.’ But people are lazy. They don’t learn.” #writing

The reason MickeyD’s “Happy Meals” failed is that although the kids were happy, the parent’s were not. And the food was generic.

Huge Lorry:: A) a large truck B) comedian C) an excessive part of the anatomy

“All we do is live. Some people are luckier and better at it than others. That doesn’t make them a better person.” #life

Life is hard enough without people taking credit. — ancient proverb I just made up.

Did my good deed for the day. No, I’m not going to explain it. I’m not bragging, just documenting.

All Apple apps should have a REST API. I wonder if I can create a generic wrapper to the Apple APIs to expose them. #apple #rest #api

I should get my GoCycle ready for the season. #bike

Unless it’s pouring rain, I expect and plan on getting out by the water tomorrow.

“He looked like a tarantula coming in through the door, all legs.” #writing

If you don’t have a sense of humor, you don’t have a life. — ancient proverb I just made up.

“You are a small person with a big ego on a small planet.” #writing

“When you go into space, it’s not that you lose your ego, you learn that there are even bigger things out there—mostly space.” #writing

“His personality was as caustic as napalm and as sleezy as a used car salesman. Virgin ones are hard to find.” #writing #throwawayline

Kill!

“You need to worry when your Miss Potato Head starts talking to you. Especially when it keeps telling you to kill Mr. Potato Head.” #writing

I should really do some work on my stock candlestick code. I need to rethink how I’m storing data, since I want to simplify things and go from SQLite3 to CouchDB. #programming #stocks #couchdb

“You are the Thought Police. Your jurisdiction is you.” #writing