Setting goals is fine. Setting achievable goals is better. A plan is not a strategy. #life #2023 #success

“You retire when your treads are worn.” #writing #life

Reality is more than what you experience and think. It’s even more than the sum of what everyone experiences and thinks. Your reality is a minuscule portion of Reality. #life #reality

I have a fresh coconut I need to deal with.

Why isn’t it called “spackling the cake?” #writing

Ok. Apart from the British-ized single-quotes there aren’t many things that I have to change. #writing #editing

Hm. Bouchercon in San Diego next year? Maybe. #writing

I think it’s time for food and free-writing.

Happy Monkey Day

Complexity does not equal value. #life #success

Got back the edits of “The Singular Case of the Three Witches”, my Watsonian novel. The editor must’ve thought this was a British novel… all the quotation marks have been reversed. ' instead of “. Ugh. #writing #editing #holmes #watson

Hello. It’s cold out. Take care of people and animals in need. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: iOS free-write read bake something or other

“There is a point in everyone to which they can retreat for solace. Some choose not to return.” #writing

Just because you’ve figured out how to do something faster or easier, doesn’t mean you’re doing it better. #life #success

So what paradigm comes next: object-oriented, functional, ? #programming

It’s sad that pretty much every review states that Swiss Miss is among the best hot chocolates on the market. That and Nestles and Ghirardelli’s. Obviously they don’t review for quality but quantity. #marketing #review #failure

Just because you’re alone doesn’t mean you’re lonely. #life #success

Best arcade game of all time? Centipede. Flame on! #game

I’m having gruel for dinner. It’s that kind of day.

It finally feels like wintry weather sans snow. #netde

I have questions… #cat

USA Today suspends the best-seller book list. Remember: best seller lists were meant to sell newspapers, not books. #writing

Found an old ticket to a concert

Cranberry pistachio biscotti are baking. #baking