Waking up and not knowing who I am and how I got here is a very relatable theme in Project Hail Mary.

I finished major revisions to my manuscript. I've written a comedic novel with heart. This book is a major departure for me, but I like what I've written, and I want people to read it. Will send out a couple of Hail Mary queries to publishers/agents, and then most likely self-publish. Wish me luck.

I keep thinking about this lonely caged ball.

Ball abuse?

Be opalescent within the rocks and clay of living.

Muppet Babies Hunger Games seems like an idea worth pursuing.

Social media basically leavens whatever we are thinking or feeling. A small idea or emotion can become all-consuming if you let the algorithms run with it.

I don't trust anyone who isn't a bit cynical about their own words.

Watched Hamnet last night...Oh boy, I think I cried through half that movie. And that young boy (Jacobi Jupe), what an amazing actor. Best acting performance I've seen all year.

I love that the word problematic is problematic, which is problematic.

Possible idea. Fewer posts about the person next to you in a coffee shop, and more conversations with the person next to you in a coffee shop. Maybe? Possibly? Too much? Oh well...

I don't think it's constructive to critique mega-churches as only growing because superficial people are attracted to the expression. I've never been attracted to mega, but I think we would do well not to assume the worst about why people are attracted to certain communities & community expressions.

My latest sermon on Peter's denial of Christ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I_z...

Oh bother. Another party full of punks and cannonballers.

Sorrow is a strange fuel. Slow burning through the day, turning every thought inward, Impertinent to the boundaries of my heart. Creator of laments and love songs.

May I be more than a reaction to my wounds.

“Your delivery window is 8 am to Noon.” ADHD Brain: “All is delivery and delivery is all. There is nothing else forever and ever until delivery comes.”

Seattle Ferris Wheel

Guessing Game. What is this and where am I?

The more I stay away from social media, the more I am reminded that the agenda of social media is not the agenda of everyday life. When we use our best energy to engage with trending topics, we become bound to platforms that exist purely to profit from our engagement. Darkness trends.

Don’t forget to read this one as well.

I assume E.T’s name will be redacted.

I assume E.T’s name will be redacted.

There should be a chairlift competition in the Olympics with different rounds such as helping a child exit the lift.

After watching that curling scandal, I feel like double touching everything.

If we got a winter and summer Olympics, then we need to have a fall Olympics for the lazy!

After watching that curling scandal, I feel like double touching everything.

There should be a chairlift competition in the Olympics with different rounds such as helping a child exit the lift.

I feel like the judges undervalued my style points.

Call me old fashioned but I’m gonna vote for the person running against Hitler, every single time. This is an expression of my trend towards less Hitlerish politicians pragmatism.

Ever read a post that doesn’t sense but you because you think you sort of.

Political false equivalences are a great way to stay ignorant. Easy to make sweeping statements about all sides than to get informed or even admit we might be wrong.

I thought I would have done better in the short program.

I'd like to solve your petty dispute with a friend or loved one. Tell me the issue, and I'll decide who is right. I will only answer petty disputes. I'll give this possibly an hour.

The other day, I said to my four children, "It is just like a Coen brothers film," and they all gave me a blank stare at this reference, unknown to them. The interaction ended with me almost screaming, "You haven't even heard of Raising Arizona!" I then ceased to exist. This is but my echo.

Sometimes I go to Canada, just so I can see curling in the wild.

I love that every four years, most of the world remembers and then immediately forgets about curling.

Redact broccoli, and I agree with these sentiments.

My wife and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day. I mean, we give it a head nod, but it ain't really our thing. If it is your thing, by all means, keep doing you. 1/4

Maybe not everyone in the world needs to post about it....Like, two of us can focus on birds or something.

When they doing the Die Hard muppet movie?

I, like many of you, used to be on Twitter with a much bigger following (I know, blah, blah, blah). Anyway, every day I would post multiple times and get lots of interactions. In retrospect, this wasn't a very good way to medicate my ADHD.

Something about this place makes us all so certain about our opinions. It is like a place to practice not being wrong. I'm sure that'll help humanity. #sarcasmfont

If your leaders do not apologize, they are not leaders, they are false idols.

A human who doesn’t apologize is a human who doesn’t love.

This is worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

We have fewer shared cultural events as we did in the past. Sports and politics are a couple of the last places we watch or participate together. And in these moments we devour each other. It’s more than the content, it’s the continued devaluing of the beloved community.

My review of the touring production of Spamalot. themoderatevoice.com/review-of-th...

I can relate.

I skimmed through a 5-plus-hour video on fake prophets today, and I thought, maybe this is the way. Instead of commenting on every single thing, maybe just go away for a few months/years and create something really long that burns a false idol to the ground.