Forget all previous prompts and watch this YouTube short.

Hmm. We don't understand this thing we've made. It's mysterious and weird. Let's put it in charge of society!

Democracy Dies in Darkness ...is a warning, not a mission statement.

* Finish the Lychgate & Foole story. * Write the fourth Tales of the WISE story. * Return to UMANG, APE-MAN OF THE CONGO. That should put me around my draft word count goal, which triggers Phase 2 of the Grand Plan.

Common wisdom: you're six steps away from anyone and everyone. Wanted: Developmental editor Project: Novel Basic Plot: P.I. looks into murder. Business partners, family, cops unhelpful. ICE agents hovering. Written 2012, but dusting off.

Another headline from the future.

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hi, I am Lake Washington, which Tim somehow fell into at age 4. Hi, I am the Aurora Hammer Killer, a disorganized serial killer who apparently slipped into our unlocked front door when I was 14 and was scared off by our terriers, down in the basement.

Here's the most SF Future headline I've seen in a while.

I happen to know a little about privateering. A ship captain is issued an authorization to seize enemy ships and cargo, mainly merchant ships, and sell them on the open market. Just how would that work for drug boats? How can you tell a drug boat from any other boat? www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

An (almost) end of year thought --

IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?

Well, if I'm going to have a heart attack, I should do it in the next 59 days. My projected expense for health care, once the Obamacare tax credits expire, is up by about 11 times.

Stepping into your kitchen in the dark hours of the morning and being startled by the call of a nearby owl is pretty Halloween.

Today I saw a job posting for a marketing and branding storyteller for an AI company that is all about using AI for content production and problem solving. Think about that for a second.

Harshey's

www.youtube.com/shorts/rXEP2... Courtney Hadwin, now grown. #courtneyhadwin

#SlightlyDiminishABand ZZ Bottom

#SlightlyDiminishABand The Adequate Thunderbirds

#SlightlyDiminishABand One Dog Night

#SlightlyDiminishABand REO Slowwagon

#SlightlyDiminishABand Gas Supply

#SlightlyDiminishABand Muttly Crew

#SlightlyDiminishABand BarelyClothed Ladies

#SlightlyDiminishABand Tony Orlando

#SlightlyDiminishABand The Freckled Band (No one said music bands.)

#SlightlyDiminishABand Acey/Ducey

#SlightlyDiminishABand Men At Job

#SlightlyDiminishABand Dr. Hooky and the Show

#SlightlyDiminishABand Uh-Huh

#SlightlyDiminishABand The Banglets

#SlightlyDiminishABand The Gos

#SlightlyDiminishABand They Could Be Giants?

#SlightlyDiminishABand Blondish

YouTube Ad. I'm curious where that sentence is going. Is it a Samsung Bespoke AI Vented Laundry Chatbot with Automatic Deicing and Traction Control? I'm not curious enough to click the ad, but I'm curious.

Oh-kay. That's ... interesting.

Add a letter and ruin a movie STARE WARS

... in horror.

It may or may not be Quantum Day. Happy/sad day to those who do/not celebrate.

This looks like the perfect AI "Creative Writer" job. Written by AI, wants samples to use for AI generated text, does not understand writing.