Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap. (I'm assuming it's from a published work. Otherwise, I'll be here all day.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o40...

Impeach everyone.

"Lower-value human capital" LVHC, that's me.

I am slow-rolling to starting a website for promo and blogging. Any particular suggestions about providers? WordPress seems to have a lot of push. Wix seems to be easy to work with? Squarespace also seems easy to work with?

It's VE Day, the generally agreed-on day that World War Two ended in Europe, marking the defeat of Germany and a serious setback for fascism. Not final victory over fascism, mind you. Keep fighting.

Lo! Hear the words of the seer!

May 4: The very first basketball season opens, 1871. The Kent State Shootings, 1970. Rhode Island renounces allegiance to King George III, 1776. Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union, 1990. A general strike begins in the UK, 1926.

Recently I had a dream where a magician (sleight of hand) asked for my library card for a trick. Then something happened to break up the scene and I never got my card back. In last night's dream, I got into my wallet, and the card was still missing. My dreams have continuity.

Ad abstract reads like someone's hiring for a car booster. The full ad reads like they're looking to rip off the car finder. $50 a car, potential $75k per years ... huh, math says that's not likely.

If you see this, post a monster.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Of interest to humans.

After 15+ years of observation, I have reached a conclusion about social media interactions: It is far more painful to be willfully misunderstood by a handful of almost-allies than to be screamed at by a hundred frothing enemies.

Post something random or you will have an awful April. Ah yes, how well I remember these comedy classics.

Updating my resume. Summary section: Accomplishments, qualities, achievements:

Tax time. ACA bites me every year.

About that Firefly restart: I don't mean to pop a bubble here, but isn't Wash suffering a severe case of death? This was not a mild case, it looked like the kind you don't get over. #firefly

The Epstein Files are still there.

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