I saw that Chris Evans was trending, clicked on it, and found a lot of cynical bitching. Good lord. I think I need to stop coming here for a little while. It's just constant bad news and stupid takes.

"The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go." I misread this and came up with The Exorcist first and thought, "Yeah, that tracks." But it's actually Return of the Jedi, which is way more optimistic than I expect or deserve.

Hey it's that time of year! Where everything is on fire and satire is my only coping mechanism! I'm feeling bitey so it's time for THE TECH BILLIONAIRE'S WISHLIST FOR THE OFFICE SECRET SANTA 1/

I honestly thought we'd reached a point where "zero tolerance rules" was considered a bad thing.

I think a lot of people aren't reading the actual statement in this. A key point: Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot.

Please read this whole thread about empathy and work and AI. It's friggin' fantastic.

I'm not going to link the vox article speculating that AI may be the key to generating new ideas. Ideas are cheap. Ideas are common. More important than the idea is the execution, regardless of field. We have already seen that what we're calling AI is not good at execution.

Once again, I have lost Whamageddon. I knew as soon I heard Mariah Carey on Melissa's playlist that I was doomed. Time of Wham: 12:17PM. This year, I never stood a chance.

Do I need to resubscribe to Disney+ so that I can cancel it again? I don't see how to vote with my wallet on this one.

Here are my thoughts about KPop Demon Hunters, which I'm shamefully late to watch. If you haven't seen it yet, correct this mistake. Don't wait like I did.

My bad. But still...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Here are a few words on my experience with Loscon 51. I enjoyed the convention itself, though there were a few things around the convention I could have done without.

Here are the top 5 of my #spotifywrapped. The fact that a Lewky song is my #3 means that I was very serious about very not serious songs.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Got a follow-up email from "Shannon Jain," the book marketing expert that messaged me a month or two ago. They sure are persistent. I still hate that they fed my stories to an LLM.

Baby shoes. Dirt cheap. HEAVILY used.

Ten or fifteen years ago, I would have loved to jump into a Star Wars ranking discussion. Those used to be fun! Now? Not so much.

Here is my Loscon 51 schedule! Hope to see you there!

A few words about Marjorie Taylor Greene, mostly so I can talk about forgiveness, which is in short supply these days.

I use Notepad daily. A lot of times, I just need a simple editor to type some stuff in. If you're like me, you'll want to turn off Copilot there, too.

She's coming.

Melissa got a new blood sugar tester. Checked hers tonight and it was over 200 (bad). She tried mine, came back as 104 (good). To make her feel better(?) we used my blood pressure tester. Mine, 154/103 (bad), hers 123/87 (good). This is what getting old together looks like. At least for us.

Attny: Objection! Judge: Vibrato? Attny: *sings* Judge: Sustained

I don't care if two grown men blow each other off, but I do care about the hypocrisy. And, if it's true, I can't think of anything that would unit the world more than the photo getting out. Can you imagine?

I have a guy that really wants to be a vibe coder, and I said in a meeting today, "in order for the LLM to give you your ring size, you must feed it your finger."

I don't know why I stopped watching Jelle's Marble Runs, but this morning I feel like stopping was a mistake.

After surviving the Hindenburg disaster and waking in 2025, Fredrick Rudolf becomes a butler aboard the luxurious Hawaiian Sun, where he and Concierge Leo Asher must navigate secrets, romance, & the 8th annual Queer Cruise. 👬mm romance ⌛alt history 🏳️‍🌈gay fiction 📚books books2read.com/Hawaiian-Sun

Depeche Mode's Violator album might be the most replayed in my collection.

I know that several of my friends here should see this game. For example, this would be an absolutely blast on the next (and *sniff* final) WXR cruise.

Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.

Happy Veterans Day! Here's a picture of me just on my way out of Basic Training. Hard to reconcile this young guy with the old man I see in the mirror these days.

Happy Disembodied Circulatory System Day, for all who celebrate.

I don't know how you come out of an election result like Tuesday and then fold like wallet. I don't see how you can look at the major shift -- in your favor -- and then decide to unconditionally surrender.

Here is a quick post about writing villains, and not drawing inspiration from our real-life villains, since they're... not fun. Also a look into why the current Mel Walker story I'm working on may be the last.

Hoodleaddle Hoodleaddle Life's a nightmare. 🐮

Today is the 7th already? Damn. I barely remember the 5th of November.

I feel bad for Liz Cheney. I don't agree with her politics, but she showed integrity and character, and the GOP ousted her for it. Heaven or Hell, wherever her dad is going, I hope he doesn't shoot anyone in the face and make them apologize for it on the way there.

I swear I'm not trying to write a blog post every day in November. But maybe I am?

I'm eating this Gala, thinking, "Am I tasting anything interesting here?" No. I'm not. This stupid apple just tastes like apple. Which is fine, but not interesting. Chuck has messed me up.

In this post, I talk about @chuckwendig.bsky.social's apple reviews as I give my own brief review of an Opal apple. You should be reading his stuff, btw. Found here: terribleminds.com

Why is China interested in my blog? Whole lotta traffic from there lately.

I'm looking forward to 2AM so much that I might just enjoy a second 2AM, as a little treat.

First:

Here's a few words and thoughts on attempting to write (or finish) a novel in November.

Just found out that my firewall rules were all wiped out on the 27th, so no one's been able to get to my stuff. It's all fixed now, but it's a bummer to accidentally get deleted from the Internet for 4 days.

We're doing our Halloween costumes at work today. This is what I look like in Teams.