“The problem with gods is they are ultimately dictators and self-serving.”

Mondays always feel like Friday never happened. #life

Back in my day, we didn’t have umami, but we knew measles were a bad Thing. .~

“Sir, the koalas are massing at the border.” #writing #throwawayline

“Humans enjoy confusing their senses: hot and sweet foods, optical illusions, confusing scent with taste, etc. This extends to beliefs, religion, fact and fiction, politics and truth, and amusement rides.” #writing

If you have to promote your own book, you may as well do it yourself. You don’t need to pay an agent to tell you to do it. Having an agent provides a certain caché, but only if they do all the work. Remember, you are supposed to be an author, not a celebrity. #writing #agent #publishing #book

The reason people are the way they are is fear, greed, and laziness. #life

I still find it fascinating, in a horrific way, that Apple believes we all want AI everywhere. It seems they just want to compete with the rest of the bandwagon rather than providing value.. Letting something or someone think for you has lead us to where we are as a country.~ #ai #failure

Happy National Glazed Doughnut Day. It’s not something I’m good at baking/frying

‘It’s the season for Norton, LifeLock, and GeekSquad spam… #mail #spam

If you learn an old lesson, you should’ve learned it by now. #life

Observed: woman points to an Xfinity store and asks, “what’s that?” Get out much? No, not someone from another country

Good morning. Hello. Another week? Yes, please. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

History waits for someone to do something good.

Observed: woman staring at a Starbucks poster that has literally 9 words on it. For several minutes. I have no idea. #life

I wonder if people fear playing a specific board game and why. #life #game

“Amazon: Your life was delivered. Here is a photo. Too bad the neighbor’s dog got it.” #writing #life

If you can’t be calmest between you and the antagonist, you have lost. It won’t make for a good story, but that’s not what matters in the moment. #life #writing ‘

“Cronies are easy to come by. Servants need to be paid. Slaves are frowned upon. Now, a cult. That just needs belief. That’s where you get your bang-for-the-buck ” #writing

Vicious Rumor: “Die Hard: Dead at Last” is completing primary filming.

Overheard: “We’ll do the All-American Burger with cheese, mayo, and meat ONLY.” Do you need to specify “meat” in a burger, given there are no veggie burger options?

“Plan your holidays before you take them. Plan your projects before you make them. Plan your enemies before they take you. Plan your friends before they betray you.” #writing

Since when do books have soundtracks? #book #reading

A competition isn’t a game, if one player isn’t having fun. #life #sport #failure

“When your ego requires someone else’s help, you should give up. If your ego is larger than your opposition, you should give up. If you want all the power and control, regardless of your ego, you should give up. If you don’t give up, you can be stopped.” #writing

Squares pack. Circles don’t.

“He was always 4th and goal, and never saw it.” #usfootball #life

The most underrated fruit is_____, because _____. If you don’t know what a “fruit” is, do not reply. #botany #fruit

What’s next? We already have “social media”. Social-AI. Where you argue with social media AI trolls. #life #ai #social #failure

Math is fun, if you understand it and you don’t need to understand a lot of it to have fun. #life #math

“I’ll be honest with you…” “For how long?” #life #failure

“Life is quitting time.” #writing #throwawayline

When you bring your problems with you, you have excess luggage. #life #failure

You know you’re old when everyone asks about the 80s and if you were around back in history…

Do you believer the world/planet is better than it was? Is your country better than it was? Are you better than you were? You only have yourself to blame. #life #failure

“If your kid screams, they better be getting painfully killed.” #writing

I should write a book full of emoji… (emoji is plural. Not emojis.) Emoji are the hieroglyphs of today, and just as inscrutable. #writing

“I read a book on Audible…” Is the most inane thing I’ve heard. It’s like, “I read a podcast”, or “I watched the newspaper.” #life #failure #education #language#failure#failure

Hm. I wonder if symlinks work intra-Apple iCloud. I know they work in and out-bound. But what about between iCloud locations? I’ve never tried. If they do, I should have a way of syncing iOS to Boox or SuperNote.

Motivation is never generalized. To be useful, it must be specifically targeted. #life

I’m still fighting my way through the deep snow of writing the latest book–or so it feels. I’m about 1/4 of the way through the first draft (not draught). Granted, I’m not pushing myself with this book and don’t have a self-deadline. #writing

The Gathering: Everyone is still fine. No new visitors or additions. No more surgeries. Phew! Most of them don’t seem to want to go outside… Granted, it’s winter. #feral #cat

“I’m in the no.” “Yes, you are.” #writing #throwawayline

Have you noticed how sport players tend to pull down the neckline of their uniform/jerseys with both hands as if trying to escape it? Do any other professions do this? #business #sport #character

Time to switch it up. Benu Secret Garden (F) w/ Colorverse Siper Natural #fountainpen

I didn’t get a chance to bake today… tomorrow

Anyone feeling organized?

The world started to go downhill when we decided to pronounce “aluminum” as “AL-um-ih-num” instead of “AL-u-min-ee-yum”.

After using it for a week, I updated my organizer template to include a ToC with links, and general cleanup. #supernote #organizer