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This one hits close to home. I enjoy all the new stuff, but there are simpler things in life that are just as enjoyable. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/yeep

“Afternoon drinking” sounds better than “Day drinking”

Went on a road trip with a couple of high school friends. We have stayed connected over the years, the frequency of communication ebbing and flowing like the tides. The thing is, our conversations get fairly deep pretty quickly. We’ve been able to talk about important stuff since high school when our lives stretched out…

Sorting and choosing I think this makes a lot of sense. Figuring out which options are good enough is an important step to reducing option overload.

I’ve been trying to break some bad habits. When someone tells me that they have done some cool, I want to stop saying “I could never have done that!”. Instead, I want to say “That’s amazing, tell me about it!” When I learn that someone hasn’t seen a movie, gone somewhere, or heard music I…

Research Results*: When women move from their normal purse to a small purse (for example, to go to the state fair, sporting event, or concert where purse size is limited), the definition of the phrase “the absolute minimum” becomes somewhat fluid. As in “I only need to put the bare minimum in here.” Men related…

So this is a little late to post. I set these goals in Jan/Feb, but didn’t think to post them. I assume like other years it will change as the year goes by.

When our full-time career ends, there are three possibilities. Those are the only three choices. The chance of the first one is very low. We have some influence over where we end up, but we don’t control the opportunity part of things We do, however, have total control over how we react to it.

https://kottke.org/24/03/the-most-populous-cities-in-the-world-from-3000-bce-to-today This is a fun little video that shows the top ten populous cities in the world over the last couple of thousand years. Excellent visuals, easy to understand. I’ve watched it a couple of times and learn something each time.

A few years ago, we had just come back from a camping trip. We had been gone for a couple of weeks. This is springtime. Grass is turning green, trees are leading out. Rabbits are being born. But we didn’t know this. The rabbits were hidden in their little hidey holes. We didn’t even see…

I’ve been on mountains. Usually, I get to the top by driving, cog train (pikes Peak), and chair lift. But I’ve never climbed a mountain. Hiked up some big hills? Sure. Mountains? No. I am impressed with those who do, however, I have no interest in doing so myself. Why do people climb mountains? I’m…

i am currently working development edits for The Chess Game, my first novel. A development edit is the first edit and focuses on story and character. It doesn’t care about typos or word smithing. When I was waiting for the dev edit to get to me, I, as a writer with a normal level of…