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I’m Fine, How Are You?
Posted in Entertainment, Funny, tagged #CoronaCreativity, #ThingsILike, creativity, fun on April 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The Balance
Posted in Funny, tagged #thebalance, funny, home, Motivation, persistence, Thoughts on January 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Ever have one of those days where it seems like everything goes a little wonky? I think of it as The Balance.
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Many item drops in video games are randomized but still seem to follow a pattern. It’s as if “randomness” is spread over a thousand rolls of the dice, and has to balance out in the end. So if you’ve gone days without getting a decent drop, suddenly you get three great items. Or if things have been going your way, you get a sudden run of bad luck.*
I find this happens in real life too. Some days everything goes perfectly, but other days?
Not so much.
Some days, if there’s a cord to trip over, I trip. If there’s a remote to drop, it’s dropped. And if the cat decides to get into the closet and eat dry cleaning bags, you can be sure that any effort to stop said behavior will result in a catastrophe of much greater proportions.
Like what, you might ask? Like thwacking one’s head against the treadmill desk holding your breakfast smoothie and having it all come tumbling down.
Everywhere. On everything. And then spending the next two hours cleaning it up.**
That was no fun but it’s actually kind of nice to have such things concentrated into one day. At least you know it’s coming and can prepare accordingly.
- Will that knife balanced at the edge of the counter fall? Yep.
- Wonder if you can carry that mug of tea and three books on your laptop and make it downstairs without incident? Nope.
- Think you might have forgotten to close the garage door? Definitely!
The Balance. It’s not real, but it might be true;)
(As an added bonus, now I know how to disassemble my treadmill:)
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* I know this isn’t how randomness and statistics work, I’m just saying that some days, that’s how it feels.
** Someone needs to investigate the usefulness of chia seeds’ gel coating for adhesive. So sticky!
Ok, This is Cool
Posted in Funny, Likes, Science!, tagged #ThingsILike, awesome, fun, science on August 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon and I’m in the mood for a little fun. If you are too, check out this trick over at NPR. Mr. Man and I just tried it and it is exactly as cool as it looks.
Mwahahahaha! Oh, and the idea to use this technique to ease childbirth is fascinating too.
This Quiet Season
Posted in Funny, Likes, Writing, tagged creativity, Fiction, literature, quotes, sff, society, speculative fiction, Terry Pratchett, Thoughts, writing on July 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I am still on a bit of a posting holiday, apparently. A lot is happening here at Chez J, but it’s all ruminative on the writing front, nothing to see here… yet. Before you head off to what I hope is a terrific summer day, though, have a slice of on-point social commentary from a master of speculative fiction, in conversation with DEATH (who, perhaps unsurprisingly, has a lot to say about this business of life).
[tl;dr: be excellent to each other, or what’s the point?]
“All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable.”
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
“Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—”
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
“They’re not the same at all!”
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
“Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—”
MY POINT EXACTLY.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Mashup Monday
Posted in Funny, tagged #briankesinger, artists, awesome, calvin and hobbes, fun, inspiration, star wars, Thoughts, work, yay on March 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Here’s hoping you have a good day, even if it is a Monday:)
Do It On Purpose
Posted in Funny, Likes, Writing, tagged artists, awesome, creativity, Dolly Parton, Fiction, funny, inspiration, persistence, quotes, science fiction, sff, space pirates, speculative fiction, Thoughts, work, Writers, writing on June 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I realized that I have been trying to write a serious version of what is clearly a goofy, rollicking space pirate adventure. Obviously!
That led me to recall the following wisdom from a modern-day sage (who should know):
Figure out who you are. Then do it on purpose.
― Dolly Parton
