You as a person also have to understand that there are things in this life you cannot control, and one of those things is a cat.
— Ella Cerón
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Things In This Life
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, cats, Thoughts, Tuesdays, unpredictability on December 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
There It Is
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts, Writers on December 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it. Ignorance may deride it. Malice may distort it. But there it is.
— Winston Churchill
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Useful Today. Or Any Day, Really
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts on November 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
From the annals of the “Thoughts that have been thunk many times before but are still sometimes good to think again” archives, I found this idea useful today:
When it comes to creativity, you can do anything if you don’t care if it’s perfect.
And you should.
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The Terminator as Art Critic
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts, toddler art on November 29, 2023| 2 Comments »
I found a picture that I drew of a dragon, lo those many years ago.
Being the curious sort, I decided to see if AI was worth its salt by (obviously) uploading the image and asking it to animate said dragon.
I hoped for something cute and silly.
(Well, actually, what I expected was for it to say, “Are you kidding, lady? And also, You call that a dragon? I could do better than that while managing air traffic control for LAX! Who drew this thing, a toddler?” Yes, more or less. No need to be mean about it.)
What I got was a canned reply on how to animate, plus this:
So, not my dragon and not an animation. Just a lot of “Ooh, look at me,” with a heaping dose of computerized side-eye.
Kind of the internet in a nutshell, actually;)
An Early Career
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on November 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »
This image is a snapshot from my early career as a book reviewer. I was probably… eight?
Not sure why I found the word “flat” as interesting as the word “forbodes”, but I was right, I did read more Tolkien.
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Work, It Could Be Worse!
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, it could be worse on November 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Ever had a work day where the bottom just seems to drop out beneath you, and things spiral from bad to worse? Of course you have, everyone has, but probably few have had a day like the folks in this story:
Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
Early in the morning on November 20, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse beneath them. They had been probing for oil under the floor of Lake Peigneur when their drill suddenly seized up at about 1,230 feet below the muddy surface, and they were unable to free it. In their attempts to work the drill loose, which is normally fairly easy at that shallow depth, the men heard a series of loud pops, just before the rig tilted precariously towards the water.
Here’s hoping your day is a swirling vortex… of awesome.
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Lazy Sunday
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on November 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“Well, imagine if we only ever did what we were supposed to…”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club
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The Mustache, An Abbreviated History
Posted in Funny, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on November 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
As we enjoy Movember, a.k.a. the month where men either grow facial hair in support of men’s health, or use it as an excuse not to shave, here is A hairy history of the moustache.
And just because, here’s a mustache-related ditty written by Stephen Foster:
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Always Becoming
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, growth, Thoughts, Writers on November 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L’Engle
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An Exotic but Well-Kept Craft
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, craft, creativity, history on November 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I came across an article about socks. Why share? Because I happen to like good socks, and I like history, and I like crafting. And these are very special socks.
1,600-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Socks Made for Sandals
I had never heard about the technique behind these socks, which is called nålebinding or nalbinding (literally, needle binding). If I were to characterize the method, I’d say that it’s knitting without the needles, or crochet without a hook, and if Wikipedia is to be believed, nålebinding predates both. Now more closely associated with Scandinavian cultures, the oldest known examples date from the Mediterranean around 6500 BCE.
If you also wonder what it took to make a sock in ancient Egypt, check out this site for descriptions and instructional videos.
I will now go appreciate the drawer full of socks I did not have to make.
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