Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts on December 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Is today your birthday? Happy birthday! And if you’re interested in knowing how many people share your day, The Daily Viz has a fun graphic for that. But no matter how many other birthdays there are out there, yours is still special.
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, Thoughts on December 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Programming note: We’re taking a bit of a break this week, so expect more quotes and pretty pictures.
Oh look, a quote! And a pretty picture!
“If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by ‘we’ I mean every living thing. To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, family, Thoughts on December 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, social media, technology, Thoughts, Writers on December 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Brief social media aside:
So, Twitter continues to be a cross between a quagmire and a cesspool, and many users are looking for greener pastures. If you are one of them, or just happen to have an interest in other forms of this thing called social media, you may have heard of Mastodon. It operates on a decentralized platform, it’s cool and it’s just a tiny bit confusing.
In the interest of clarifying the model and the process of getting started, Joanna Stern over at The Wall Street Journal (of all places) put together a short, free explainer.
How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter – WSJ
Important note for those of us who are still five at heart: messages on Mastodon are called toots.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, snowstorm, Thoughts, winter on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Like so many today, we’re snowed in and making the most of it.
“Oh lovely snowball, packed with care, smack a head that’s unaware! Then with freezing ice to spare, melt and soak through underwear! Fly straight and true, hit hard and square! This, oh snowball, is my prayer. I only throw consecrated snowballs.”
― Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #whydoesmycomputerhateme?, Thoughts on December 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Ever have one of those bad tech days? You know the ones, where programs that worked yesterday don’t work today, and the thing you tried to fix is now even more broken, and the work files you need have mysteriously disappeared? Here at Chez J, it’s that kind of day.
I’m meant to be updating my computer later and I’m not ashamed to admit that I am Very Afraid.
Step one: back up everything!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts on December 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
For various reasons involving the fine city of Edmonton, the alarm went off at 4:15 this morning. I decided to get up and start my day, to see what it’s like to be One of Those People who gets up famously early, like Michelle Obama or The Rock.
Will it mean a day of enviable productivity, or hours sliding into a disconnected haze?
We shall see.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, genre fiction, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
Next thing you know, you’ll be ready.
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts on December 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I finally got in to see my doctor after many, many months.*
Everything looks good, he said.
Today I have the sniffles.
* The delay was due in large part to our doctor’s medical leave. I still very much appreciate the Canadian health care system and its workers.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, home, Thoughts on November 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
We bought the cat a little toy chicken with a fluffy feathered tail. Here’s what it looked like this morning:
I guess he liked it.
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