Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, reading, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
For the days when I look down at the book I’m reading and think, “No research is worth this.”
“If a book is tedious to you, don’t read it; that book was not written for you.”
—Jorge Luis Borges
I’m also a firm believer in this:
“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures… If you like something, like it.”
— Dave Grohl
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Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on January 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This holiday season, I discovered that my oven is running 25F degrees too hot. I note this fact here as a helpful reminder that a cheap oven thermometer can be quite informative, and that the timing on some of the recipes I’ve posted here may not match yours. If, you know, your oven actually works as it should.
Even so, happy baking!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
— Pablo Picasso
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Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, future, genre fiction, predictions, science fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
For me, the end of a year is a great time to think about the future.
What did one of science fiction’s most acclaimed writers think about the future back in 1980, what’s changed, and which of his predictions have already come to pass?
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Posted in Entertainment, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, television, Writers on December 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author extraordinaire, has a wide variety of abilities and interests. He also, apparently, liked to watch the Six Million Dollar Man.
Specifications for The Six Million Dollar Man
There doesn’t seem to be an accurate version of the specifications for cyborg Steve Austin’s bionic parts anywhere online, so I have put one together.
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, fail, humans, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I prepped a post for yesterday and assumed I was all set, but didn’t actually get it scheduled into the correct slot. Drrp. So I’m posting an extra one today, and linking to a fascinating graphic on cognitive bias and the many (many) types of assumptions humans are prone to making.
Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic
Science has shown that we tend to make all sorts of mental mistakes, called “cognitive biases”, that can affect both our thinking and actions. These biases can lead to us extrapolating information from the wrong sources, seeking to confirm existing beliefs, or failing to remember events the way they actually happened!
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Every person on this planet needs love, dignity, and purpose.
— Rich Paul
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
— John Wooden
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, haiku, writing on December 26, 2023| 1 Comment »
From the same stash of childhood ephemera as the Great Green Dragon, I give you a haiku on the theme of the moon.
O Mistress, come see!
What is this caught in the net
Of the cherry tree?
— Jenny J.
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Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Christmas, Thoughts on December 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
― Charles Dickens
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