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A Very Monday Kind of Quote

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , on November 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

— Vince Lombardi

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Seeds of Success

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success—if you are willing to learn from it.”

— Paul Allen

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Humor, That’s the Ticket

Posted in Funny, Other, tagged , , , , , on November 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

The arc of the moral universe is running very late. It’s sitting in standstill traffic behind a fleet of Amazon delivery vans, a burning Tesla, and a stretch limousine with Truck Nuts.

The arc of the moral universe is leaning on the horn.

The arc of the moral universe shouldn’t have stopped for that latte.

The arc of the moral universe owes you an apology.

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Dilithium All the Way?

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , on November 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

You know how some days a question gets stuck in your mind? For me today, it’s the question of where the energy comes from for Star Trek’s matter replicators. (Reminder: I came to Star Trek much later than Star Wars, and I’m ok with that.) Does everything in the ST universe run on dilithium?

Sure, I could look it up, but instead I’m going to use the distraction to keep the part of my mind that focuses on the future happily entertained, instead of stressfully worried. Because that leaves me with more positive energy for action.

Whatever it takes, right?

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Something to Look Forward To

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , on November 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The other day, I started a book billed as a mystery for fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club. Premise, fine I guess. Characters, meh to mediocre. Overall story, tone and execution? Not for me. It takes a lot for me to put down a book, particularly before the first body falls, but in this case, I did it.

I only share books I like here, so I won’t mention the title. I will say that it’s lovely to find a reliable author. The good news is that Osman has started up a new series and I am looking forward to it. Here’s an interview with Osman and Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher books.

And while I think the idea that writing is a good job for those who have already had careers is a mite limiting, it certainly has worked out for these two authors.

‘I wanted to write a suburban Reacher’- Richard Osman talks to Lee Child about class, success and the secret to great crime writing

To me, it’s never about what happens. It’s about: why do I care what happens? And that’s all character…

My default is to write commercial fiction, because that’s just how my brain is. I want to do something that the maximum amount of people love; I want to write something that’s good and then sits right in the heart of popular culture. You want the sort of book where, if you’re on a long-haul flight and you open the first page, it takes you through that entire flight – that sounds trite, but it’s not, because how do you keep someone through an entire flight? You keep them with story, and you keep them with character, and you keep them with wit and with a personality that people want to spend time with.

— Richard Osman

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No Wrong Time

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on November 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“There is no wrong time to do the right thing.”

― Charles M. Blow

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Go Forth!

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , on November 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes – about things that matter. We don’t have to be particularly smart or talented. We don’t need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it’s that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world.”

― Steve Goodier

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Looking Ahead

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , on November 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Go! Confront the problem! Fight! Win! And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits.”

— Edna Mode, The Incredibles

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I’m Waiting

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on November 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’m waiting 
to remember 

that there is more to today than a headline
that the lump in my throat is not forever
that my fellow Americans are still that
and when they (we) lose their health care and disasters go unrelieved and preventable disease is not prevented and wells are poisoned and two plus two no longer equals four
I will not rejoice

because 

today is more than a headline, and
the lump in my throat is concentrated fuel, and 
my fellow Americans are just that, and
we will still fight for health care and disaster relief and disease prevention and clean soil air water and reality in all its forms, and

this timeline is the only one we have, so 

I’m waiting.

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Fill the World With Hope

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on November 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

― Barack Obama

Today, that’s voting. Go forth, citizen, and make good things happen!

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