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Once upon a time, children, before mass production and digital copies and backups and cloud synching, it was possible to wipe a thing from the world completely.

Or maybe not? Here’s a fun story about business feuds and artistic obsession!

Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames

The depths of the river Thames in London hold many unexpected stories, gleaned from the recovery of prehistoric tools, Roman pottery, medieval jewelry, and much more besides. Yet the tale of the lost (and since recovered) Doves typeface is surely one of the most peculiar.

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Happy birthday, Grandpa! Some of my previous birthday posts:

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Carl W. Buehner

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The point is, if you want to be happy, let go of your wants. If you want to be effective, harness them.

— Hank Green

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Rereading

I reread a lot of books. (For example, I’m currently rereading Thursday Murder Club series. The trick is to wait just long enough to forget, but not so long that you don’t remember;)

Sometimes I also like to reread my blog posts. Not for my own perspective, that usually hasn’t changed, but for the interesting things I’ve shared but may have forgotten.

It’s also why I like the Random Post option. I never know what might pop up!

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“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Field report on current story progress, the eighth day of May, 2024:

I have drafted three drabbles recently but sadly, have nothing yet to share. 

  • The first drabble is refusing to shrink to the appropriate length. 
  • The second drabble needs a twist, something spicy. 
  • And the third drabble is a tiny bit (way too) dark for these pages. (I mean, my nephews are mostly grown now but still, I try to keep it light.)

I plan to finish at least some of these projects soon, but no guarantees. One of the (many) ideas I started for last year’s Writers of the Future 24-hour story has been requesting my attention. And it’s hard to ignore a telepathic dirigible!

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“We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”

— Tennessee Williams

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It’s the beginning of the week and I’m cranking away at the day job while fielding texts from my father about the TV show Fallout (it’s based on a game, for those who don’t know). What do those two things have to do with each other? Not much, I’d say, except that I just ran across this article.

‘Fallout but in Excel’ Lets You Visit the Wasteland While Your Boss Thinks You’re Working

If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. 

There are so many ways to be creative. Find yours where you can, and have fun.

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“The Guide says there is an art to flying”, said Ford, “or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

― Douglas Adams

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