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... And all the Good that Could Still Come

1 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

I really need for things to go for well for me again, starting pretty damn soon (at least before the end of the month, when the bills are due, anyway). Hopefully, they will. I am tired of working really hard, slogging against the tide and getting now...

The end of writing

14 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Diomedes

  A quantum computer. I answered a question on Quora the other day: "In what ways has e-publishing changed the way literature is delivered and consumed?", but not exactly. It got me thinking about the state of literature and books and authors themse...

Is it too early or egotistical to get self-congratulatory?

1 Sep 2022 1 minute read 5 comments Great White Snark

It probably is, since success, particularly online, is fleeting/temporal. Bugger it, I'm doing it anway, because it makes me happy and gives me a positive feeling about the month to come. I need as many of those as I can get. My ego, on the other han...

To understand: Sapien: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

11 Jan 2022 11 minute read 0 comments taisaoko

The lessons we can learn from the ancient foragers. Link of Harari’s book Sapien, published in 2014. Bushmen (San) indigenous hunter-gatherer group, primarily located in Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa. Hunte...

Achievement Unlocked: One Hundred (100) Followers

29 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

I've been a little behind on my posting this week (as my dashboard shows, particularly the sharp drop-off in views). I've been trying to do spring cleaning in preparation for yet another move, since last time I did I downsized and had barely any spac...

My Pastor Got It Wrong - Don’t Forget the Giants That Lifted You Higher

25 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Vitus │Righteous Legacy

Someone at our church was giving praise for the last year's interns. They said it was the best group since the start of the ministry. I was one of them. My pastor looked at me and made a joke that it meant their generation was worse. Although it was...

The end of coal mining towns signals the end of humanity.

29 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments ChadtheBarbarian

The following is my response to the video shared above.   I appreciate this look at what is left of a coal town in Appalachia and its fine people.     Its a practice of looking at what we don't want to because its depressing.     My analysis of t...

Doodle in Progress 3, meow

29 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments kubo kazuya

Doodle in Progress 2, meow

29 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments kubo kazuya