Yes, REALITY – what a concept… It is one I believe in – at least on the macro level. When we HUMANS are living our personal lives, we come up with all sorts of almost OCD rituals to help us navigate all the inputs we have to deal with coming at us from the universe … Continue reading
You’ll soon be having Thanksgiving dinner. This is the one meal where we’re prone to having ALL our relatives together – including the ones you can’t stand (remember – relatives are people you don’t get to choose.) Uncle Loudmouth goes into his usual tirade about something or other – a very unpleasant and controversial griping … Continue reading
A chicken or the egg question: Does the NEWS lead the MEDIA, or does the MEDIA lead the NEWS? I remember back when Jaws was in the theaters. There was a flurry of shark attacks reported in the news. Why? Were there more shark attacks than usual then? Did the sharks notice that more of … Continue reading
I write fiction. I am often asked (even by myself) where these ideas and characters come from. We are all different – what goes on in our minds, what we decide to let out. Each of us exerts a certain amount of control over our unbidden thoughts. Some people don’t have any (or are totally … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were posted on schedule, and all available stories remain out to market. Other than my usual Indies Unlimited’s Thrifty Thursdays & Kindle Unlimited Fridays (they are not consistently updating their posts – Thursdays are a new one each week, while Kindle Unlimited Fridays is supposed to be a post … Continue reading
Technology has brought us many gifts, one of biggest ones has been the internet. Whether you’re trying to find, buy or sell product, or learn something new, seeking information, news, or like-minded people, it’s all out there. You can talk with anyone in the world at any given moment (barring, of course, those who have … Continue reading
Back when there was still a Blockbuster Video, we had an experience that illustrated a couple of business principles. The first may have given some indication of their downfall. We had returned a video in the drop box at the store, but their records didn’t show the return. After arguing the point with the store … Continue reading
“Cannabis alienus ‘alien dope’” originated from something that really happened to me (no, not the alien slug.) My family moved out of state before my junior year of high school, and two years later (after graduation) I made a trip back to what used to be home, to try reconnecting with people I knew. Aside … Continue reading
“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.” This standard boilerplate that appears in the front or back matter of many movies and pieces of literature is ingrained in the art of fiction. The CYA nature of it is an acknowledgement that not … Continue reading
How do you know what day it is? Sure, you can look at your watch, or on your computer (in that TINY little text in the corner of the screen) or phone and see date and day-of-week information, but I don’t mean how do you find out. I mean how do you KNOW? The day-of-the-week … Continue reading
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