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Continue reading →: Storytelling Devices That Bug Me, Part 1Before you go any further note that absolutely every opinion I give here is just that: an opinion. Those can change and your mileage may vary. I spent a few years as a slush reader for a small genre fiction magazine. If my tracking is good, in most of those…
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Continue reading →: The Academic PlanThe future is always full of branching possibilities. When I went back to school in May 2021 as a middle-aged adult, I’d gained admission into a general science degree in Mathematics. The plan was to prove I could handle the workload, get myself bumped up to an honours degree (a…
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Continue reading →: A Generative AI Experiment
You’ll probably have noticed Generative AI showing up everywhere recently. It’s probably most prominent producing some generally horrendous artwork on social media usually for a human to say either “look how creative I am” or “let me bash you over the head with my poorly thought-out view on a subject”.…
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Continue reading →: Level 53In the middle of a recent lunchtime academic conversation, I made the joke that I’m a level 53 human. It got the expected laughs from the much younger crowd (most folks in an undergraduate program are substantially younger than I am), but even as I enjoyed the geeky RPG joke,…
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Continue reading →: A Child’s BirthdayOn this day, a certain number of years ago, during what most people would consider a lunch hour, my oldest daughter was born. While it probably won’t be too hard for you to figure out who that is if you really want to, I’ve tried to make the habit stronger…
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Continue reading →: A Short Break
After a rough Mother’s Day last week, I took a short break from most activities to focus on getting ready for the two exams I deferred for the same reason Mother’s Day was rough. If you’re new to my site, or don’t already have me on some social media somewhere,…
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Continue reading →: Mother’s DayJust about a month ago, my mother passed through the veil, a delicate euphemism borrowed from earlier generations meaning she died. Too young, and while I would feel that way whatever age she happened to be, I think most people in my parents’ generation would agree. Part of learning how…
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Continue reading →: Compulsive T-Shirt ReadingI’m a compulsive t-shirt reader. If there are words on your t-shirt, I want to know what they say. If there are graphics, I want to understand those, too. If there are both, I need to work out what they mean together. (I’m also a compulsive tattoo reader. Same thing,…
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Continue reading →: The 2024 Goals List
Which I’m going to break out into 3 categories: Writing, Writing Adjacent, Publishing. Writing takes in anything from plotting to final draft. With that in mind, here’s what I’d like to have done by the end of the year: Writing Adjacent is things to support my writing and help it…
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Continue reading →: Our Anniversary Comes Around AgainWell, that picture wasn’t yesterday. Or even the day before. On this day in 1995, I married the love of my life. Twenty-nine years and three grown children later, she hasn’t killed me yet. Happy anniversary, my love.
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