I decided to launch this blog for a variety of reasons. While my other blogs have specific themes, poetry, art, reviews, this one is more of a catch all place for other various posts of interest. I welcome readers here as I do to my other blogs as well. Thank you for your visit!
Afternoon Notes
Dear Ones,
I have had a very good day. Worked on some new music mixes, went out shopping with my wife,talked to my dad, and took my son to school.
Also, been watching a pretty interesting movie about a romance that develops between a sheltered young man and a troubled woman about his same age.
It’s a little complicated to explain the movie without you seeing it visually yourself.
Anyway, what’s your day been like? Anything interesting going on?
Quick Overdue Update
Good morning,Dear Ones.
I was looking over this particular blog this morning, and realized it’d been a hot minute since I updated it. My son has school today. My wife has an appointment in Twin coming up tomorrow.
Overall, life has been treating us well.
I have been working on several creative projects lately, but for anyone who has been following me (anywhere) for any length of time that’s not surprising.
I will do my best to update here again soon. We’ll just have to see what life brings.
News: Shooting In Twin Falls Yesterday
There was a shooting near a restaurant in Twin Falls yesterday. I heard it made national news, but if you missed it, the shooter died, but not before tragically taking innocent victims out too.
As I get more information , I’ll do my best to share it to keep you all posted. My wife and son and I were NOT in Twin yesterday, thankfully.
As you all know, we do at times make trips up there.
Break The Doom Loop
The way the algorithms on many platforms work is they create a curated feedback loop. If you habitually click on negative things, the algorithms predict that’s what you WANT to see, so they give you more.
It’s not that everything is objectively ONLY doom and gloom in the world.
My advice here is be more intentional about seeking out the good, and you’ll find it so much easier.
Early Father’s Day Outing
Yesterday,my wife,son, and I went out to celebrate Father’s Day early. We went to one of our favorite restaurants, called the Drift Inn.
I got a chicken tender meal, they got fingersteaks.
Their prices are not great right now (thanks, inflation) but since it was for a special occasion we tolerated it.
Every Day Angels
Good morning everyone,
Yesterday evening I took my family to get dinner, and when I went to pay for it we were told someone else already had.
It would have approximately been a $30 bill, for the three of us.
This has happened a few times over the years, and all I can say is I’m grateful every time.
Cool AI+ Story
Many people are so busy raging against AI that they ignore its benefits. I heard of a guy who cured his dog of cancer w/the help of AI.
I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a great use of it. Given the amount of information AI has available to it, I wouldn’t be surprised if more stories like this pop up in coming years.
Right On,Preach
Recently, I heard a preacher say “stop making exceptions for family”.
For context, he was talking about that if someone is evil, they’re evil, and that it doesn’t actually matter if they’re related to us, evil needs to be called out no matter who is committing it.
He’s actually correct, even though there will be some who accuse him of bigotry, I’m sure.
Just saying
I can’t stand bot “traffic”
Elon Musk & Utopian Dreams
I very much respect Elon’s big dreaming, but sometimes even he ventures into questionable territory.
It gets hard at times to tell if he’s being serious.
I am excited for some of what he imagines the future will be, and if he has the means to make it happen, great, but some things I’ll have to see to believe.
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