Most the time I pretend it’s fine, but some days you really can’t ignore the dystopian hellscape we live in, can you.
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Horse and His Boy
C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes
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Art
I have began working on a cat themed story… for children. It’s oddly wholesome for my writing/art ☺️
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Drew a lot of sleeping cat pictures today. It’s for a work in progress project I am poking with a stick (the stick is an Apple Pencil)
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I would like to take a moment to remind you all that word hippo is amazing www.wordhippo.com
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I had an idea for a children’s book, years ago. Started work on it yesterday. Will write article about it on website
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Last month I began a more serious attempt to journal. It’s been going well. I have been using Diarium, because Apple Journal wasnt on iPad. Now, it’s launching in September and I’ll have to manually move it all over 🙁
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There are a few writing forums I frequent. I realised today that most of them have been discussing the same topics for literally years at this point. AI bad - Scrivener ugly - subscriptions bad. While I don’t disagree, there is only so much which can be said. Time to stop reading them, I think.
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Art
Meanwhile, the fish… #art #fish
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The strange automatically generated 3d that google maps has, is oddly, enjoyable to look at.
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Sometimes I Think about MC Skat Kat for no reason. He just pops in my head from time to time. I think we would get along. We’re nothing alike, but I hear opposites attract.
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Book Club
Book Club - All systems Red (Murderbot)
Last week, looking for something to watch while I ate a massive bowl of rice and vegetables (a new staple for me. I put a lot of soy sauce in it), I pressed play on the new Apple TV show, Murderbot.
I watched the first three episodes and loved it. It’s a science fiction show with a premise that is, frankly, genius. It’s from the perspective of a …
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Started watching the Muderbot show on Apple TV… then started reading book… Murderbot is dope!
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Had a good weekend.
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I’m feeling a bit judged by carbon website checker, thingy, www.websitecarbon.com/website/d…
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We need to start a movement to make it socially unacceptable to recount a dream you had to coworkers. It’s a literal waste of everyone’s time.
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I wasn’t happy with my dandelion-utilitarian.com theme, so I decided to streamline it. I went with the most basic theme I could find, and I’m much happier now… for now.
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Art
Edgar Allan Poe in 2025.
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Product idea. Breathable soup… oxsoupgen
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I saw a comment earlier which said only AI uses em dashes, and this is a great way to spot AI generated text. Not true. Writers also use them. Don’t assume well written text is AI. That’s insulting.
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Sometimes I think about iCarley for no reason.
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Been working hard to eat properly for the last few weeks. I have nailed it according to my nutrition app. Though I have been craving pizza. It’s my birthday in the middle of June. Going to so so much that day. ☺️
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My Casio had a big scratch right down the middle, and it was really bothering me. So, I “““accidentally”””" ended up buying an Apple Watch — the 46mm Series 10. It’s the nicest watch I’ve ever owned, and I’m genuinely pleased with it.
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Life in Sips: A Memoir in Beverages
The delineating factor in the chapters of my life has often been tangentially linked to my beverages of choice.
On my first day of college—many, many years ago (1996, if you want to get personal)—I was a nerdy kid with very few skills, deeply self-conscious, and in deep denial about basically my entire personality. I had no idea what was cool, no …
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@DandelionUtilitarian I know it has a taste, but it depends what’s burning. If you’ve ever been followed by the smoke when sitting around a barbeque (braai) you know what fire tastes like… Distinctly of carbon and aromatic esters.
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Be honest—have you ever wondered if fire has a taste? Not just heat, but an actual flavour? (Not saying eat fire, just a thought, not advice!)