Human extinction — let me count the ways
Since I was a child hiding under my desk at school “practicing for World War III,” I’ve known the “end is near.” It didn’t start with me. We have all “known it” for a long time.
Kieran
I've been a journalist, teacher, instructional designer, project manager, product manager, business guy... Veteran of the married life for 30-something years. Sort of helped raise one boy to be decent adult. Here to spread my bullshit and read what others have to say.
Fat Biker: Bugs
How can you spot a happy bikers? Count the bugs in their teeth.
I know that’s an old terrible joke… but it sort of applies to bicycles too. I’ve swallowed my share of “free protein” — especially riding at night.
Phallic smile
I recently took my 15th final farewell trip to the third world racquet club in Tucson. I learned something that may change the way I look at a small part of life — forever. Once you hear this story, it’s going to mess you up too.
ORANGUTAN
Originally posted on Stephen Metcalfe:
(From 2015) So there I am the other day, sitting on a stationary bike at “Rehab United” trying, slowly, with great pain and no success, to get my surgically repaired knee to go 360 degrees around on the bike pedal, all the…
Deadwood Walking
If you are ever feeling fat and old, go to Deadwood, South Dakota in the summer. Look around the casino, walk the streets. It’s better than time travel.
AI photos versus Google
To give the poor souls some rest from my bullshit words, I have grudgingly added pictures to these rants for the past 4 years.
It’s not going well.
Celebrate Our Heritage — Updated
During news coverage of the white nationalists shouting in Charlotte, I heard one really good idea. Yeah, surprised me too.
Of course it was coming from a mouth-breathing racist, so it’s taken me a long time to reconsider if I really agreed with him.
He was standing near a confederate statue and screaming: “This is my heritage. My family fought to save our farm.”
The Cover
Originally posted on Stephen Metcalfe:
A review on Amazon of my new novel, Attachment Patterns, starts like this – “This book is all that it says it is, well-written, emotionally charged, and a really good read” – and ends like this – “However, the cover is an absolute…
Dick moves of the Musk
I’ve been hearing how smart artificial intelligence and machine learning “is” since 2008. It seems to be on everybody’s lips 15 years later with chats and pictures coming from a machine that are as good or better than people.
I still wince at the claims.
Not in front of the children
Grown-ass men tell me to “watch my language” when kids are around. Fuck that.
The missing middle
Just when you thought it could not get any dumber, politics in the US has found new depths of stupid in 2023.
The Youngsters (something not so serious)
Originally posted on Stephen Metcalfe:
A mistake was made. Yes. The lovely wife had errands to run before supper and left the youngsters at home alone. Normally the “youngsters” are to be trusted. They play, they sleep, they investigate. This day was different. They were in the…
Iron What?
Ironing is fucking stupid and dangerous, and we should all stop it.
Pickleball confession
I have a whole category of rants about how bad “Pickleball Sucks,” but I must confess (like Katy Perry) I played a pickleball game, and I liked it.
On Blockage
Originally posted on Stephen Metcalfe:
Writer’s Block:? A condition in which a writer is either unable to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. It should be so simple. I don’t know if it’s age, the anxieties, stress and uncertainties of the current times, but lately it…
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