thoughts
Jason Snell needs a history refresher
A trip down Faulty Memory Lane
thoughts
blogging
Back at the desk
Back at the desk? Yeah well the subtitle of this blog is “From the desk of…” after all.
stoicism
The idea of "good" in Stoicism
I recently restarted study of Stoicism by getting my feet wet again reading "The Daily Stoic" every day and jotting down thoughts on that day's entry. One thing that comes up a lot is the idea of "being a good person" or "doing
ai
Is ChatGPT *really* rotting anyone's brain?
Let's not jump to conclusions quite yet!
thoughts
Bad Moon Rising
This seems appropriate these days.
thoughts
A moment to breathe
Over the last several years, as my mother lost mobility and had a series of health problems, I’ve had to spend considerable amount of time and energy taking care of more and more things so she could maintain some semblance of independence in her house. Over that time her
thoughts
I guess honesty is too much to ask for
I’d love to take this off your hands. My phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. My name is Rick Nelson. It has historical remembrance to my life I can get it anytime in the next day or two. I’d love to get it put it back to use. This was
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Too many pokers in the fire
I’ve backed myself into a bit of a quandary. In my desire to keep as many of my mom’s things out of the landfill as possible I’ve listed things on Craigslist and OfferUp that weren’t already being donated. The problem is that now my headspace is
family
Reminders of lives lived
I’ve got to say that clearing out a house of stuff that’s been around your whole life is very, very weird. I’m not exactly a nostalgic person so I’m not really sad about any of it. They’re just things, but they all represent people long
thoughts
The AI hype machine never stops
I read two articles today that showed just how unhinged people are about “AI” right now. It was all doom and gloom, end of the world as we know it stuff. And absolutely ridiculous. I am so damned tired of AI hype. Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios report