- Always start off with the most ineffective opening line you can.
- That gives readers a ready excuse to bail.
- “Nah, man, that first line was boring as fuck. Ain’t nobody got time for that.”
- A lot of my opening bullets are crap.
- Because I’m trying to get my brain working.
- My fingers moving.
- Why do I not go back and delete them?
- I have no idea.
- Half the time, I don’t edit at all.
- Though I have started in the aftermath of the John McClain (McClane) fiasco.
- Typos make you look dumb.
- Or that you don’t care.
- Honestly, the truth about typos is … even sometimes when you reread, your brain fixes the typo and you don’t notice it.
- I read once that as long as the word is the right length with the right letters, your brain knows what the word is.
- Madness if true.
- Brains are cray.
- Srsly.
- (No, I don’t know why I’m doing that.)
- (Trying to be clever.)
- (Hahaha … ha .. F.)
- I planned on opening with an excuse, because I almost didn’t do a list today.
- Was one thing after another, including, and this is my favorite, taking my car back to the shop … again.
- I got it back yesterday.
- After having to take it back a week and a half ago.
- After it having been gone for two months.
- Don’t buy a WRX is what I’m saying.
- They’re growly.
- They have manual transmissions.
- They’re pretty reliable if you don’t drive them like a 20yo.
- However.
- If they break.
- If they break bad.
- You’re focked.
- Got it back yesterday, or maybe the day before, and did not realize the a/c was not cool on the driver’s side of the car.
- The passenger side, yes.
- Worked before I took it in to have the motor replaced.
- And today’s heat index was in the 100s somewhere.
- Sigh.
- I’m worn out by this.
- Car-less again.
- And not from being … careless.
- …
- I have always been a pepperoni pizza guy.
- Don’t get me wrong, as my tastebuds have died off, I’ve tried lots of other pizzas.
- Love a good supreme, as long as you don’t screw it up with olives and fungus.
- A couple weeks back, I ordered a thin-crust sausage from Hideaway.
- I am abdicating my membership in the pepperoni club, effective immediately.
- Those red bastards are not shunned, but after decades, they have lost the top spot.
- Also, no more of those “normal” or hand-tossed crusts.
- Right out.
- Thin is in.
- (For eating, not for being, because until the prednisone is gone, I can’t do that.)
- Soon.
- Yes, I know I wrote about pizza like two weeks ago.
- A week-and-a-half ago?
- Man, I’m oldish.
- Repeating yourself is an age-earned badge of pride.
- …
- Finished up the fifth Dungeon Crawler Carl book.
- It’s good stuff.
- I’m still only halfway through the latest Hunger Games prequel.
- And I downloaded a bunch of samples yesterday.
- Because I’ve been reading a lot on “house arrest.”
- (Procrastination, right?)
- Here’s the thing.
- If you’re not doing a lot, experiencing a lot, reading a lot, you have jack to write about.
- Like a lot of music talk because that’s what I’ve been doing.
- A lot of viewing discussion, because that’s what I’ve been doing in the evenings.
- We finished “Ginny and Georgia” today.
- Latest season.
- Well done soap, really.
- Like I said yesterday, if you’re in the room, it is hard not to pay attention.
- If it’s bad, it’ll drive you from the room.
- If it’s not, you’ll get sucked in.
- We typically do delayed gratification with shows we like, even when they release the whole season at once.
- Did that with Dept. Q, too.
- Though … it might be about choice, too.
- Like, we watched the latest episode of Murderbot 20 minutes ago, and those things are only 24 minutes long.
- Every ep has been good so far, to the point when they end, we kinda want to throw popcorn at the screen for it ending too soon.
- (We don’t have popcorn, typically.)
- I mean, what’s with the AMC not letting you go to concessions and not buy a $10 bucket of popcorn (that only costs them >$.50 to make)?
- Used to, you could do that.
- Not anymore.
- Lame.
- May switch allegiance to Cinemark.
- Back to Cinemark.
- I worked at a Cinemark for three (four?) years.
- Good memories.
- Could write one of those ‘90s movies like Empire Records about the gang we had there.
- The Neon bowties … no.
- There’s a legit reason I hate ties, is what I’m saying.
- Also another legit reason I get obsessed with movies though that has waned a bit recently.
- “Back in my day,” he said, raising his wrinkled fist at the heavens.
- Part of my day I spent at the hospital listening to a presentation on hip and knee replacement surgeries.
- Not for me, obviously.
- “That would be more than I could bear.” – Doc Holiday
- As I listened, it occurred to me how much medical science has advanced.
- Have your hip replaced, walk the same day.
- Now, if only we could, you know, afford that without being shackled to some kind of insurance …
- Healthcare for all, perhaps?
- Anyway …
- …
- Well, that totally derailed my train of thought
- Squirrel!
- No, seriously, we should have universal healthcare.
- Don’t believe the corporate bullshit.
- Bamboozled.
- No, I’m not trying to end this in a political debate.
- Besides which, that one should not be up for debate.
- …
- A car without A/C on a day like today.
- Gross.
- First the weather.
- Then myself.
- And now it’s shower time.
- After the meds, anyway.
- Out!
Sausage … No, nm. Not Doing That.
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