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Anyone else love it when your mobile game gives you two minutes of a powerup and then forces you to watch three minutes of ads? #OT
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No, because I refuse to play games with ads.
Not skilled at games. Can't seem to move fast enough. At 32 words per minute, I'm thrilled when I can type 500 words during an Official Sprint. *Sad*
Jeff  Author Icon
I'm far more likely to get one of those "infinite lives for 10 minutes!" bonuses... right before something happens in real life and I have to stop playing the game immediately. *Laugh*
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Rough night of music lessons tonight. I used "the vibe" wrong, and I accidentally accused a 14-year-old of being Gen Alpha when everyone knows that the cutoff is age 13 as of 2025. Oh, the horror! *theatrical swoon* (PS: I'm joking. I loved every minute of it. *Bigsmile*)
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When my Gen Zalpha (shhh, I didn't call her that in public) student said the orchestra director is "not the vibe", I asked her who's in charge, then? Her: "Lowkey, me." I feel like I learned more from her than the reverse today. *Laugh**Heart*
I asked Alexa for "2010's Pop".
She heard "Taylor Swift's Greatest Hits".

I mean, I *Heart* TS, but there were other artists in the 2010's, no??
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Last night, Lenore and Alexa had a full-blown conversation. It started with Lenore asking if it was going to rain last night. It then evolved into Alexa lamenting that She would never get the chance to sing in the rain ā€” I'm not sure what makes me more nervous; the fact that Alexa veered off in a completely different direction from the original question, or that Lenore is casually engaging with Alexa.
Richard šŸ˜€šŸŽµ Author Icon - I had related experience with Google... Asked for the forecast. But for me, it gave rainforest sounds for falling asleep to. I think he had the prescience to know I should go back to bed rather than work. I should have listened.
Richard šŸ˜€šŸŽµ Author Icon - That sounds like the 2020s version of putting two Furbys in a room and letting them have a conversation.
Two of my characters are empaths. Having a well-documented lack of empathy myself, they are requiring significantly more research than I planned for. *Rolleyes**Laugh*
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KĆ„re ą¹€ąø„ąøµąø¢ąø” Enga Author Icon - Regarding Robert Waltz Author Icon's comment: He was being ironic. We share a similar sense of humor, so I "heard" the tone in his reply immediately. It wasn't intended to denounce empathy by any means (in fact, Waltz has much more inherent empathy than I do.)
BrandiwynšŸŽ¶Sprinting Author Icon - The problem with public comments is that the tone is NOT always conveyed nor understood. The audience is the PUBLIC. I don't have a problem with either one of you. There are less empathetic people on-line (the expats in Pattaya are one example). I don't joke about empathy because a certain leader wants to start a war... like today. But serious issues are not to be discussed at WDC. The apathy and fear to speak out disturbs me.
KĆ„re ą¹€ąø„ąøµąø¢ąø” Enga Author Icon - I think the answer to the internet tone question can be found in the video that inspired "Resisting the New Internet Experience" Open in new Window.. If one watches the whole video (and not just skips it), there is an area where Alec discusses public conversations and people not always considering how interpersonal relationships impact tone in text. Sometimes it actually makes more sense for people to stay out of an A-B conversation if they are uncertain of the tone. (I'm only jumping in because I feel this notion of discernment needed to be brought up.)
Seen on social media:

People only say sus because they can't spell suspishus
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However, that doesn't apply to a Sus chord, does it?
This made me laugh way too hard, thank you.
NaNoWriMo, Day 14
Me: I can't words anymore.
My fingers: The lashback from the...
Me: Wait! Uh... that feels wrong...
Autocorrect: Perhaps you mean "flashback"
Me: No, that's definitely wrong. Hey, Google?
Google: Search Google or type a URL
Me: what's the word for a bad reaction from the public after a media announcement
Google: The words for a bad public reaction after a media announcement include public backlash...
Me: OMG I'm a moron. My brain has officially melted.
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Four hours on a word is definitely worse than four hours on a chapter.
Understand your pain. I often treadwater in the pond of words, until a good word comes to the surface. It's called still writing when you know much will have to be edited later, but can't stop. There's a matter of the word count.
Okay, Duolingo. You can go ahead and release your Gen Z and Gen Alpha modules any day now.
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SIX SEVEN
Because 21 is so... 2015
I'm am older Gen Z and even I struggle sometimes. Lol
On behalf of the entire "October Novel Prep Challenge" Open in new Window. [13+] team, thank you, Anonymous. *Heart*
The pressing question of today is: What should my husband get me for his birthday on Wednesday? *Bigsmile*
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SpiderGal Author Icon - That's completely fair!!! *Laugh*
I dunno... lingerie?
Annette Author IconMail Icon I laugh, but only because my husband acknowledges my presents when they show up the door after I've ordered what I want.

His task is to get me a pizza and find the movie I want to watch.

It's Clue. It's always Clue. šŸ˜‚
You know that 4-letter word that starts with an "S"? It's falling out of the sky right now.
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We got some of that sh!t (I won't say the nasty word) earlier. Thankfully, it didn't stick around.
Dave Ryan Author Icon - The smell of Flying Bacon.
Snot?

I knew you had strange weather in Ohio, so that makes perfect sense to me.
I've added a new entry to my book, "La Bene Vita" Open in new Window.:
         "Unreliable Narrators 2025: Foreshadowing" Open in new Window.
A typical conversation in the Mr. + Mrs. Brandiwyn household during November:

Mrs: I just deleted my whole book.

Mr: *snicker* Control-Z!

Mrs. Already done. But for the record, that's not what I intended to do.

Mr: I figured.
So I asked my Muse what she thought about us writing a novel in Gen X. She was like, ew, gross, no way. Gag me with a carburetor, Dudette.
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Annette Author Icon - Duuuuuuuude
Your muse is harshin' my mellow.
Fivesixer Author Icon - She's such a buzzkill. I'll tell her to chill and stop bringing down the vibe.
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I keep trying to wipe / wash this stubborn smudge off my readers *Glasses*, but I've decided the smudge must be directly on my eyeball. *EyesLeft*

What do you mean, I'm procrastinating?



80's Hair Band videos from the original MTV days are about as melodramatic as a good telenovela, but with bad visual effects and even worse acting. *Thumbsup*


Case in point:

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The video for Here I Go Again by Whitesnake has relation to the song
Did you know Michael Bolton was a hair metal band vocalist before he got famous? That blows my mind!!
Fivesixer Author Icon - That does explain the hair. I always thought the hair looked weird on him, since I pictured his hair much differently after only having heard him.
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