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March 11, 2020
Cherish Your Loved Ones
Way back when; in a previous life; I wrote these momentous words:
It is not about winning, though, but about finding a balance.
Come 2020, I have no idea where I was going with this.
I can probably guess. but what would be the point. I can reinterpret according to the times we’re in, but would this really have any value? Or I can write a story about it, but who’d read that. Who’d want stale bread painted up to look like juicy pizza?
But here’s the thing: I sometimes argue with people. Well,...
Happy Morning to You
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Only this.
Nothing else.
Just a happy face,
To start your day well.
March 10, 2020
Dark & Wild (100 Word Story Challenge)
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Sneakily, creepily crawling on bended shank and hairy flank come Dark & Wild.
“Ere, ‘Arry. Look … water. Drink?”
“Get away you fool. ‘Tis poisoned. ‘Tis the foul fruit of man and doth smack of chlorine.”
“But it looks nice. Pretty!”
“Aye, ’twas always the way of man to prettify poison. But yon light glittering ‘cross the surface of yon water is false ‘magination.”
“What about that pizza then, ‘Arry? ‘Ave it?”
“Same rules as always. If ’tis flat on table, ’tis forbidden,...
Gender Guesser
So, I found this online tool that guesses the gender of a person based on their writing.
Here’s the link to the site in case you want to have a look (you don’t have to) or test your own writing: http://www.hackerfactor.com/GenderGuesser.php#Analyze
Here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to write 300 words (at least) of text and then I’m going to post it to this Gender Checker so that I can find out what gender I am. Actually, that’s not really true. I’m pretty sure I’m male (and if I’m not...
Beyond
Takes me beyond.
“What does?”
“Beyond what?”
Doesn’t matter.
I’m beyond it now.
(Partly inspired by Dissolution – Reena Saxena – https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/03/10/23356/)
100 Word Wednesday: Week 140
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Sneakily, creepily crawling on bended shank and hairy flank comes dark wild.
“Ere, ‘Arry. Look … water. Drink?”
“Get away you fool. ‘Tis poisoned. ‘Tis the foul fruit of man and doth smack of chlorine.”
“But it looks nice. Pretty!”
“Aye, ’twas always the way of man to prettify poison. But yon light glittering ‘cross the surface of yon water is false ‘magination.”
“What about that pizza then, ‘Arry? ‘Ave it?”
“Same rules as always. If ’tis flat on table, ’tis forbidden, for...
March 9, 2020
This is a Fragmented World
These things have been said:
there is an unchangeable past this unchangeable past binds us there is a unified order to the cosmos we should adhere to this unified order we should follow a set of rational laws we should heed ethical doctrines.Here’s the thing: if you assumed none of these things to be true then you would change your nature and (probably) your whole life. Bear that in mind the next time you decide to do something (or not).
Let me know how you get on.
Here’s how I’m getting...
Who is the Mysterious Luximo?
I’m getting Likes on my blog from Luximo. Here’s a picture of her / him / it (could be a robotic procedure, I guess):
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Of course, this isn’t a picture of a real person. It’s actually a crop of this picture:
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The second picture is called keithbeltro-league-of-legends-od-1-f4298d3e-p0t7. I’m not sure who Keith is (and yeah, I did search), but League of Legends is a “multiplayer online battle arena video game”. So, a bit of a dead-end there.
The link back to Luximo goes here: ...
Morning in England
Well, it’s morning in England and here I am on the blogging-trail again. I just hope that I can sustain the enthusiasm for more than a couple of years this time around.
Things have moved on a little since I last gave news. In October I finally completed my MA in Creative Writing. Apparently that means that I am a ‘Master’ at the trade of Arts. Thing is, though, since then, I’ve hardly written anything. A handful of posts (on another blog: www.robertcday.wordpress.com) and a single, solitary...
