Odd Solution
When people notice I am down, they tend to think something has happened in my life that has led to my current demeanor at that time. What most people don’t realize, is I am like the Hulk, I am always down (but I don’t always show it). Sometimes, I screw up and let it show when in public, but I try to keep my cynical stance away from those around me so I don’t invariably cause them discomfort. Yet, I will discuss through jokes what has me down as laughter is needed when looking at our bleak outlook.
The most recent thing that has caused me to enter a state of distress: coral reefs. You see, I love documentaries. Arguably, I watch more documentaries than theatrical movies. I also tend to read long form non-fiction articles. I like these two mediums because they give me a great insight into the world that I don’t have time to enter or visit (yet). For example, today I have been to see the Great Barrier Reef, speak with a former Westboro Baptist Church’s spokeswoman, and learn about artificial superintelligence. It has been a busy day of traveling. What are the outcomes of these travels: a short story involving artificial superintelligence done in purely dialogue and this post.
So what is this post really going to be about? Well an odd solution that David Attenborough discussed.
Read MoreWebsite Updates
As always, I want to keep everyone informed on changes I am making to the website. Right now, the biggest change is the modification of permalinks. Permalinks are the things you see in the URL (that thing that you type google.com into). In the past, I had “ugly” permalinks that were just a number. In order to make the website more friendly, I have chosen to move these to words and numbers, that way, people can search and find things easier. Also, titles of pages will now be a way to navigate to to specific pages. By doing this, any old links that had been shared with another person, will be different than the new links. Don’t worry, these links are still active, it just takes a little longer for the website to load if you are using an old link.
Read MoreSmall Questions: About Fish and Cats
For an animal that despises water, why do cats love fish? How did they get addicted to something so foreign? And Tuna, that’s a pretty hard to get to fish, but they love it, have they always loved tuna? Do they have preferred fish… like, do some cats go: “anchovies are too salty for me, I am more of a sardine kind of kitty”?
Theodore asking the tough questions.
Read MoreNew Category Introduction: Small Questions
When I am working on a novel, what I am actually doing is solving high level questions that need artificial players. In order to solve these deep questions, I manipulate personas I’ve created in a story and see where they go and what they do. Through their interactions and responses to my “situations” I get the answers that were elusive beforehand.
While my novels are unpublished, they do ask big questions that take a lot of time to answer. That’s why I don’t self publish. I want the work that went in them for me, is recognized and treated in the best possible way. Yet, a lot of my life is looking at little questions that poke at my brain.
So I decided to share some of my little questions in the near future in a series I will call: small questions.
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