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  • The Danger of Voice Recognition

    What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

    Humor sometimes.

    I was writing an essay yesterday.

    The first paragraph is my writing.

    The second must have picked up by a phone conversation in the other room mixed with one with my son in Berlin.

    There was a social event in our neighborhood that I didn’t really want to go to. It was a meeting where we argued over large subjects such as how many trees to plant in the park and what vendor we should hire to refill the dogs poop bags. Our agenda today was to check the speed bumps over on Lincoln Road.

    Hey, are you home? Call go how was the flight? How long was it? That’s not bad. How much did that cost you? Just just curious what do you remember? What airline are you serious? No wow that’s pretty cool. That was she says on the phone with her friend from Connecticut

  • Rudderless but in the Right Direction

    Rudderless but in the Right Direction

    Do you set personal goals for yourself?

    We all are kind of familiar with the fine art of goal setting.

    Goals should be moderately difficult.

    Goal should be concrete and measurable.

    The real challenge is not determining if you want the result, but if you are willing to accept the sacrifices required to achieve your goal. Do you want the lifestyle that comes with your quest? Do you want the boring and ugly process that comes before the exciting and glamorous outcome?

    Certainly I do goals but they are more in the general direction of which way I want to go as opposed to I want to run a three hour marathon by the time I’m 32 years ago.

    I bring that one out because that was one of my goals that I said for myself, and it didn’t matter whether I reached it or not. I believe I did that in Boston. But achieving that goal wasn’t that important as I’ve developed a lifestyle that helped making that goal possible. Goes from eating habits, steady workouts, and a little bit of good luck.

    Writiting

    I set a goal of having 15 short stories published so I could put them together in a compilation in a form of a book. I don’t want to worry just to get to that goal. I am currently at 12 stories published, but I want the last three stories to be not just to get published but to be a reflection of myself.

    I’m really not much of a goal setter.

  • Misplaced Metaphors

    Misplaced Metaphors

    What do you think is the future of AI?

    Artificial Lack of Intelligence

    As long as it makes me rich what the funk do I care.

    Larry Ellison – chief operating narcissist Oracle Corp.

    Here is an interesting story of artificial lack of intelligence. I had just gotten back from a run. My uncle who was a smoker and heavy drinker was heading out for a date. He asked me to rub some sweat on him, so his date would think he worked out.

    Midnight Honk-Fests: Dozens of Waymo vehicles parked or idling in a depot in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood repeatedly honked at each other overnight while attempting to navigate or squeeze past one another, waking up local residents.

    Unfortunately, it is here to stay.

  • Out of The Comfort Zone

    Out of The Comfort Zone

    Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in?

    I’m curious how many people would answer Lord of The Flies. That book freaks me out and makes me rather uncomfortable..

    When a question is framed as the absolute worst to live in, there are many books that portray situations that are unlivable and make their point that way.

    Entire genre of Nazi Germany books are very uncomfortable to read and imagine living there at that time. Kristin Hannah makes her living making us uncomfortable. I wonder how many Trumper’s have actually read Christine Hannah’s The Nightingale. And it’s a very uncomfortable book but one that should be read.

    This is probably Hannah’s most famous and beloved book, a story about Vianne Mauriac who has to say goodbye to her Antoine who is off to fight against the Nazis when they invade France. Vianne will soon have to learn how to live with the enemy if she doesn’t want to lose everything.

    Meanwhile, Vianne’s sister Isabelle is a free-spirited and rebellious 18-year-old who meets a partizan and falls in love madly. After he betrays her she joins the Resistance and decides to risk her life in order to save the ones she loves.

  • Hyperbolically Under The Radar

    Hyperbolically Under The Radar

    What’s the most underrated movie you’ve ever watched?

    I have not a blockbuster type of person. Every movie I watch is underrated. I love finding the hidden gems and cult Classics to me.

    There are so many, but this movie has been sticking in my head for a while.

    Local Hero

    An American oil executive experiences a life-altering shift as the close-knit community and natural wonders of a coastal Scottish village challenge his corporate mission.

    Why this movie resonates now is the current Trump regime and their disregard for nature and the environment. This is an underdog story.

    I found this movie in a roundabout way as I love the music of Mark Knopfler? Mark Knopfler is of Dire Straits fame and has a robust solo career. The soundtrack to this movie is stunning. I listened to the soundtrack before I actually watched the movie.

    There are many more. I’m not an avid movie watcher, but I certainly look out for the obscure and the artsy..

    Short Cuts – this is a tremendous movie based on all the short stories of Raymond Carver. I also happen to be a big Raymond Carver fan.

    Night On Earth -The movie you are looking for is Night on Earth (1991), written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. This movie is subtle and beautiful.. It’s about five separate taxi rides in five different cities.

    I believe there’s a common thread as Tom Waits appears in both movies.

    Here are some family Classics

    Minions from Outer Space , Drowning by Numbers Get On a Train