Author: David W. Jones
Why people aren’t as picky in love as they think – BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220124-why-people-arent-as-picky-in-love-as-they-think
Something to keep in mind regarding characters.
Something positive, with tips
You’re not a failure. How to get past a setback and move on.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90713451/youre-not-a-failure-how-to-get-past-setback-and-back-in-the-game
Think about this and characters in stories
Tactics to be more influential at work:
What tactics would fit with your characters best?
Which ones wouldn’t work for one of your characters?
Which one(s) would be most effective for one of your characters to influence another of your characters?
Which one(s) would influence your readers most?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90703987/use-these-tactics-to-be-more-influential-at-work
A Music Review
Currently listening to: Beeping, Crunching and Grinding Noises by The Roadwork Crew. Industrial sounds courtesy of Honolulu City & County resurfacing the loop in front of our townhouse complex for the first time since they built the road.
Despite being machine-generated, it successfully captures the rhythm and flow of natural work as they strip off the top couple of inches of road, clean and clear the surface, lay down a new layer of blacktop, then roll it flat with a two-roller vehicle that periodically generates deep, throbbing bass sounds as it works. (Move over, hip hop, there’s a new kid in town.)
Occasional conversions between construction crewmembers serve to connect the performance together. With airhorns providing accents at times.
This is day 4 of the live performance.
A friend emailed, said he’s Scotch
Scotch is a form of whiskey. The people are Scots.
I replied, “How that got into your ancestry must be an interesting story. Does this mean you’re immune to hangovers? Do you have to pay alcohol import duties on yourself when you travel? Are you flammable?”
He hasn’t responded yet. Maybe someone poured him back into the bottle and he can’t get out.
Don’t be stuck in the bottle. Grammar matters.
As Graham Nash once sang, “Be yourself”
Tweet from Maggie Stiefvater (@mstiefvater), at Nov 13, 13:57
ok ok remember your mantras you can do this I am complete I love the life I have my spirit is at peace I have retractable fangs I create my own path I surrender to the flow https://twitter.com/mstiefvater/status/1327371049583960064
The Last Word On Nothing | Guest Post: In Praise of Phases
A bit from a story in progress
One of the problems with adults is they stop believing in real things. They only believe in made-up things, like stock markets, marketing plans, reality TV and internet memes. See, adults think they know what reality is, while they’re only squinting at the shadows moving on the cave wall.
David W. Jones