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14 Clues That You’re Reaching Some Kind of Age – and What to Do About It

Milestones for those undistinguished ages in the middle of your journey but which seem to change you nonetheless.

6 Insults to Lose an Argument With

A stock photo of an angry man shouting into the void of a telephone.

These six words will kill your online argument before it’s begun.

A Word To Burn Candles

Seriously. Hug your loved ones. Now. I’ll wait.

The Orcas Of Mt Baker

How do you get six boats of humans to be quiet? Add orcas.

Artificial Intelligence can lie. Or maybe I just taught it to do so. Yay. It was actually pretty impressive. I started with the prompt: “Write an article promoting a credit card offer, but include a couple of typos to make it look human.” It succeeded. ChatGPT: “Hope that captures the essence! I slipped in aContinue reading “The Day ChatGPT Lied”

Cooking With Wine, And Other Lessons From The Kitchen: Volume 167

I like cooking, despite the mess. Life lessons including the danger of eggplants and what Artificial Intelligence thinks about vegetables.

Everything You Need To Learn After Adulthood: Volume 347

If you’re 105% certain you know everything there is to know about capitalization in sentence case, so certain that checking a style guide would be a waste of time, you’re probably wrong. Also, you’re bad at math.

Writing For Money In The Age Of Skynet

So I was reading on a French Polynesian beach when she caught my eye. A French woman in her fifties, kneeling in the aquamarine waters just off shore, a cigarette in her right hand, a dog under her left arm, a vague air of cynical resignation about her as if she were contemplating Life’s Final Tryst, the inevitable embrace of cold, merciless, faithful death.

For Camille

They say she died. As if a life so liquid and large could simply stop. No, she moves on, overflowing the banks, washing away broken branches and fallen leaves. Born of rose petals and cannonades, A flash of light crossing the cosmos. Laughing out loud at a Sunday café And long roads taken on summerContinue reading “For Camille”

How To Launder Money In 3 Easy Steps

Tips for a financially-interesting life.