One of my favorite quotes from Moby Dick, particularly instructive now:
"Not ignoring what is good, I am quick to perceive a horror, and could still be social with it—would they let me—since it is but well to be on friendly terms with all the inmates of the place one lodges in."
@FIFAcom@FIFAWorldCup Nice going FIFA. The fantasy roster lockdown still hasn't happened half hour into the game. People are no doubt transferring in Quinones to take advantage. And nobody is paying attention to the emails pouring into the support department.
How to purchase Greenland: Pay every Greenlander $1 million. Pay Denmark $100 Billion. Cost = ~160 Billion, less than $300/acre, less than US aid for Ukraine war, and far less than the US govt loses annually to fraud. A bargain. And I can't imagine Greenlanders voting against it.
I recently emerged from a long period during which I couldn't write fiction after I quit smoking. Fortunately, this drought is over. The fiction flows. I wrote a short blog post detailing my travails and solution - https://t.co/dUYxAXTFdu
@LPNational "And Then There Were None," novella by Eric Frank Russell
"The Liberation of Earth," short story by William Tenn
"Harrison Bergeron" short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
My wife's carrying this "e-towel" on her phone. I'm not sure that qualifies. How do you hide behind an e-towel? Though I suppose, if she stares at her phone as usual & fails to notice the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast, then the beast will assume it hasn't noticed her either.#TowelDay
@GOLewot Happy Towel Day, Lewot! I still post my photos at https://t.co/SfMt3LcsiP but otherwise the forum has been quiet. Good to see that you still know where your towel is.
-Kilman of the many eyed avatar.
In the words of Mom from Futurama, "Here's a twit now." Yes, I am back on Twitter after a 15 month hiatus to protest censorship. Unfortunately, all my old posts, follows, etc are gone with the old account, but I do have a record of all my old posts and can repost them on request.