Cebelius Writes

I write books. People seem to like 'em. If you decide to check me out, I hope you like 'em too. :)

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Amazing how greedy and uninventive Apple became.

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@_PixieWillow @CyberScherzo Definitely this. Offering two rates ensures no client can claim ignorance later. At the least, this will remove any uncertainty related guilt from your blacklist.

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@_PrivateLounge @japan_nobunaga

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Not quite sure why giving people what they want makes you a sellout. Unless you want to change people's minds about something, or you have some kind of underhanded scheme or plot you're ignoring, there's no such thing.
I presume your art originally reflected what you like, and people gravitated to you on that basis. If that's not the case, and you're work is and was always entirely cynical ... well, that's definitely a problem.
If you like it, and it sells, keep doing it, particularly if you need the money. Everyone who has a 9 to 5 is just as much a sellout at minimum, and the vast majority of them don't even enjoy their jobs.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

A Catholic priest and a Jewish rabbi walk into a small-town bar and sit down to share a beer and catch up.

After a while, the priest says, “David, I know you follow your traditions closely, so you don’t eat pork. But have you ever tried it, just out of curiosity?”

The rabbi smiles and says, “Well, Father Mike, when I was a young man studying, I did get curious. One night I slipped out, went to a late-night diner, and ordered a bacon sandwich.”

They sit quietly for a moment.

Then the rabbi says, “But tell me, Father… I know priests take a vow of celibacy… did you ever, you know, wonder what you were missing?”

The priest chuckles and says, “David, when I was younger in training, I got curious too. One evening I went into the city, met a lady, and… let’s just say I satisfied my curiosity.”

Another pause.

The rabbi nods and says, “Better than a bacon sandwich, isn’t it?”

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@BrandonBVarnell Didn't look like her to me. Unusually serious expression.

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Nah. Homey don't play that. If you bitch because they aren't doing something, then they start doing it, you applaud. Holding grudges never got anyone paid, or laid.
And you're right, they WILL demonize and ban if it becomes convenient. You know what makes it convenient? When the alternative isn't rewarding.

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@MainLineMojo Why? Getting a reputation for being good at and enjoying a certain thing is only bad if that thing is like, arson or something. Lee Child has been churning out Reacher for thirty years because that's what his audience pays for.

[Carp (Training ARC)🌶️ @NightlyCarp]

Sakura Dryad - Which tree should I do next?

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@CottontailVA Yes. More on one foot than the other, but both to an extent.

[Athenaeum Book Club @athenaeumbc]

Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?

In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.

He calls the result “men without chests.”

People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.

Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.

Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.

Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.

Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

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@BrandonBVarnell If you honestly like her, give her three shots. Women like being chased too, don't forget. It's annoying, but that's the way it is.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

This annoys all the right people.

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@BrandonBVarnell This is what X is really for.

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@BrandonBVarnell This is what X is really for.

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@MainLineMojo Might be. Not asking how old you are but even wildly successful people tend to get assaulted by regrets at some point. Just don't let it turn into a general malaise or give you fomo.

[The Private Lounge @_PrivateLounge]

You inspired so many of us. Thank you sir.🫡