I resent having to think so much about, hear so much about and read so much about another country's #elections. There's way too much riding on this goofy business, and attention is sorely needed elsewhere. What a years-long waste of time and energy world-wide.

Remember getting jaw-breakers at Hallowe'en? They were definitely the most awesome way to ruin your teeth.

Got a free 3-month sub to Sirius XM with the new car. Been listening to the #comedy channels. The only ads they run are for various debt relief companies - 'IRS breathing down your neck? Nowhere to turn? We can help.' I have to wonder: who's the audience for #stand-up?

The #dog just left an appalling amount of hairy goober on my pants. And then he burped in my face. Noice!

10,000 km. into the #EV experience and it's a qualified success. Not thrilled with the range, but paying peanuts for a full charge overnight is great. The ride is super smooth and the acceleration phenomenal (to me, a stick-shift guy). Time will tell about maintenance cost.

Great article in @theatlantic.com about the latest miracle supplement, BP-157. I remember back when it was HMS-90. The claims are always so enthusiastically unscientific: Cures everything!!!! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?

Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia.

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Just removed the word 'delving' from my latest #novel, since many people see 'delve' as an #AI tell. But I refuse to relinquish my em dashes. I wonder if the word 'relinquish' is an AI tell? #writing #BookSky

Canadian sitcom The Trouble with Tracy lasted one year, 130 episodes. They shot seven episodes every five days, hence the outstanding quality. #Canadiana #outoffashion #trifleuncool www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_h_...

THE TROUBLE WITH TRACY - worst Canadian TV series ever

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What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this? Pick whatever 'this' has you most concerned right now. #writing

I hate draft five. It's the draft where I put my foot down: no more sliding by a tricky bit and saying 'I'll get to it next draft.' No. This is it. Draft five. Do. It. Now. The most stressful draft. Fix it or forever live with it. #writing #editing #BookSky 💙📚 #TheSage #Kennedy-Meyer

Did you know Connor McDavid was drafted in the second round #77 by Medvescak Zagreb in the 2014 KHL Draft? I wonder why he chose to go with the Oilers? #NHL #hockey #odrsoon

Draft four of #TheSage, book three in my #Kennedy-Meyer crime-mystery series, is in the bag. I've added 2,500 words since draft one, which is good, since it's kinda short. But there are a few places where I'm not happy with the #writing, so draft five, here I come. #BookSky

Reading a novel by Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday. Widows and orphans galore. Very little hyphenation, so the tracking is just hellacious. Are there no publication standards at all these days? A solo line at the bottom of a page, okay, but look at this fragment at the top! #writing #BookSky

We've had our #dog now for over three years - 1160 days to be precise - and we walk him about four kilometers per day. So that's 4,640 kilometers, total. Basically #Vancouver to #Montreal. Really didn't seem that long, either. Looking forward to #Halifax!

Well, I've ruined the #Discworld series for myself. Started with book 41, #TheShepherd'sCrown, the only one my #library had in English. The apparently momentous event at the start of that book meant nothing to me. And it turns out it's the final book... #BookSky #baddecision

I'm at that draft 4-5 stage of #TheSage, where I'm liking it, and feeling it doesn't need much more than proofing. But when I really start close-proofing, I'm gonna see things I don't like, and a few proofing drafts will become ten edit/proofing drafts. It's always like this! #writing #BookSky

Finshed draft 3 of #TheSage, book 3 in the #Kennedy-Meyer crime-mystery series. Cleaned up a lot of messes. Still have at least two to tackle, though. Draft 4 should be fairly clean. Maybe I'll order a first paper proof copy then, before taking it into the KC previewer for real proofing. #BookSky

The worst thing about the tech bros - they truly believe they're visionaries, social oracles and supermen (mostly men), whereas they're actually grasping vulgarians. Like you-know-who, their chief talent is accumulating wealth and attention. #writing

For a guy who spent five decades outside on a boat, #Relic has got to be the most consistently untanned dude ever. Who knew they had SPF 90 in the seventies? #Beachcombers #Canadiana #outoffashion #trifleuncool

The Beachcombers: Robert Clothier as Relic

ALT: The Beachcombers: Robert Clothier as Relic

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The #dog is eternally optimistic. 'Going downstairs? I'll come too! Maybe something will happen! No? Just laundry? That's okay; it's always fun to sniff around. Scratch my belly? No? Hands are wet? That's cool. I'll watch you dry them off! Neat!' Low expectations and a positive attitude.

The #EV experience: obey the speed limit, accelerate gently, and range is 460 km.; drive like a demented banshee on uppers, and range is 260 km.

'More concise language would be clearer for your reader.' Seriously Copilot? Every single time a character says, 'have to', I should change that to 'must'? That's good advice, but I'm sorry, I must ignore it. Most of the time. ;-) #writing #BookSky

Just finished draft 2 of #TheSage, book 3 in my Kennedy-Meyer crime mystery series. Draft 2 is so easy - just a read-through to see if any major surgery is required. In this case, almost none. Still, draft 3 is where the real work begins: close read and dealing with problem areas. #writing #BookSky

I loved Bobby Adair's Slow Burn series, but now books 11 and 12 are a step-back in the timeline to explore villainous Mark - the story-line that least held my interest in the original ten books. :-( Not sure I want to go there... #writing #BookSky 💙📚

The #EV experience has turned decidedly positive now that the home charger is installed and actually works. Getting a full charge overnight for peanuts feels pretty good.

After ten years with this computer, I've been forced by Microsoft to upgrade MS Office. The #writing advice coughed up by Copilot or the AI (or whatever) in Word is just staggeringly bad. Some of it is okay - I could go my way or their way - but some of it is flat-out wrong.

After 1.5 months, the #EV experience is mostly negative. Range is better than we thought, but still pretty lousy. Charging times are brutal, even at fast chargers. The home charger is an ongoing disaster - so far. Little gotchas everywhere. Cost is ridiculous, even with gov't subsidies.

Brilliantly absorbing. All of the great 1950s-2000 #writers, on their current project, their philosophy, how they write (an awful lot of insistence on using pen and paper), their attitude toward editors (Don't touch a word!), etc. A bygone time, almost quaint. #BrianLamb #Booknotes #BookSky 💙📚

Pizza? Or kebab? If you have kids in the car every day, with their cell patched into your system, you know. 'Hey-ey, on our way back to the offtice...'. #writing #AI

Rinkmaster must keep clients for about ten years. Once the kids are sixteen or so, that's it for backyard rink-making. But I guess grandkids arrive fifteen years later, and the cycle renews.... 48x24 big enough? #ODR #backyardrink