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Litter

In between contractor consults we did something huge. Something… Earth shattering. Not for us, but for the cats.

We have replaced the two litter boxes with one new box. The Earth shattering part? It’s a self cleaning, automatic litter box thing.

It has an app. A litter box app. Literally a shit app. It told us that one of the cats has used the box. Based on weight we are guessing it was Robin. 

We are going to know everything about our two cats’ bathroom behaviors.

Like I said, Earth shattering.

Give Me a Break

Daily writing prompt
Do you need a break? From what?
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Give me a break. Give me a break. Break me off a piece of that kit-kat bar.

You deserve a break today at McDonalds.

I hate myself for typing the two previous lines.

Do I need a break? Yes. Of course I need a break. Who, living in the American capitalistic rat race (see the first two lines of this post), doesn’t? I need a break from work, from stress, from guilt, from pain, from thought (sort of), from… well… life. Take me and my wife and my step kids and put us on a plane heading west. Drop us off in San Diego, CA right on the shore of the Pacific ocean and let us flake together for a few weeks. 

That’s the kind of break I need. Just leave us alone and let us… be. Just for a little while.

Hey Google Bard, generate an image of a Jedi Knight relaxing by the shore of the Pacific ocean…

I asked for a Jedi and it gives me red light sabers? I don’t recall asking for a Sith Lord, thank you very much. Oh well. Close enough for a Wednesday morning.

PC

Daily writing prompt
The most important invention in your lifetime is…
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I don’t know every invention that happened in my lifetime. I’m sure the military has some crazy stuff that would blow all of our minds if we knew about it. My lifetime started in May of 1971 and there have been a lot of things that have been invented over that time. There is one that stands out to me though.

The personal computer. Whatever it may have been. Google tells me the first PC was invented in 1971 so we may have to squint a little to put it into my lifetime, but you get the deal. IBM and Apple had the first consumer level computers that I knew of. The Apple II was everywhere when I was in school. Microsoft’s deal with IBM to license their Disc Operating System (DOS) rather than sell it allowed for IBM clones and soon enough they were everywhere too.

DOS led to Windows, the Apple II led to the Macintosh which eventually led to the iPhone which more or less brought us to where we are today. Everyone in the civilized (or should I write that as “civilized” because, ya know… nazis and shit) world has some sort of computer or smart phone. The internet is essential to operating our society now. Computers are basically our lifeline.

On a more personal note, the invention of the Personal Computer led to me having a career as a programmer. It led to my wife having a career as a software engineer and a software architect. It led to our family earning a living. I would call that a pretty important development, wouldn’t you? Damn right.

Hey Google Bard, generate an image of a jedi knight using a macintosh computer.

My Ideal Day

Daily writing prompt
Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.
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I can’t really answer this one because I really don’t know the answer. I’ll take a crack at it off the top of my head.

  • Wake up next to my love. Get my exercise in for the day, have some breakfast, shit-shower-shave, and start the day.
  • This is a fantasy, right? That means it is sure as hell not a work day so maybe I play the guitar for a little while, or go outside and photograph some stuff.
  • This is a fantasy, right? That means both of my step kids are home for a visit. The four of us, me and my wife and the two kids, spend the morning together doing… something… anything. Then we go to lunch together.
  • After lunch the four of us do something together… anything. I don’t even care if it’s actually a whole lot of nothing, as long as we do it together. Then we go to dinner together.
  • After dinner the four of us do something together. Watch a movie, play some games. Anything so long as it’s together.
  • End the day by falling asleep next to my love. 

I am a simple man and I enjoy the simple things. I think my hypothetical ideal day demonstrates that. I’m also gettin’ old so there’s no sky diving or hang gliding type shit for me. Just family and happy. That’s ideal for me.

At this point I need to change the subject a little. I am going to start a new thing on these daily writing prompt posts. Google has given it’s stupid AI thingie the ability to generate images. I am going to use it to generate an image related to each day’s post. I’ll try this for a few days and see how goofy I can get.

Oh yeah, the image will be something with a Jedi Knight. For today, I asked Google Bard this question:

generate an image of a jedi knight on his ideal day

Me

I think we’re all going to have a nice giggle at this little thing. Until we get tired of it, of course.