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Posts by Brian Biswas

The skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ringed in gold.

The skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ringed in gold.

Deadly Gold Rush is a terrific mystery set in a retirement community, with plenty of plot twists to keep one turning the pages. The courtroom scenes are gripping and underneath the riveting plot lies a tender story about aging and loneliness and longing. It's also rip roaringly funny. Five stars.

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Opinion | What Great Art Saves When Nothing Else Lasts

"Art is supposed to break our hearts. It's supposed to crack us open to every raw, elemental feeling a human heart can bear. That's how it makes us more human."
--Margaret Renki

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"We're all up against not finding ourselves perfect, and still wanting to be open and be there for others."
--Pema Chodron

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Brian Biswas I am an author living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I've published three books: a short story collection, A Betrayal and Other Stories, published by Rogue Star Press in 2018; The Astronomer, a novel...

Newsletter: [BBN] Artificial Intelligence or Let’s play "Let's Pretend."

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That's exactly what I mean! 👏👏👏

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"To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction."
--Isaac Newton

This applies to the mind as well as the body!

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"Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety."
--Jack Nicklaus

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Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth

Me, too.

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"There is only one problem, which is ignorance, and there is only one solution, which is to learn."
--Plato (attributed to Socrates)

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"Beauty offers us an invitation to order and coherence and unity. When these needs are met the soul feels at home in the world."
--John O'Donohue

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I've noticed the same thing. No idea why. ???

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"Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here."
--Max Ehrmann

Please remember this.

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"I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me."
--Albert Einstein

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[BBN] Holiday book sale - How book pricing works - Upcoming news

New Newsletter. "Holiday book sale - How book pricing works - Upcoming news."

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"Meditation isn't just a game you play with your head, you're playing it with your whole being."
Jeff Warren

I think this is profound. It's not "thoughts wander, come back ..." It's an immersion of the body, mind and soul in the present moment.

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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
--Cicero

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Yes!

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It was confusing when we got them. But the brother is now twice as big as his sister so it's not an issue.

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We have two (a brother and a sister) who look identical!

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"Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level."
Shakti Gawain

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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[BBN] Anthropic 101

I wrote a new Newsletter! "Anthropic 101."

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Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.

The AI bubble is built on ignoring this fact: language is not the same as intelligence. (Just look at my cat.)

Personal opinion: a computer is nothing like the human mind.

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"Self-consciousness is the one instrument that unplugs all the rest."
--Annie Dillard

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How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article) This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.

I loved this.

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"What a liberation to realize that the voice 'in my head' is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that."
--Ekhart Tolle

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Just in time for the Holidays. My short story collections are 40% off if ordered directly from the distributor.

A Betrayal & Other Stories:
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Blister & Other Stories:
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The cover of the short story collection stories of the true by Jeyamohan. A colorful portrait of an Indian man squatting, his hands upraised. He appears to be a storyteller.

The cover of the short story collection stories of the true by Jeyamohan. A colorful portrait of an Indian man squatting, his hands upraised. He appears to be a storyteller.

12 short stories that paint a portrait of modern India that shimmers with psychological complexity, spirit, and wisdom. Jeyamohan is considered one of India’s finest authors writing today. This is his first work to be published in English.

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“The reality of where you are is always more important than the ideal of where you imagine you should be.”
—Jeff Warren

Words of wisdom. Perfectionists: please heed this!

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“The ocean doesn't complain about the dance of ten million waves; so don't be concerned with the rise and fall of thoughts.”
—Papaji

Writers need to remember this when our minds lead us hither and thither. Don’t panic. Resolution will come.

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Philip Pullman Brings Lyra’s Story to a Close

Interesting article from today’s The New York Times Book Review on Philip Pullman’s latest.

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