Started reading this morning, fresh from the local library, a new novel from Ocean Vuong, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS.

A database of pirated books is used by a social media giant (META) to train its AI tool. My two books, along with several individual short stories, (all of which took thousands of hours to write over a five year period) were among the works stolen, copyrights be damned. 😡

Yes! February!

Why yes, that is a new walking treadmill at my computer work station. Thanks for noticing. It is time get this butt moving again.

Nice!

From my morning walk in a 5% occupancy mall, a relic of the 1980s left behind in our supposed progress.

And somehow scapegoat organized labor.

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.

I don’t use many of its features, but what I use helps me stay organized.

Happy Caturday!

Been looking for you on Threads, Matt, since vacating Twitter that day Elon walked in. Just arrived here and so glad to see your unshaven mug!

I’m new here. I am married, retired from the industrial grind, and a writer. I’ve published two short story collections and am currently (and perpetually) at work on a novel. I don’t have a website, a Substack, a podcast or blog. I do have a laptop and Scrivener, though. And coffee. ☕️